LA LIMYE' MINISTRIES

LA LIMYE MINISTRIES OPERATES ITS PRIMARY MISSION IN A VERY POOR SECTION OF ARCAHAIE, HAITI, KNOWN AS GUITON, WHICH HAS ALMOST NO GOVERNMENT SERVICES. THROUGH ELLEN HUMERICKHOUSE AND THE LA LIMYE BOARD'S EFFORTS OVER THE PAST 9 YEARS, LA LIMYE HAS RAISED FUNDING TO PURCHASE LAND AND BUILD A SECURE COMPLEX WITH A BUILDING TO HOUSE UP TO 15 GIRLS, A WATER WELL AND TOWER SERVING LA LIMYE'S RESIDENTS AND LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE. A COMMUNITY PAVILION WHIC IS USED FOR VARIOUS COMMUNITY OUTREACH FUNCTIONS INCLUDING TEACHING ENGLISH CLASSES AND THE GOSPEL TO LOCAL ADULTS, BIBLE CLASSES FOR THE VILLAGE CHILDREN AND VARIOUS OTHER ASSEMBLIES. IN 2019, LA LIMYE OPENED A SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 30-40 SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN IN THE VILLAGE, WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ATTEND LOCAL SCHOOLS. LA LIMYE PROVIDES 20-30 JOBS IN AN IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITY IN DEPERATE NEED OF THEM. THIS HAS ALLOWED MULTIPLE FAMILIES TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN WHO OTHERWISE HAD NO HOPE, AND ALSO HELPED THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. IN 2023, GANG ACTIVITY IMPACTED THE MISSION'S ABILITY TO DELIVERY MANY OF THE ABOVE SERVICES,BUT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FRESH WATER AND LIMITED FOOD SUPPORT TO THE VILLAGE, ALONG WITH SCHOOL TUITION AND TRANSPORTATION WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE OPEN. IN APRIL 2023, WE TEMPORARILY MOVED OUR 10 RESIDENT ORPHAN GIRLS, OUR MISSIONARY ELLEN HUMERICKHOUSE AND TWO EMPLOYEES TO CAP HAITIEN IN THE NORTH OF HAITI WHERE CONDITIONS WERE SAFER WHILE WE AWAIT SECURITY CONDITIONS IN ARCAHAIE/GUITON TO IMPROVE. WE MAY ESTABLIST A SECOND MISSION IN CAP HAITIEN TO PROVIDE SERVIES TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IF THIS TEMPORARY RELOCATION BECOMES PERMANENT.