Love in Action

Ministry takes proximity. However, sometimes you feel far away from what’s happening. Behind our home office walls, we answer calls and see the letters sent to our students from their sponsors. […]

May News Update

Tom Gateau Kitchen

Our Tom Gateau school is in the mountains off of the Leogane Plain—serving 319 students from preschool through 9th grade. Many children walk a good distance to school on mountainous paths from other small villages or home clusters […]

Plant for Others

Back in 1983 when my parents moved our family to Haiti, I remember something unique about my dad. He loved to plant trees. This was especially important since Haiti was deforested, as their number one fuel was charcoal. […]

Loving with a Whole Heart

Have you ever loved someone with your whole heart but the same love was not returned? Perhaps the person portrayed a measure of love but didn’t love you fully. Maybe there was even some betrayal. How can you love someone when there is a question of trust and commitment? […]

April News Update

Helping Families Flourish

Little did we know, generational change would happen and scatter around the world. For our 40th anniversary, Erlande Fatal made a video testimony. She shared that because of New Missions, she is now a nurse and school teacher. […]

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

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

Bible Quiz Competitions

Last month, I wrote about our youth groups that are continuing to grow and flourish. In February, we hosted our first Bible quiz competition for our youth groups, and it was a great success! […]

Don't Ever Give Up...Just Pray!

As I started the car to run errands, I clicked the media button on the car dashboard and the song, It Pays to Pray, came on. The song is sung by Greater Vision, a southern gospel quartet.[…]

March News Update

Haitians are Heroes

It was a privilege and pleasure to address the crowd of people attending the New Missions 40th Anniversary Celebration in Haiti. I looked out at the crowd at our large church building on our high school campus where extra benches were placed in the front of the church and all around the outside of the building.[…]

Youth Living for Christ

During the pandemic in the Dominican Republic, we started a large youth group that met weekly on one of our campuses. Teens came from many places; many of them came because they missed their friends and wanted to see them.[…]

40 Years Young!

New Missions in Haiti celebrated 40 years in January, but it’s not “over the hill.” On the contrary...the churches are alive, mature, and deeply rooted with new leaders assisting with ministry. […]

March Podcast

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.”[…]

February Podcast

God's Word Changes Lives

Recently, thanks to money generously donated, we were able to purchase Bibles for all of our elementary and high school students in the DR. Our Leaders for Christ student group prepared a special program presenting our students with their own Bibles. […]

From the Projects to the Mission Field

My grandfather, Michel DeTellis, was an immigrant from Italy. In the 1950s he sold produce off the back of his horse-drawn wagon. He would ride up and down the side streets in the neighborhoods of South Boston selling to families living in tenement houses.[…]