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Missions we support

Haven Of Hope- Haiti
Yearly  Mission
 

Haven of Hope - This is a children’s home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti run by Don Shire Ministries.  They currently provide safety and care for 46 children in the two Haven of Hope homes, one for boys and one for girls, plus daycare children in that gang-controlled city. The House of Hope has been transitioned into a school for the children, grades 1-6 to provide a safer and more consistent learning setting. Julie shares that US back Prime Minister is now in “control”. During this process, three American warships were stationed off the coast of Port-au-Prince.  There has been a noticeable shift in gang activity, which appears to be weakening.  Please join us in praising God for His loving, mighty, sovereign hand providing for needs and pray that Haven of Hope will continue to be a beacon of light drawing this nation to Himself. Read monthly updates and learn more at more at:



www.dsminternational.org

Water for Ishmael- USA
Yearly Mission
 

  Jon and Rachel Doriot  Jon and Rachel are now serving with Water for Ishmael in Toledo, Ohio at a School for refugees and immigrants teaching English, helping with food insecurity, and working in collaboration and partnership with other organizations to train students for specific careers. They also share community and faith. Learn more about WFI at www.waterforishmael.org. Jon and Rachel will continue to be with Pioneers as their sending agency. Jon has begun teaching English classes. They have sold their home in Chicago, are purchasing one in the Toledo area, and are getting settled.  Please pray for God to lead them to the people and situations where they can minister effectively, for all the boys as they find friends and fit into new schools and church, for needed support increases, and for Rachel as she makes a new home for the family and begins to work with WFI more as time allows. Praise God that the move has gone well and that they enjoy the area and the Water for Ishmael ministry.




 

Quarterly Mission
Pastor Kurt Witzig- 
April, May and June

Our own Kurt Witzig is the missionary for this quarter.  Kurt is one of our speakers at God’s Gathering Place and travels to Kenya two to three times a year to share the gospel message with youth/young adults and to provide Biblical teaching for local pastors.  Kurt, for about a year has been  doing a Bible study/conversation group with a handful of young adults from Nairobi on google meet. Those      students interacted with others at the December 2025 conference and others expressed interest in joining this now weekly meeting, currently studying the Book of Colossians. 

Kurt says that Lord willing, his next trip will be in April, followed by a trip in August that he hopes to   include a small team that would conduct a children’s outreach occurring simultaneously with the  pastor’s teaching. Right after Thanksgiving he will return for another Pastor’s Conference and also a week long youth/young adult conference. He welcomes others to join him sharing God’s love.

 Contact  Kurt at 218-590-5487 or ikwitz@gmail.com

if you have questions about this opportunity or are interested in going with him.