Medical Clinics provide medical assistance and Christian witness to poor rural Hatians. Since
1982, God has used Sam Rice to start 5 clinics throughout Haiti. The present location is Dariol, a small village on
the south coast of Haiti. He opened this clinic in 1996 with $1,500 seed money. It is a "God supported"
(not self supported) service, which has treated and witnessed to over 20,000 patients in this rural setting. The sick
come from miles around by foot, donkey, or mule. We provide a consultation and medicines for about $3. No one
is turned away regardless of having funds.
This support provides a Christian education for a child by helping
with tuition. The tuition provides their schools with the budgetary assistance in order to operate. All sponsored children
are required to attend church on Sunday. The modeling of Christian teachers and exposure to the Gospel in church is
a wonderful way to evangelize these children.
Discipleship and Rural Church Worker Bible Study Fellowship provides a firm doctrinal base of faith for leaders of independent area churches who have not had the privilege to receive
seminary education. Bibles, hymnals and Sunday School materials are distributed as resources allow.
We have distributed
50 French language Thompson Chain Reference Bibles, one to each church leader, in order to help these church leaders to prepare
their sermons and Bible studies for their congregations. Now we have been able to get around 100 TCR Bibles
into the hands of these poor pastors.
After the earthquake of 2010 it has become difficult to get Creole Bibles.
We are having to get them from the Dominican Republic.
Scholarship Assistance provides
small scholarships to worthy young people to help enable them to pursue education or vocational aspirations.
Micro
Entrepreneurial Encouragement seeks to provide poor church women with $100 each to start a small business venture.
This not only helps their families but also results in a tithe for church. Investment partners are needed to "adopt"
a hardworking poor woman.
Tool distribution to poor farmers provides hand tools to rural
farmers in need. Tools such as machetes, picks, and shovels.
Christian Radio Station broadcasts Bible messages, music, and useful information from our 110-watt transmitter to a potential listening audience of
200,000. This wonderful ministry became a reality when friends contributed love gifts which enabled us to purchase radio
equipment.
For the first 3 years we operated out of a small tin-covered Haitian hut. The Lord touched the heart
of a man in Florida and he contributed $20,000 towards the construction of a cement block, cement roofed building from which
we now broadcast. The Radio station is called Radio Semence 106.9 FM. The name, semence is taken from the
French word which means the seed which is used for planting.
We have enjoyed the new building for several years now.
Praise God, the earthquake of 2010 did not damage the Station at all. Because we do not have electricity, we must use
a generator and gasoline sells around $6.00 US. Since we acquired 5 solar panels our energy needs are being met in a
more economically feasible manner.
In August 2010 we will be celebrating our 8th year of service to the people.
