Vision of Hope
Ministries, Inc. (VOHM) is the mission support
organization in the
United
States for Evangelical Free
Church planting in northern
Haiti.
Our purpose is to provide administrative, spiritual and
financial support for our field missionaries, Henoc and
Guerline Lucien and local Haitian Christians working alongside
them in the city of Cap
Haitien,
Haiti
and surrounding areas. VOHM currently supports three
Evangelical Free Churches which are located in
Cap Haitien,
Berard and Grande Riviere du Nord. College Susan Schuenke, a
K-13 Christian day school located in Cap
Haitien, is also supported by
VOHM.
Haiti,
in the West Indies, shares the
island of
Hispaniola with the
Dominican
Republic. About the size of
Maryland,
Haiti
is home to approximately 7.3 million people. Following the
exploration of
Columbus in 1492,
Haiti
fell victim to Spanish rule and subsequently, rule of the
French.
Remarkably,
Haiti
became the world’s first black independent nation in 1804 as a
result of the insurrection of the nation’s slave
population. The
political instability that followed combined with natural
disasters that are endemic to this region have left
Haiti
the poorest nation in the Western
Hemisphere.
Life expectancy is 50 years and almost half the
population is illiterate. Food insecurity and
sub-standard living conditions are a daily struggle for the
inhabitants of this nation.
Vision of
Hope
Ministries is
focused on bringing hope and help through a holistic
ministry. We
share the hope of faith in Jesus Christ by working with local
Haitians to provide education, disaster relief,
micro-enterprise projects and church planting. Over 90% of the funds
provided by our supporters go directly to aid in these
projects. The
dramatic and lasting impact this work makes in the lives of
the people of northern
Haiti
is a testimony to the love of God for his children. We are excited to be a
part of what God is doing in the lives of the people of
Haiti!
“
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his
life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our
brothers. If anyone has material possessions and sees his
brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of
God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or
tongue but with actions and in truth.” I John
3:16-18
