NWHCM’s work in Beauchamp has grown quickly from dream to reality
Three years ago, operating in the town of Beauchamp was just a vision that Janeil Owen, NWHCM’s executive director, had to expand the mission’s outreach. What is today the Beauchamp campus was then just an empty field.
But today, it is a thriving campus helping to minister to over 15 churches in one of the remotest regions of Northwest Haiti.
Mike Grant, NWHCM Director of Evangelism and Minister Development
Some people asked us, “Why do you want to go to Beauchamp? It is a dark place (the town is a regional center for voodoo) and there is no water.” Well both those statements are true, but the good news is: The light is starting to shine and the water is starting to flow!
In just two years, NWHCM has made a big impact on the Beauchamp community for the gospel. The church was started from scratch and has now baptized over 250 people, averaging over 200 people for worship on most Sundays.
But the mission has done far more than start a new church. We have adopted the Beauchamp community and have made taken big steps to impact the whole community.
NWHCM purchased a pump for the community to use to pump water to a large cistern on a hill so that water can run to this thirsty village. Although there are still some problems, the water is flowing to a few fountains in the town. The mission has partnered with the community school, and several churches have brought in school supplies that were desperately needed, including a laptop.
But there is more: After the 2008 hurricanes, we helped with relief with food and to rebuild five houses. At present, we are feeding 250 people, six days a week.
Women sell goods at the market in Beauchamp, which is a regional center for trade and voodoo.
The mission has also done several medical clinics over the past two years and is working to have a Haitian nurse run a medical clinic once a week. Our interpreter, Vogly Douge, is also teaching an English class in the church twice a week, with over 100 people from the community attending.
The old saying says, “The proof is in the pudding.” Two years ago, I was talking with a Haitian man in Beauchamp about the work NWHCM was planning to do in the community. “We just hope you do what you say you are going to do!” he said.  In April, the town committee was sitting on our front porch and told us, “We want to thank you, because you have done everything you promised so far.”
From a dream to reality – the Beauchamp Campus is helping to make a difference. The light is starting to shine and the water is starting to flow. With the help of our God, one day the light will outshine the darkness in Beauchamp, and the people will drink not only “the Living Water,” but sweet water from a fountain or well in their own town.
-Mike Grant, NWHCM Director of Evangelism and Minister Development
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