We believe our personal history is key to our call. KC’s desire to receive youth into her life in order to be a trustworthy friend, a mentor, comes from a history of her mother and father welcoming youth into their homes, often for dinner or just to hang out. Often neighborhood children of KC’s youth felt drawn to her childhood home because they felt a sense of belonging offered by her mother and father. Denis knows the power of organized sports, as he was a young semi-professional youth soccer player. He knows how a sport also engages in a sense of belonging and also offers a chance to explore the spiritual aspects of playing on a team.
Adolescents, especially older adolescents, are at a developmental point in life that will shape the future for the rest of their lives. This stage is imperative in the development of faith. However, American culture is teaching Haitian youth. These same youth feel like outcasts in regards to the Haitian church that tells them they are not enough and need to change themselves before coming to the church.
This is an essential time to have supports in place so that an adolescent can make the lifelong choice of following Christ and exploring ones identity in the Body of Christ, as they move away from an embedded faith of their parents to a personal faith.
Our vision is that marginalized youth of Jacmel, who have been transformed and have come to the knowledge of Christ, would change the trajectory of the nation of Haiti by using the social and spiritual skills they have learned to instill faith, hope, gentleness, love, and compassion in the lives of families in Haiti.
VALUES:
We have a small, but active school sponsorship program for 10 elementary school children who would otherwise not have a chance to attend school. All it takes is $300 US a year for enrollment, tuition, uniforms, and books for a single child!
We are coming to realize that the parents of our students are not equipped to support good study habits for their children at home. Once the beginning of school is settled, we hope to begin workshops to help parents know how to support their young students. We believe this will produce better grades.
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