ICDM: Moving Forward, Changing Lives 12/14/2011
 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.”
Add Comment Celebrate Hope! 10/18/2011
 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. Continuing Hope 10/12/2011
 One of the first questions I was asked when I returned from Haiti last week was “How much progress has been made in the reconstruction?” The answer is complex. While much has been done to clean up and rebuild following last year’s earthquake, much more remains to be done. The enormous loss of life and crippling injuries will permanently affect all of Haiti’s people, and the underlying poverty makes these natural disasters even more devastating. But what I found pervasive in Haiti was hope!
Hope is the resource that looks beyond the immediate need and sees the possibility of a brighter future. The eight men on our team worked on the Center of Hope in Bayonnais, building the forms in preparation for pouring the concrete roof, which will also be the second-story floor. We witnessed such hope in the eyes of the school children. When we finished our work, they climbed on top of the building and played on the concrete forms and supports, laughing with joy and excitement. They were full of hope as they saw the work progressing on their school and church building. Neighborhood Yard Sale a Success! 09/21/2011
 Thank you, dear friends of ICDM, for standing with us in bringing hope and a brighter future to Haitian children. You are helping to educate hundreds of children. You continue to make a difference. Please read Tim Carson’s comments below about the yard sale held in Lexington KY last weekend. –Yvan Pierre
Our latest Neighborhood Yard Sale was another great success! We received tons of donations – from neighbors, family and friends – to help the children of Bayonnais. Still to be sold: an antique bow-front oak-and-glass china cabinet and a cherry spindle bed. We were able to cast the vision of the importance of our mission and what ICDM is doing in Haiti. Also how God has been able to grow our hearts through knowing and interacting with these children. Work progresses on Center of Hope 08/30/2011
 Intercession City FL – ICDM director Yvan Pierre and a five-person work team from Pennsylvania travel to Bayonnais today to work on the Center of Hope construction, and will return home September 7.
A team of eleven builders, eight from New Jersey and three from other areas, will join forces September 24 to October 1 to continue the Center of Hope construction. A third work team will is scheduled for October 1-8. All of these teams will be working alongside Haitian builders under the direction of the general contractor. The goal is to pour the concrete ceiling of the first floor by the end of September, and to progress from there to laying up the concrete-block walls and adding the roof. 2012 Hope for Haiti Team Bulletin 08/08/2011
The 2012 Hope for Haiti Team, led by team coordinator Verna Smith, will make a 16-day mission trip to Bayonnais January 21-February 6, 2012, flying from Miami to Port-au-Prince on Saturday, January 21, and returning to Miami on Monday, February 6. ICDM director Yvan Pierre and field coordinator Rosemond Pierre will meet the team in Port-au-Prince and travel with the team directly to Bayonnais.
Already signed on to the team: Verna Smith, Phil Smith, Marlene K. Whitlatch, Lucretia Brown and Connie Coleman. We need additional qualified team members to go for one or both weeks. Especially needed are trained medical and dental professionals and helpers to adequately staff the clinic, and work alongside ICDM’s medical school graduates and students. Clean Water System Up and Running 08/02/2011
Bayonnais, Haiti - For the first time in history, the people of Bayonnais have safe, clean water to drink. The new water well and purification system for the Bayonnais community went into service on Saturday, July 30. A dedication ceremony, to be held in the next two weeks, will emphasize for the people of the community what it means to drink this clean water that is free from cholera and other disease organisms. “It may take a little encouragement, but in time they will come,” declares Tim Carson, whose vision and organization brought this dream from concept to reality. “I could almost bet that the Voodoo priest in this area will come too. His children already come to our school!”  Above left: Rosemond and Yvan Pierre and Tim Carson were among the first to taste the clean, pure water. Above center: For these children, and many more like them, clean water is going to make a difference. Above right: The completed water house and security tower. Summer Happenings at Bayonnais 07/25/2011
 Field Director Rosemond Pierre reports that work is progressing on the water well and purification system at Bayonnais. Team members hope to taste the clean water before they leave next Saturday.
English classes with the children are going well, and it’s encouraging to see the students’ enthusiasm and progress. On Wednesday the team will take about 50 students on an outing that will be fun for both team and students. Please pray for safety on this trip, which is made possible because of the school bus provided by friends from Pennsylvania. Mission Team Dates Announced 07/13/2011
 Orlando FL – ICDM director Yvan Pierre will be in Haiti July 13-31 working with field leadership and U.S. teams. A team from Lexington KY is already on site teaching English in Bayonnais.
Clean water for Bayonnais is the focus of a team from Kentucky that also left for Haiti July 13. Their mission: to drill a well and install a purification system to provide safe, clean water for the people of Bayonnais. Though water scooped from streams and pools may look clean, it may be teeming with disease-causing organisms. With the recent outbreaks of cholera, the importance of safe drinking water is receiving new emphasis throughout Haiti. Kentucky team members will also work on Center of Hope construction. Help for Haiti 06/09/2011
 A converted warehouse in downtown Lexington KY was the setting for a $100-a-plate benefit dinner on May 19 to help the people of Bayonnais, Haiti. Proceeds from the festive event will fund a water project to provide safe, clean drinking water for the Bayonnais area.
The event was the brainchild of Tim Carson, a retired school teacher and professional caterer, whose first trip to Haiti last year profoundly changed him and gave him a new focus for the rest of his life. “I'm not kidding,” he says. “It shifted my way of thinking.” |
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