Becky and I are going to Haiti

Friends and Family,

Becky and I have decided to go on mission to Haiti this fall, together! Our faith community (The Bridge Community Church) supports New Hope Missions International and their church planting efforts and schools in northern Haiti. We will be going in partnership with Tennessee Valley Community Church, which also supports NHMI. While we are there we will work on NHMI's fifth church plant/school location (pouring concrete) in addition to some other exciting opportunities.

Mission Opportunities:

• I will encourage and train the five pastors from NHMI's five churches (5th currently being built/constructed)

• Becky will assist in medical clinics with people from our church, TVCC, and the NHMI crew in the areas the churches are located

• Others from both churches will assist in the medical clinics and/or pouring concrete for a new church

• We will get to meet and spend time with the children from the schools and share about Jesus via VBS types of activities

• We will assess and be praying about the possibility of sponsoring children in the new church/school location. We are considering bringing this possibility up to our faith community as the advent conspiracy emphasis this year. We hope to assess the need,viability, and appropriateness of this.

• We will visit one of the current churches in need of an expansion project due to growth and assess future possibilities

Becky and I are asking for your prayer and support. We could really use your prayers as we prepare to leave.

Pray specifically for:

• The pastors of the five churches, their families, and lives

• The construction of the (fifth) church to go smoothly while we are there
• The medical clinics to be safe and ran well

• Gospel conversations to develop in the medical clinics, at the construction sites, and in the schools

• My time in teaching/training the five pastors
• Safe and healthy travel for our team (7 from our church, 14 total)

• Our financial needs to be met. Total cost for our family will be around $2200 for this trip. We are saving and working extra. Pray for God's provision in and around these times

• The financial needs of those traveling with us to be met

• Our children while we are gone

Thank you for partnering in prayer and support for us and the Haitians we will encounter. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I left the dates off of this note because of its public nature.

Others from our church attending to pray for in addition to Becky and I :

1) Michael Goldsmith

2) Melissa Goldsmith

3) Tisa Ayers

4) Bill Janes

5) Chris Guthrie

We do not want to make this trip without the prayers of our friends and family! Begin praying today!

God bless,

Ben and Becky Durbin

BELOW is a Photo from a recent backpack challenge we participated in with NHMI