UPDATE: LCC received the following update from Sue Gross:
First Toilet Built Because of Your Support!
Thank you for Making A Difference
 Toilets are being built in Jeremie, Haiti to prevent the spread of Cholera and other diseases. The first of several was built at the Dame Marie Lutheran School. There are 34 schools in Pastor Isaac's district and he hopes, eventually, to have a toilet built at each location. Thank you so much for the donations he has received so far.
Sue Gross
The Haitian Lutheran Mission Project
Original Request from Susan Gross, Haitian Lutheran Mission Project
These children are asking for a TOILET for Christmas. Yes, that must sound strange to most of us but it is true. Cholera is invading the country of Haiti. Clean water and toilets are needed to prevent thousands of deaths.
Please read Pastor Isaac's letter below:
Greetings in the precious name of Jesus to all our brothers and sisters.
 Haiti is struggling with one more dilemna, the cholera desease that already killed 2000 people and affected 30,000 according to the officials. But, the reality is over 3000 deaths and 50,000 affected. Ms Cholera is visiting Haiti department after department, city after city, village after village on a weekly basis.
Jeremie district has 34 churches and 30 schools. (Jérémie, Marfranc, Moron, Fond Rouge, Beaudouin, Iles Blances, Roche-à-Pierre, Durocher, Dame Marie, Grande Barrière, Layé, Irois, Ansed'Hainault, Bariadèle, Pian,Galette, Les Rois, Cicar, Mandou,Loton, Frezine, Gabriel, Lexis, Pestel, Thozia, Saint Louis, Perla, Vendrebuche, Désormaux, Glaci Dalier, Nan Jeudi, Lavalette, Daniel, Sajotte and Louimeme JeanCharles). Almost,each church has a school. NONE OF OUR SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES HAVE A TOILETTE FACILITY, NO EVEN A LATRINE. Since there is no toilette facilities, the risk to get sick is very high and always imminent.
As the District President, I am very concerned about the eventuality of having some cases of cholera among our people momentarily because of the lack hygiene and the absence of toilette, latrines, safe water, you name it.
We plan on building 34 toilettes (latrines), one for each school and/or church. We are hoping that some good samaritain would commit to building 1,2, 3, 4 toilettes. Each toilette will cost $500 only with the participation of the community in providing sand, stones, gravel, foundation. The $500 will be used to buy cement, blocks, steal, nails, wood. We will make a photo of each toilette completed along with the beneficiaries and forward it to whom this may concern, especially the donor.
We wish we could find 34 sister churches that would be willing to join hands with us. Please pray for Hait and don't forget Jeremie. Thanks a lot for your love, support, and everything you have already done to prove and demonstrate your love.
God Bless!
Jean Isaac Jacquet
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Last Updated on Sunday, 06 March 2011 20:17 |
On Sunday, February 6th, the congregation celebrated the anniversary of the Lutheran church in Jacmel, Haiti. Pastor Marky Kessa and other pastors of the Evangelical Church of Haiti participated in the worship service. During this special celebration they prayed for a new church building and placed the first rock.
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 LCC staff member Dona Martin picked up a check from Deaconess Brenna Nunes, Director of Youth Ministries at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Palatine. The funds were raised by the Extreme Teen Youth Group who sold coffee and chocolate from Lutheran World Relief's Fair Trade items, as well as hand made craft items. The 3rd through 8th grade Sunday School classes also contributed by creating decorative jars of cookie mix as part of their Second Serving Sunday serving project. The monies raised were donated to supply families in Haiti with Water Filters as well as Shoes for Haiti for Haitian children. The youth and children's efforts had great support from the Immanuel congregation who were thankful to have the opportunity to respond to the growing needs of the people of Haiti.
Thank you to all involved, you have demonstrated the Mercy and Compassion of Christ to those in need in Haiti! |
Lisa Ballantine (FilterPure) and Tim Hetzner (President, Lutheran Church Charities) sign agreement of FilterPure Distributorship.
LCC will be the distributor of FilterPure Water Filters in Haiti.
Click here to purchase a water filter for a family in Haiti |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 20 January 2011 09:05 |
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LCC donates money to Pastor Marky Kessa, President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Haiti, to provide church workers to serve this tent city with the Gospel.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 January 2011 09:54 |
 LCMS World Relief and Human Care staff Rev. Glenn Merritt and Hans Springer; LCC staff Dona Martin; Jackie Rychel, Ohio District; Project Manager, Willy Gaspar; General Contractor, Brian Keller; Lionel Legoute, and the Haitian General Contractor celebrated the ground breaking of the "Guest House" to be built in Jacmel adjacent to the church.
This much needed facility will house mission teams that go to Haiti to Build Homes and Hope in Haiti through our church in Jacmel, serving all the people still living in tents.
Teams are needed for this and a second Guest House being built in Leogane for the same purpose. For more information, contact Dona Martin at
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 January 2011 16:59 |
Trinity/HOPE - Haitian Feeding Program
Bringing HOPE to the children of Haiti one bowl of beans and rice at a time.
 Trinity/HOPE is a ministry that is very important because they are saving lives in Haiti one bowl of beans and rice at a time. Trinity/HOPE raises money and administers programs to provide hot nutritious daily meals to the children, teachers and cooks in Christian schools in Haiti using established and successful processes.
They have a new video and would appreciate it if you would watch it and invite your friends to do the same. You can view the video or donate directly with Trinity Hope here www.trinityhope.org or click here to watch the video on YouTube. Thank you!
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Last Updated on Thursday, 13 January 2011 23:47 |
Suburbanites in Haiti: ‘Every day is a new struggle'
Daily Herald - January 12, 2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Haiti is in a nightmare from which it can't awaken.
Conditions in Port-au-Prince, the onetime city of art, music and diverse culture, are barely better than in the weeks after the area was decimated by an earthquake a year ago today, says Lionel Legoute, 35, a Haitian formerly of Palatine who returned to his native land. He helps with relief efforts through Lutheran Church Charities of Addison, and World Relief and Human Care.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 January 2011 16:52 |
THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN HAITI for those in need.
Because of your generous donations we were able to purchase goats for 18 families. Families that received two goats (a male and female) will gift other families when the kids are born.
We also purchased 3 additional motorcycles for the pastors to use as they serve their congregations.
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Last Updated on Monday, 03 January 2011 16:53 |
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A group from Trinity Lutheran Church in Urbana, Illinois arrived on Saturday, January 1st to help build homes in Jacmel, Haiti. The team included 15 members and ranged in age from 17 to 76! It was also family generational from grandson to parent to grandparent.