Working Together
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Working Together

The heart of the message New Missions has shared from the beginning is: Jesus loves you or Jezi renmen ou in Haitian Creole. Sharing Jesusʼs love takes many forms: preaching, education, medical help, food, and Christmas shoeboxes. […]

Happy Days
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Happy Days

Our high school students are happy when it is chapel service time. They resound the Word, “I rejoiced with those who said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’” Psalm 122:1

Praying for Pastors
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Praying for Pastors

Early one morning, my heart felt compelled to call a pastor friend. No answer. I left a voicemail and encouraged him. Then, minutes later, a text shows up from the pastor: “I’m stepping into an important meeting and I welcome your prayers.”[…]

Family Together
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Family Together

When I moved to work with New Missions in the Dominican Republic eight years ago, I had no idea how God would change my life. I met my husband here in the DR in one of our churches. He accepted Christ as a teenager and was the first one in his family to be saved.  […]

The First Mission Trip
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The First Mission Trip

December 26, 1979, when I was 18 years old, I traveled to Haiti with my parents and a team of 10 people. My father was the pastor of Calvary Evangelistic Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. […]

Let God Arise!
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Let God Arise!

Charlie was converted when he unconventionally prayed, “God, I will try being a Christian for a week.” In the morning, he woke up changed and sensed the Holy Spirit in his life. […]

Thankful For Family
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Thankful For Family

Medical complications led to my mother being faced with a life and death situation. I was the last of eight pregnancies for my mom. Prior to me, my mother had seven children, four who did not survive. […]

Safe and Loved
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Safe and Loved

If you have never had the opportunity to visit our schools here in the Dominican Republic, I wish you could come and see the happy smiles on children’s faces and hear sounds of laughter throughout our campuses. The students love our schools because of the love and security they feel when they are here. […]

Read Your Bible
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Read Your Bible

At each of our schools, the Gospel is shared daily with our students. One of the ways we do that is by celebrating Bible Day every year. Normally, the students have special presentations prepared to share during the morning assembly. […]

Nursing Graduates
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Nursing Graduates

In September, two of our graduates finished four years of nursing school, thanks to their hard work and their sponsors’ generosity. It was a dream come true for Edeline Jean Baptiste and Wideline Andre to be afforded the opportunity to have full scholarships to their nursing programs. […]

Mission Trips
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Mission Trips

Despite the ongoing danger in Haiti, several of our churches sent out a total of 186 individuals on local mission trips this summer. These trips were totally Haitian led. […]

Weekly Chapel Services
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Weekly Chapel Services

What song are you singing today? The sound coming from our chapel services across our school campuses is one of hope and proclaiming Jesus as Lord. […]

Revival Services
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Revival Services

One special event we had this summer was hosting three evenings of revival services for children, organized by the Bord-Mer church. Two of our graduates and one other member took the lead. […]

Graduates Ministering 
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Graduates Ministering 

A special invitation was given to New Missions high school graduates to attend the year-end prayer and worship event. About 50 graduates attended—working alongside the students in planning and serving. […]

Youth on the Rise
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Youth on the Rise

Our vision at New Missions is to raise a generation of Christian leaders, and we work daily to attain that goal. Having started a children’s Bible class in Los Castillos over five years ago, many of those students who started with us are now teenagers and have become well versed in their knowledge of Scripture. […]

Promoting From Within
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Promoting From Within

Once a student himself, Jameson Verdry is now a teacher at the New Missions school in Concrab, Haiti. His son, Kervenson, attends the same school in Concrab. Valliere Eslene has a similar story as today her son attends school where she is a school teacher. […]

Leaders United
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Leaders United

We recently organized a mini retreat for the directors and assistant directors of our schools, churches, and health center. We hosted the event in the beautiful mountains of the Dominican Republic—which allowed our leaders to disconnect for the day and be refreshed and renewed. […]

Focus on Young Graduates 
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Focus on Young Graduates 

At the end of each school year, we celebrate our graduating class as well as the students finishing kindergarten and sixth grade. These celebrations are truly important, as most families can’t afford birthday parties or festivities for the holidays. […]

Children Are Our Future!
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Children Are Our Future!

Parents set an example to influence children into what they will become. My parents loved missions. Our Sunday dinner table was often graced with visiting missionaries. Our home was open to them even if they had experienced recent diseases. […]

Planting Churches
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Planting Churches

What do you need to plant a church? You need people called by God. “I learned John 3:16 as a child at New Missions,” Pastor Alix told me as we enjoyed lunch together. Now a church planter in Mount Dora, Florida, Alix Hilaire shared how he once sat under a mango tree as a young teenager in Haiti and told God, “I will serve you the rest of my life.” […]