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. Another 56 Bibles will be distributed
in September 2006.
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.
