“Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.” The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.” John 21:16-17
A small group of families who happened to be Lutherans from the Nashville, TN area formed an organization called Trinity HOPE in 1998 following a mission trip to Haiti with the intent of answering God’s call to “feed my sheep” who were not being fed nutritionally. The team observed children attending a Lutheran school in the Artibonite district near Gonaives who were listless, lifeless and hungry. Forty-six children were the first group to be fed and now by the grace of our Triune God, over sixty-one thousand children are being fed daily in 268 Christian schools throughout Haiti.
The mission of Trinity HOPE is ‘To actively seek and be careful stewards of each dollar God provides so that the maximum number of students in the schools of the Christian Churches in Haiti have a meal each day.”
The Trinity HOPE vision is “to facilitate the Christian Churches in Haiti’s efforts to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to the children in its schools as they are being educated.”
Thank you for answering the nudging from our Holy Spirit to go into the mission fields of Haiti and join us in ‘feeding His sheep’ and sharing of your time, talents and daily prayers as these children are being prepared to take the love of Jesus to a country that was dedicated to satan on January 1, 1804.
Now, may God go before you to guide you...may His hands be beneath you to support you, around you to protect you and above you to bless you. And may the blessings of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit be with you today and every moment along your journey until you reach Paradise. Amen.
May God be with you,
Jay