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Trinity/HOPE
May 2010
Update from the Supervisor
 By Lophane Laurent 
 Included in this issue is a list of schools showing those with sponsors and those without. Page 7 showcases some of the schools at which new feeding programs have begun. Thank  you for your support of Trinity/HOPE.
My name is Lophane Laurent. I am the manager/
supervisor for all of Trinity/HOPE’s feeding pro-
grams in Haiti and I want to tell you about what I ex-perienced in the earthquake. First, Thanks to myLord, because my family is alive.Brother, I can tell you it was a nightmare. I never feel something like this in my life and I won't hope itanymore, this is my prayer with God. When it hit Iwas in a big school in Port au Prince and when I feltit I thought of the school that collapsed some yearsago when there is a lot people died there, I movedfastly to leave the area and go outside. I saw manypeople on the road hands up and said:
Thanks Jesus, Thanks Jesus
. When I asked what ishappen and they said this is an earthquake, quickly I called my wife, no answer, so I was afraidfor my family and I didn't know where they were. When got to my home, I didn't found themand someone told me, don't worry because your family is alive, when I saw them and it was aparty and I thanks God because my family is alive.There was no electric power for two weeks after the earthquake. We could not phone or email.One of the first I got was from John Hall asking if we were ok and said he wanted to hear myvoice. When I talked with him he asked if my family had received any food or water from the[relief efforts] and said no and he said, please let me know the bank will be open, because Ihave money here so people can have food. At the time the bank didn't opened, we receivedfood from the LCMS World Relief and Human Care by going to the Dominican Republic border to meet them. When the banks opened we begin to get money raised to help us. My familyand I slept outside (this made my little son sick) or in a shelter of about 200
until a friend inthe US send me a tent.
In the name of the people that you always sent money to bought food and in my family's name,I say thank you for your efforts to helped us found something to eat and drink and in their name I also
thank you for never to stop feeding our children a meal each day at school.
(Matthew 25 V 35 to 45).
Visit us on line at www.trinityhope.org 
 
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We Are Making a Difference
 By Keith Logan
As a tent maker, the apostle Paul would be avery busy man in Haiti right now. During our recent trip (April 14
th
 
 –
21
st
), our mission teamsaw literally thousands of tents throughoutPort au Prince. Any available space, even in-cluding the median between busy lanes of traf-fic, was consumed with make-shift tents. Acountry that already had more than its share of challenges before the earthquake has nowfound everyday living even more difficult.As an evangelist, the apostle Paul would alsobe a very busy man in Haiti right now. Thesedifficult times have opened the hearts of manyHaitians to hear the Good News of JesusChrist. Our mission team had the opportunityto visit over 1,400 children and share the Gos-pel with them. We were able to remind themthat the food they receive everyday throughTrinity/HOPE is a gift from God because of thenever-ending love He has for each of them.
We talked to kids that literally walk threehours each day to get to school.
We talkedto hundreds of kids that rely on their noonmeal from Trinity/HOPE as their ONLY mealfor the day. In every case,
their message to
us was the same…”Thank you and May God Bless You”.
 
That is the message we bring back to each of you from our Christian brothers and sisters inHaiti. Together, with the help of God, we aremaking a difference.
Through your prayersand support, we ARE providing the one,true HOPE to thousands of little evangel- ists every day.
Thank you and May God Bless You.
She said:
I was a little hesitant about going back to Haiti thisyear. The earthquake looked so devastating, I was-
n’t sure I could handle the things we were about to
see. Yes, the city is crumbled but the people liveon. Their spirits are strong and they are still smil-ing. Trinity/HOPE is making a significant differenceeverywhere you look. We also visited a school inJeremie that would start being fed May 1. We wereable to deliver the good news and see the hope and joy in their faces.Haiti is a place that builds my faith and encouragesme to allow God to use me in every aspect of mylife. I feel honored he placed this ministry on myheart. It is in my constant thoughts and prayers.Thank you so much for your support. It is makingan unexplainable difference in the lives of the Hai-tian children.
He said:
One full year had passed since my wife returnedfrom her first trip to Haiti, a trip that would forever change our lives. Vivid memories of her arrivinghome, broken physically, emotionally and spirituallywere still so fresh in my mind and heart. I had seenall the pictures, helped with fundraisers, andwatched quietly as God revealed himself andchanged our lives through her experience in Haiti.A full year should be enough time to prepare me for 
my trip…..right?
 The reality of the situation in Haiti did not fully set inuntil we pushed our luggage cart past the customs
agent and were immediately “greeted” by the des-
peration. The horns honking, the buzz of local traf-fic, crowds of people and the smells were all sodemanding and distinctive, and like nothing I couldhave prepared for. I was immediately fascinatedwith how life just happens in the face of widespread destruction from the earthquake, the pov-erty, starvation and hunger.The most amazing experience was seeing Godpresent in the faces of the children. Truth is, noth-ing could have prepared me for this experience. Asour Haitian brothers would say,
“This is Haiti”.
 
Views from a Husband and Wife
 By Jason and Debbie Lindsey
 
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Trinity/HOPE is now providing a daily meal for over 13,000 children, their cooks and teachersin 82 schools daily. The map below shows the locations of our programs as well as the num-bers currently fed and the schools served (two additional schools have been added since themap below was created).The star bursts track the January 12
th
earthquake and the fault line it followed. All schoolswere temporarily closed, many were damaged and while some of our people suffered greatproperty loss, we thank God that none were killed or seriously injured. The schools in all areasexcept Port au Prince, Jacmel and a few in Arcahaie reopened very quickly. These schoolsdid not restart until early in April and will go into August to make up for lost time.We thank God for all your gifts: Those for the benefit of the programs in any school and thosedesignated for a particular school (sponsorship). Both are absolutely necessary for the con-tinuation of our programs.Individuals, groups and/or congregations may wish to consider developing a closer relationshipwith a school by sponsoring the feeding program for those children. With the recent additionof new schools, we now have 34 unsponsored schools. All schools which have a current Trin-ity/HOPE feeding program, both sponsored and unsponsored, are on the enclosed list and afew of the unsponsored schools are pictured on page 7.We invite you to contact us about school sponsorship. You can visit our website or contact usdirectly using the information on the back of this newsletter.
The Devastating Earthquake
 By John Hall 
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