WE’D LIKE YOU TO MEET KERVENS ALPHONSE Hi! My name is Kervens Alphonse. My birthday is November 7 th and I am 13 years old. I come from Jacmel. I have a mother and father but I don't know anything about them. I was brought to the Children’s Home by my aunt. I like to draw and play soccer and when I grow up I want to be a pastor. My favorite subject in school is Math. I don't have a favorite food. From Melissa: We now have 73 out of our 121 children sponsored. Kervens is one of our boys who still needs a sponsor. Could that be you? It’s only $30 a month to sponsor one of our children. If you are interested, please email me @ [email protected]or text me at 330-340-4921. FALL 2011 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 5 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: HAITI BENEFIT SALE 2 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF BRUNEL 3 PRAYER LIST UPCOMING EVENTS 4 SHIPMENT 5 FUNDRAISING & MISSION TEAM PHOTOGRAPHS 6 Serving Christ through the Children of the Loyal Oaks Community Chapel Children’s Home, Despinos, Haiti
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W E ’ D L I K E Y O U T O M E E T K E R V E N S A L P H O N S E
Hi! My name is Kervens Alphonse.
My birthday is November 7th and I
am 13 years old.
I come from Jacmel. I have a mother and father but I don't know anything about them. I was
brought to the Children’s
Home by my
aunt.
I like to draw and play soccer and
when I grow up I want to be a
pastor. My favorite subject in school is
Math.
I don't have a
favorite food.
From Melissa:
We now have
73 out of our 121 children
sponsored. Kervens is one of our boys who
still needs a sponsor. Could
that be you? It’s only $30 a
month to sponsor one of our children. If you are interested,
Serving Christ through the Children of the Loyal Oaks Community Chapel Children’s Home, Despinos, Haiti
Though it was many
weeks and many hours
of sorting and pricing,
planning and begging,
the Benefit Sale to buy
food for the Imagine
Missions Orphanage in
Haiti was a big success.
Donations started
coming in slowly and I
really felt that I would
not get enough items in
to reach the goal I had
set of $2500.00. But as
time went on donations
poured in. And not just
from our church mem-
bers but members from
other churches and
from people I’d never
met before. Now I will
never forget their gen-
erosity. I must say that I
did spend a lot of time
at the church and was
beginning to think that
this project was going
to get me down but I
had my daughter April
Linard, who gave up
her lunch hours and her
evenings to help me.
My husband provided
muscles and took care
of moving boxes and
furniture.
Sale items started
flowing in and we man-
aged to keep ahead of
it all. About 2 weeks
before the sale it be-
came overwhelming in
the clothing depart-
ment, so I got some
much needed help
from my good friends
Sally Peoples and
Sherrill Struchen who
were there when ever I
called to sort and stack.
Opening day was
getting closer and I felt I
had everything in order
and ready for the doors
to open on Friday night.
Customers lined up to
get in and the amount
of stuff that was sold on
that first night was
amazing. On Saturday,
the kitchen crew was all
set up with homemade
soups and sandwiches
and that was a big suc-
cess . The baggers and
cashiers had their
hands full when the
people started packing
the place but things
went smoothly and we
moved a lot of items
out.
At the end of the sale
we were able to gather
up a lot of items to be
sent down to the Or-
phanage on the next
shipment. All of the
clothing and items that
were not sold were do-
nated to two separate
service projects. I took
all the cash receipts
home and didn’t tell
anyone the total until
the following day at
Church. Everyone was
so excited to learn that
we had exceeded the
goal we had set for our-
selves. When it was all
said and done, the to-
tal amount that was
raised to buy food was
just over $4000.00.
H A I T I B E N E F I T S A L E ( B E T T E R K N O W N A S T H E L A R G E S T Y A R D S A L E T O E V E R H I T T H E T W I N C I T I E S ! ! ! )
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I know we helped the
children in Haiti but we
also helped some fami-
lies right here at home.
One particular situation
was a young woman
who brought us to tears
with her story.
So thanks to every-
one, those who made
soup or donated items
for the kitchen, those
who helped set up,
those who helped tear
down, those who
cleaned up, and those
that hauled away. And
most of all, thanks to
those who donated be-
cause without you we
would not have had a
sale.
Continued on pg. 4
Julie Gartrell with some of the items that were donatedJulie Gartrell with some of the items that were donatedJulie Gartrell with some of the items that were donatedJulie Gartrell with some of the items that were donated
The Transition house is
under way. The boys
have been working all of
summer break. They have
the security wall up and
the foundation of the
new dorm laid. We will
continue to raise money
to finish this project. We
have currently raised
$10,000 and are estimat-
ing that we will need an-
other $10,000 to finish.
School has started. The
Primary school on site
started September 5th.
We hired a new kinder-
garten teacher this year.
So we now have nine
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A D A Y I N T H E L I F E O F B R U N E L
begins waking the chil-dren at 6:00 am to get
ready for school and getting them things that they need for showers and such. He
goes to school from 7:00 am until 2:00 pm. After his school day is
finished, Brunel comes back to make sure that dinner is ready and the cafe gets cleaned af-
ter the meal. He is ways taking care of chil-dren's needs, disciplin-
ing them when neces-sary, sometimes he has to be a nurse too. He
gets everyone in bed
by 8:00 pm.
Brunel is a very hard worker and he feels his place is in the children's home. He would love
to buy a little land and build a small house for his father and sisters to
live in. He would like to say thank you to Melissa's family and friends for accepting
that she comes to Haiti to help him at the chil-dren's home. He is
thankful for his job be-cause it helps him take
care of his family.
Brunel has grown up in the children's home.
He came to live there in 2000, and he started working here in 2005. He is the head dorm
parent. His mother died after becoming very ill. His father is still living.
Brunel has six sisters, the youngest is Mihanda who lives at the chil-
dren's home with him.
Brunel dreams of finish-ing school. He has two years left. A typical day
for Brunel is get up at 4:00 am to get the food out for the cooks. He
classes. We have also
extended the school day
this year. Students will go
from 8:00 am until 1:00
pm. The Secondary
School students started
October 10th. There are
29 students attending
school this year. We are
so excited to see these
young men and women
growing, learning and
achieving.
The next project that
we are looking to raise
money for is getting pub-
lic power at the children's
home. As you know we
have had many genera-
tor issues in the past eight
months. For $3,000 we
can have public electric-
ity installed. We are hop-
ing that by putting this in
it will save some wear
and tear on the genera-
tor and will also help re-
duce our diesel ex-
penses.
As we approach the
Thanksgiving Holiday and
coming end of the year I
want to say how thankful
we are for everyone who
has supported the chil-
dren's home and all the
different ways this year. It
continued on page 4 . .
Upcoming event : Haiti Carry In Dinner
Update Meeting Nov.22 at 6:30pm.
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So here is your ad-
vance notice…start sav-
ing! I will be doing this
one more time in 2013,
and believe me, we all
have something that
someone else wants.
Big or small I’ll take it all.
I’ll find storage for it
somewhere. So from the
bottom of my heart and
the kids’ hearts, thank
you!
Julie Gartrell & April Linard
B E N E F I T S A L E
( C O N T . F R O M
P A G E 2 )
God is doing wonderful things in the lives of these
children, as well as the lives of those of us fortunate
enough to help them come to know the love of
God by providing clean water, food, an education,
and teaching them about Jesus.
If you would like to send a contribution, sponsor a
child, or help in any way, there are several ways in