Helping Communities
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Helping Communities

Many Haitians are sacrificial and compassionate, helping others in desperate situations. I’ve seen them share food, take in orphans, and offer a spot to sleep in an already full home. […]

Signeau Conference
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Signeau Conference

For 12 years, our Signeau church has held an annual conference. The conference is for the development of their church family. […]

Pregnant Women Care
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Pregnant Women Care

Our health center in the Dominican Republic welcomes everyone, with many traveling long distances for our excellent care. […]

Special Deliveries
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Special Deliveries

It is a blessing to be a blessing. In Haiti, we are awaiting the delivery of two containers with miscellaneous items and also food shipments. […]

The Importance of Chapel
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The Importance of Chapel

Teaching our students about God and His love for them is the priority at our schools in the Dominican Republic. Chapel services are one way we work to meet that goal. At all of our campuses, chapel services are held daily for rotating grades. […]

Churches and Schools
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Churches and Schools

In the fall of 1983, our first school in Haiti opened with 160 students. The classrooms were simple and humbly made out of woven palm leaves. […]

Reflecting on Impact
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Reflecting on Impact

Praise the Lord! There are thousands of lives impacted through our mission every year. From each student who sits down to pray before a hot lunch at school to a pastor who prays with someone to make Jesus Lord of their life, we are witnessing the life-changing power of God in action. […]

A Light in the Community
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A Light in the Community

This year, Colegio Nueva Vida (New Life School) is celebrating its 22nd anniversary. George and Jeanne DeTellis founded the school in Sosua to be a light in a very dark community. […]

Growing in Christ
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Growing in Christ

The teenage years can be challenging as they go through so many changes. We thank the Lord for our student leadership group and our church youth groups that have been so instrumental in helping teens grow in their relationship with Christ and stay on the right path.  […]

Summer Camps in the DR
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Summer Camps in the DR

The youth ministry in the Dominican Republic was full of energy and excitement this summer as camps were held at all of our locations. The camps were led by our New Missions students within their own communities. […]

Update on Haiti Crisis
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Update on Haiti Crisis

I wanted to share some good news with you in the midst of a crisis. Haiti has been overtaken by corruption, and is currently controlled by gang-led areas in the capital city, Port-au-Prince. […]

Christian Leaders
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Christian Leaders

Please pray for our Christian student leadership group as they go on their annual mission trip at the beginning of this month. Being able to go on this trip every year is an important component of training the students to be servant leaders. […]

Studying God's Word
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Studying God's Word

The vision of New Missions is to preach the Gospel and make disciples. We work very hard in our schools to teach our students about God’s love and His plan for them. […]

Revival in our Lives
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Revival in our Lives

Our God is the God of revival. He is the God of salvation and redemption. He makes all things new. The word revive means to return to life or consciousness. It is beautiful when a person is committed to Christ. […]

Haitian Construction Heroes
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Haitian Construction Heroes

Our Haitian construction workers love serving their own people in the various communities. They also appreciate the employment. Employment for a Haitian is often the difference between success and distress. […]

Tom Gateau Kitchen
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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 […]

Bible Quiz Competitions
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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! […]

Haitians are Heroes
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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
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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!
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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. […]