. . . Reaches Out to People for Christ

Hatian Impact Christian Ministries was founded in 1993, by Frantz Previl, for the sole purpose of having a lasting impact on Haiti.  The work is centered in the heart of the Caribbean Sea about 800 miles SE of Miami, Florida, encompassing the West half of the island of Santo Domingo.  It was formerly a French colony and has been an independent country since 1804.  Over eight million people live in this poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.  It is the thrid poorest country in the world.

Haiti exports: coffee Cocoa beans, mangos and handicrafts.  The average yearly income is $150.  The social conditions are precarious.  Disease, hunger, and illiteracy are the main obstructions to success.  Above all, the darkness of sin is rampant.  These are the reasons that we need to share the Gospel of Christ to shine over Haiti.

Superstition and voodoo are common practices in Haiti.  Even though the State Religion is Catholic, Voodoo has crept into the church.  This merging is known as Syncretism.  (The picture at the left is of a former witchdoctor burning all of his Voodoo things after coming to Christ.  He simply said "I want Jesus" and many of his followers followed him to Christ.  He also released his multiple wives and married the one seen below.).

HICM oversees eleven churches.  Our objective is to plant one church a year.  Unfortunately, lack of funds has kept us from fulfilling our goal.  Today more and more people are turning away from Voodoo and we need to build churches to meet the growing demand.  We organize seminars twice a year for preachers and church leaders to study theology, doctrine and church growth.  We also schedule youth retreats in varous locations with an emphasis on salvation, Christian principles, personal growth, and evangelism.

Eighty-five percent of the population is illiterate, so education is a major need.  It is also a major obstacle to spiritual growth.  Today HICM has a great endeavor of planting church connected Christian schools.  The population of Haiti is about 9 million in 18,000 square miles.  Fifty percent are children.  Only one in four has the opportunity to go to school.  All of our schools are Christ-centered and the Bible is used as a textbook.

Children are the ultimate victims wherever poverty is rampant.  Children have no hope.  Their days are filled with sickness, hunger and sometimes no home.  For less than $1 a day you can make a difference in the life of a child.  Sponsorship provides tuition, books, uniform, supplies, medical attention and one meal a day.  Above all we make sure every child hears and learns to trust our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Just as Jesus did, we want to minister to the whole person.  One out of five Haitian children die before their fourth birthday, because of lack of medical care.  HICM has a permanent clinic in Port-au-Prince and holds mobile clinics in other locations across the country.  Malaria and typhoid are the most common diseases seen at the clinics.  As the people wait to see a physician, we tell them about the Great Physician and thus some are won to the Lord.

Since many of the people of Haiti are so poor they cannot afford nice weddings and simply live together instead, HIMC has a ministry that provides weddings.  They lend out the wedding dresses and even supply the receptions afterwards.  They accept donated wedding dresses for that purpose are are currently needing dresses in sizes 14-18 to round out their collection.  (Shown at the left is a picture of a wedding in which Frantz is the best man for a former Voodoo priest.)

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