We would like to intro- duce you to Benson Renaty. Benson has lived at the orphanage about as long as it has been in existence. Ben- son comes from Mt. Cabrit. When asked if he remembers living on the mountain he says he only remembers liv- ing in the yard. Bensons mother comes to visit him and he has one older sister, Berthide, that lives at the or- phanage with him. Benson is the youngest of seven children. Ben- son is in grade five and enjoys learning math. He looks forward to go- ing to secondary school and becoming a mechanic. Benson is a very hard worker in the yard. Any job that needs done he is the first to volunteer. Ben- son says he would be so happy to have a sponsor. MY NAME IS BENSON RENATY WINTER 2013 VOLUME 3, ISSUE 1 Serving Christ through the Children of the Loyal Oaks Community Chapel Children’s Home, Despinos, Haiti INSIDE THIS ISSUE: TO HAITI WITH LOVE BY TORI WHIDDON 2 WALT & CONNIE’S CORNER 3 MELISSA’S MEMORANDUM 4 ESSENTIALS CLUB 5 CHRISTMAS IN HAITI 6 UPCOMING MISSION TRIPS 7 SAY CHEESE! 8 We would like you to meet Telmond Joseph. Those of you have vis- ited know what an im- portant role this man plays in the safety and comfort of teams at the team house. Telmond is 62 years old and works harder than any- one half his age. He grew up in Shambre which is just a few miles from Despinos. He moved to Despinos in 1996. In 1979 he was married and he has six children. All of his chil- dren live here in Despinos. Telmond has always worked as a house guard. He started working for this mission in 2002. Tel- mond wears many hats here at the house. He takes care of watching the gate, filling the wa- ter tank, takes care of the trash, keeps the generator going, runs any errand that is asked of him, keeps the yard clean, cleans and checks the vehicles every morning just to name a few of his regu- lar tasks. Three years ago Telmond gave his life to Christ. Words Continued on page 7 . . . OUR STAFF MEMBER OF THE QUARTER- TELMOND JOSEPH
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We would like to intro-
duce you to Benson
Renaty. Benson has
lived at the orphanage
about as long as it has
been in existence. Ben-
son comes from Mt.
Cabrit. When asked if
he remembers living on
the mountain he says
he only remembers liv-
ing in the yard. Bensons
mother comes to visit
him and he has one
older sister, Berthide,
that lives at the or-
phanage with him.
Benson is the youngest
of seven children. Ben-
son is in grade five and
enjoys learning math.
He looks forward to go-
ing to secondary
school and becoming
a mechanic. Benson is
a very hard worker in
the yard. Any job that
needs done he is the
first to volunteer. Ben-
son says he would be
so happy to have a
sponsor.
M Y N A M E I S B E N S O N R E N A T Y
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Serving Christ through the Children of the Loyal Oaks Community Chapel Children’s Home, Despinos, Haiti
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
T O H A I T I W I T H L O V E B Y T O R I
W H I D D O N
2
W A L T & C O N N I E ’ S
C O R N E R
3
M E L I S S A ’ S
M E M O R A N D U M 4
E S S E N T I A L S C L U B
5
C H R I S T M A S I N H A I T I
6
U P C O M I N G M I S S I O N T R I P S
7
S A Y C H E E S E ! 8
We would like you to
meet Telmond Joseph.
Those of you have vis-
ited know what an im-
portant role this man
plays in the safety and
comfort of teams at the
team house. Telmond
is 62 years old and
works harder than any-
one half his age. He
grew up in Shambre
which is just a few miles
from Despinos. He
moved to Despinos in
1996. In 1979 he was
married and he has six
children. All of his chil-
dren live here in
Despinos. Telmond has
always worked as a
house guard. He
started working for this
mission in 2002. Tel-
mond wears many hats
here at the house. He
takes care of watching
the gate, filling the wa-
ter tank, takes care of
the trash, keeps the
generator going, runs
any errand that is
asked of him, keeps the
yard clean, cleans and
checks the vehicles
every morning just to
name a few of his regu-
lar tasks. Three years
ago Telmond gave his
life to Christ. Words
Continued on page 7 . . .
O U R S T A F F M E M B E R O F T H E Q U A R T E R - T E L M O N D J O S E P H
This Christmas was quite a different Christmas
as it took place in Haiti this time. It was an amazing trip. We went to the beach, on a tour, and got
to know more about the kids, and also have Christ-mas morning at orphan-
age (or as they say in Hai-tian Creole orphanina). Our trip to the beach was fun. The kids loved it.
The ride took forever. I sat in the back of a truck on a big lid in very hot
weather. It was worth it though. When we got there the kids were so ex-cited. This was part of
their Christmas present. They played for a while, while we made sand-
wiches and stuff. After lunch they played a little longer then we left. Pascal (asst. director)
took us on a tour of down-town Portaprince. It was cleaned up a lot since I saw the pictures. We took
a bunch of back roads so we didn't have to stay in traffic. Did you know you
can get almost anything on the road, such as drinks, sugar cane, and also phone chargers?
They have taken the whole palace down be-cause of the earthquake
damages. Also they are building lots of houses so they can move the peo-ple out of tents from tent
city. Plus I love the new airport - it has air condi-
tioning. Awesome! This trip was a better ex-
perience since we didn't really have a project to do. We got to spend time with them. We got to
know and have a better relationship with them. So everyday we just went to
the orphanage and hung out. It was fun and relax-ing. The greatest part of all,
Christmas Day. That morn-ing we woke up at like 3:30 to get ready to go
over to the orphanage. At the orphanage we got there at 4:00 am to get the presents set up before
the kids woke up. You know it is very hard to be quiet when you are walk-
ing on gravel making a crunch sound every step. Once we got everything set up we woke the kids
up. When we got the little kids awake they looked confused. Then we got the big kids up. Those
boys did not want to get up. Then we got the kids seated in the church their
faces lit up when they saw all the presents. After they were settled some-body walked through the
church doors, "Santa Claus"! They all had to take a picture with Santa
before they could get their bag and stocking, including the big kids who would not smile. The night
before they all kept say-ing they weren't getting
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presents and Santa was not coming and that it
was us. They said, “monte monte” which means liar liar. So they were surprised to see Santa Claus. It was a great Christmas. My trip to Haiti was an amazing trip and a
awesome Christmas. It was a lot of fun and I
love going!
W A L T & C O N N I E ’ S C O R N E R
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We have been here four
months now and everyday is a learning process. God is growing and stretching us as we adapt to this new culture and try not to
“be an American” but to be a child of God. We are processing things, learning acceptance and
flexibility and having some grow-ing pains along the way. We are transitioning from the new kids on the block to an integral
part of the team. We are con-tinuing to learn the Creole lan-guage but not as quickly as we
would like. An interpreter has been hired to assist us in the day-to-day activities on and off of the orphanage. Louinege
started with us the first of Janu-ary. Many of you will remember that name as he used to live on
the orphanage.
It has been great spending time with the teams. We have met many people from different
states and churches. Getting to know them, fellowshipping with them, praying, and worshipping with them has been an encour-
agement. Walt experienced an illness that was actually prophe-sized prior to our departure from
the U.S. He became very dis-couraged at that time. A team was here to lay hands on him and pray which was a tremen-
dous blessing. Discouragement does happen and that is where Satan tries to get a foothold.
Connie experienced that also and again, team members stepped in to pray. It is such a joy to share in the body of Christ
and lean on our brothers and
sisters.
Walt is finding his role in church
leadership at the orphanage. He has had the opportunity to preach on several occasions. He spoke to the young adults about
how men and women of God should conduct themselves and set a good example for the
younger children. Prison ministry is also on his heart and he has had one opportunity to visit and preach in Mirebalais. He hopes to
go again soon.
Clinic update: Early in Novem-ber Doctors Blair and Barbara
Main came from Canada to do medical outreach. Each child at Imagine Missions Orphanage had a complete physical with areas of
needed treatment identified. We also did mobile clinics in the mountain village of Marten and went to three smaller orphanages
to treat children.
Many medications and have been brought down with teams.
A team from Ohio purchased sup-plies and put a ceiling in the exist-ing two rooms of the clinic along with running new electrical lines.
Two metal cabinets with locks were purchased and money has been given by two different
teams to purchase four more of which we are picking up today. Thank you for your generous hearts. We are still in the process
of organization. We accompa-nied Staley to Double Harvest for his surgery in which we had a
wonderful outcome. Glory to God! Connie has experienced several LONG trips to the dentist at Double Harvest with four of the
children with more trips to come.
Transition House/Apartment
update: In our last newsletter we stated that the transition house was almost ready for occu-pancy. Little did we know how
much more needed to be done to complete the project. We want to thank each one of you
for your generous donations to make this a reality. Many have given time and money to see this happen. We believe that within
the next three to four weeks our apartment and the transition house will be completed and we
will all be able to move in. Please keep all of us in your prayers, as this will be a HUGE adjustment for everyone. We
thank you for your prayers and
support.
In His service,
Walt & Connie
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Wow…what amazing and blessed few months
it has been here in Haiti. We have had many Imagine family mem-bers down to visit, some
for the first time and some returning to visit. December was very ex-
citing as the children anticipated the coming of Christmas morning. I am pretty sure every
day leading up to Christmas the children asked if they were get-
ting a present. They were overjoyed with all they received this year. They each were given
an individual gift, as well as two family gifts of a new television (donated
by Beth Jarvis) and a
trip to the beach.
They also had a special meal on Christmas pro-vided by the children of
Strasburg elementary.
Also in December the Heartland Vineyard
Church helped us move our Krache (an orphan-age for adoption) to a home in Despinos. We
have five children in the process of being adopted and they are
now close to home and back in school. A team from Ember Home care in Uhrichsville came and
brought Connie much need medical supplies, put a ceiling in the clinic
and provided snacks for the children. While they were here they also saw our need for a new gen-
erator at the orphan-
age and Jock and Lois Grandison blessed us by providing the funds to
purchase a new one.
One of the greatest
blessings taking place over the past few months is different teams have been here
together and sharing their experiences to-gether. From Decem-
ber 22 - January 17 we had visitors from Geor-gia (Galilee Church & Augusta Vineyard), Boli-
var, OH, Monnett, MO, Harlem Rd Methodist Church and Columbus,
OH. There was such joy in seeing them accept
M E L I S S A ’ S M E M O R A N D U M
each other and be-
come one team, help-ing each other with work to be done at the orphanage. They
sorted Christmas pre-sents, made snacks, or-ganized the clothing
depot, supervised a trip to the beach, made a new generator house, changed faucets and
outlets at the team house, did electrical work at the orphanage,
painted, taught Zumba and loved our children. God is truly making Imagine Missions one
body and family is HIS name. With all of this going on, work has still been continuing on the
transition house and other projects at the or-phanage. The boys
transition house is very close to completion. The kitchen is being in-stalled and tile has
been purchased and being set in the com-mons/kitchen area. All
the electrical and plumbing work has been completed. Walt and Connie are down
to the finishing touches on their apartment. We have also set a new
septic for the girls dorm
and built a new out-
house for the children.
There are not words enough to say how grateful we are for the Imagine family that
keeps this ministry mov-ing forward everyday. It is so overwhelming how
God continues to pro-vide our every need and more. There are a few areas I would ask
for you to be in prayer about. #1: The Essen-tials Club – we need 500
members as soon as possible to help with the everyday operations at the orphanage. Please
read about this pro-gram on page five of the newsletter. #2: The girls dorm of the transi-
tion house – we need to
raise $60,000 to build.
#3: Prayer for wisdom and direction with our church at the orphan-
age. We see a need to make some changes and as we all know change does not come
easily. We want our chil-dren to be followers of Jesus and building an intimate relationship
with Him.
Thank you for your con-
tinued prayers and sup-
port.
God Bless,
Melissa
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Essentially…..well, it’s
Essential
…the Essentials Club, that is. The Essentials Club is comprised of
persons who want to help the Kingdom of God in Haiti by giving
$20 per month for two years to Imagine Mis-sions. The money goes to provide the Essentials
for the 120 kids living at the Imagine Missions or-phanage. Did you
know that it costs $2,500 per week for the food
and fuel used at the or-phanage? And while
this food we’re talking about is better than many have in Haiti, it’s still only the basics: 7:00
am breakfast of spa-ghetti (common in Haiti), 2:00 pm lunch of
rice and beans, and a 7:00 pm snack of cereal. In addition to providing meals, Melissa must use
her funds to pay $3,600 each month to the forty staff members that take
care of “our kids”.
Before Imagine Missions took over the orphan-age, the prior director was operating on a
$10,000/month budget. When Melissa Young and Imagine Missions
became the director, much of the previous support ceased, and Imagine Missions began
with a dedicated com-mitment of only $1,000/month. Since that time
(October of 2011), God has blessed Imagine Missions’ efforts and has provided many things.
The monthly support of $30 that many have pledged was initially in-tended to enhance the
basic menu with meats/proteins and vegeta-bles, but it has had to
be used to provide the basic menu. Miracle donations have been made to help Melissa
meet payroll. Many teams have gone down to the orphanage to
make living improve-
ments – what a blessing to everyone there – and yet the daily concerns of how to pay the staff
and provide the next meal still exist. Think of it….$20 per
month….that’s about 66 cents per day. Don’t YOU have an extra 66
E S S E N T I A L S C L U B B Y J U D Y S H A R P E - K O S M A T K A
cents laying around that
you could put to good use in Haiti? God bless you if take the step to give it to 120 kids in