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Hendersonville Team Travels to
Dominican Republic for Mission Trip

Orlando, Fla. (March 29, 2007) – A team of 10 from First Baptist Church of Hendersonville in Tennessee traveled to the Dominican Republic, a third-world country in the Caribbean, March 12-19, on a mission trip through the New Missions organization. The team’s goodwill activities included church repairs and improvements, children’s activities and distribution of bags of candy, bracelets, Bibles, baseballs, toiletry items, fabric and paper.

“It’s fun to present the children with gifts, but we actually made it a point to give gift bags to the parents because many times a parent doesn’t have an opportunity to give their own child a gift,” explained team co-leader Diane Brown-Vineyard.

New Missions, headquartered in Orlando, Fla., is one of the largest mission organizations working in Haiti. With nearly 8,000 students in school from pre-school through high school and over 300 full-time Haitian staff, New Missions is one of the largest employers in Leogane, where its mission is located. New Missions has worked in Haiti since 1983 where it currently provides education, medical care, food, and has established 20 churches across the Leogane Plain. New Missions also serves the North Coast of the Dominican Republic in Sosua.

Houston Mission Team Casts Vision in Haiti

Orlando, Fla. (November 6, 2006) – A team of nine from Vineyard Church of Houston cast a vision for more than 500 Haitian children and adults by setting up make shift eye clinics in five Haitian villages. Under the guidance of New Missions and led by Susan Korjagin, a Houston ophthalmic diagnostic technician, the team hiked to the villages with loaded backpacks. Supplies included more than 1,000 pairs of new and used reading glasses and sunglasses, eye charts, instruments, lenses and prescription kits. After five days, five villages and long lines of Haitians, approximately 450 pairs of glasses were distributed. For cases of glaucoma and cataracts, the mission team advised the patients they needed further care.

This was Korjagin’s fifth eye clinic mission trip to Haiti through New Missions.

New Missions, headquartered in Orlando, Fla., is one of the largest mission organizations working in Haiti. With nearly 8,000 students in school from pre-school through high school and over 300 full-time Haitian staff, New Missions is one of the largest employers in Leogane, where its mission is located. New Missions has worked in Haiti since 1983 where it currently provides education, medical care, food, and has established 20 churches across the Leogane Plain. New Missions also serves the North Coast of the Dominican Republic in Sosua.

Ickesburg Team Travels to Haiti for Mission Trip

Orlando, Fla. (November 6, 2006) – A team of 16 from Newport Assembly of God in Ickesburg, Penn. traveled to Haiti, a third-world country in the Caribbean, October 7-14, 2006 on a mission trip, which included distribution of rice and clothing, construction of a dining hall and evangelism.

The team distributed approximately 4,000 pounds of rice to four villages as well as distributed clothing, flip flops, shoes, baby clothes, diapers, etc. The dining hall is for an elementary school where children receive a hot meal each school day. The team’s involvement included form work and pouring the building’s concrete foundation. The new 30 x 60-foot building will replace the previous building, which was torn down a year ago because of rotting lumber and a rusting tin roof.

Team leader Tammy Rahn of Ickesburg has led 11 mission trips to Haiti through the New Missions organization since 1992. Her husband, son and brother also volunteer.

New Missions, headquartered in Orlando, Fla., is one of the largest mission organizations working in Haiti. With nearly 8,000 students in school from pre-school through high school and over 300 full-time Haitian staff, New Missions is one of the largest employers in Leogane, where its mission is located. New Missions has worked in Haiti since 1983 where it currently provides education, medical care, food, and has established 20 churches across the Leogane Plain. New Missions also serves the North Coast of the Dominican Republic in Sosua.