This 16-day mission experience to Bayonnais will be an immersion in hands-on ministry. Whether you have previously gone on a mission trip, or have never gone but thought you would like to go some day, this may be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for! Click here to read all about it.

Dear Friend:

ICDM has been bringing hope and a future to the children of Haiti since October 1989. For twenty-two years, we have worked to educate, equip and empower children and adults in this poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. With the help of caring sponsors and generous donors, we continue to bring hope and restore human dignity to the people of Haiti.

This year we have served 600 students daily in our school in Bayonnais. Our children and their parents are grateful for the opportunities we offer them. Hundreds of our graduates have gone on to finish high school, and some are pursuing higher education beyond high school.

One young man wrote to his sponsors: “Dear Larry and Lisa, My name is Adius. I am a former student at the ICDM Bayonnais School. God has blessed me and helped me to finish with secondary studies, and now I am trusting Him to help me go to college. I want to become a medical doctor in order to help my family, my friends and the whole church. I am praying that God will send someone to help with my future studies. God is the only one who can continue to perform miracles in my life. Please pray that He will open the doors of a college for me this year. Thank you very much for your support, and thank you for your prayers.”

Would you please pray that Adius might realize his dream of becoming a medical doctor?

Meanwhile, with help from God’s people, dreams really do come true. Click here to read Dieunette's story.

Thanks to her sponsors, Dieunette's dream has come true. With her training and Christian commitment, she is serving the people of Haiti and helping them to achieve healthier lives.

Thank you for helping us to bring hope and a future to Haiti’s vulnerable children and families. Your partnership with ICDM is helping to train a new generation of children and youth to make a difference – in their families, their communities and their nation.

We value your partnership and wish you a blessed Christmas and a happy New Year.

They began arriving before dawn on October 7, and by six am they were ready to begin work. They were the 70 cement workers who mixed, carried, poured and finished the concrete for the second floor of the Center of Hope in Bayonnais. Organized into two teams and supervised by foremen and subcontractors, they soon had a lively competition going, spurred on throughout the day with singing, chanting and cheers.

The operation continued non-stop for 17 ½ hours, until 11:30 pm. Meanwhile, two teams of women, about 50 altogether, were cooking vast quantities of food to feed all the workers, guests and observers.

And there were lots of observers: teams from the U.S., residents from the Bayonnais community, and students from the ICDM school. Though school was dismissed for the day, the older students were on hand to watch and learn, and to help carry food and water.

Cheers and shouts of triumph arose from weary workers and the crowd of onlookers when the job was finished at 11:30 pm. The Center of Hope was one step closer to completion.

The 600 students of ICDM’s school are also one step closer to having a real school building. Many classes currently meet under trees, with tarps forming “walls” (see photo).

In addition to classrooms, the Center of Hope will provide a large meeting hall, health clinic, library, and office space. As work teams from the U.S. join forces with Haitian crews this fall and winter, the second-floor walls will go up and the roof will go on. A dedication service will be held in late January to celebrate the goodness of the Lord in making this new facility possible.

Thank you for being a friend of ICDM and the children of Bayonnais. Thank you, and God bless you, for giving to help the Center of Hope take shape.

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ICDM reached a milestone in 2009...20 years of ministry in Haiti. Praise God for what He has done, and pray for our continued ministry. 

Please take a moment to watch the following video on ICDM...

ICDM offers education for children through the eighth grade, scholarships for youth to attend high school and vocational schools, literacy training and healthy living classes for adults. Many children are on the waiting list, and YOU could be the one who changes their life by becoming a sponsor for as little as $30 a month! 

Click here to read the story of a person whose life was changed by a sponsor.

ICDM promotes new life in Jesus Christ by offering Bible training for pastors and Christian leaders. Portable Bible Schools train lay pastors in rural villages; conferences and seminars offer concentrated studies, and Schools of Evangelism provide a nine-month course of study with an emphasis on evangelism. 

ICDM empowers churches and families by offering micro-business loans to help families earn a living, and human development programs to improve the standard of living. 

Our scope is the world, our heart is for the family, and our foundation is the Word of God.