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Mission Trip to Haiti

Building the Church of Christ in Jacmel
September 20 – 27, 2010

By the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, we had another mission trip
with a group from various churches. Last time when we visited Haiti
in April 2010 we purchased a piece of land in the region of Jacmel in
order to build a church. Due to certain circumstances, the church had
rented a place of worship close to Romano Catholic Church’s building
in Jacmel, where lots of people from the Catholic Church came to
worship together in the Christian Protestant Church caused by the
presence of the living Spirit of God. People were touched, blessed and
some asked to receive the act of Baptism in water according to the
books of Matthew and Mark.

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have
commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.” Matthew
28:19-20
“He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not
believe will be condemned.” Matthew 28:19-20

Due to the circumstances created the Catholic priest purchased

the neighboring building where they worshiped, and gave them a
notice to abandon the location. Now, the church was without a
location and the new believers gathered together in a brother’s front
yard and used plastic coverings as a means for shelter from the rain.
Hearing all this in the month of July when I was called by Pastor
Medit from Jacmel, I said I will try to mobilize some churches to start
building a church on the piece of land we bought. We purchased the
property without knowing the situation with the Romano Catholic Church. In the month of
September at the Romanian Convention in Atlanta, I contacted Pastor Iulian Costea who
mobilized contactors from his church and other churches from the
states towards the Jacmel project. The number of contractors
responding to the request was amazing. Among us were some girls
that had a desire to work with the little children. The following are
names of the contractors and girls working with the children:
Bethel Pentecostal Church in Nashville:
Pastor Iulian Costea, Aurel Antimie, Dorel Antimie, Cornel
Bulubenchi, Agnes Coca, George Pomohaci, Jonathan Coca, Alin
Socaciu, Marius Samoila, Cornel Zlibut
Golgotha Romanian Pentecostal Church:
noConstantin Lupancu, Petru Butnariu, Edgar Garza, Fanuel Greab,
Anamaria Greab, Sam Maftei
Church in Indiana: Emmanuel Tepes
Bethel Romanian Pentecostal Church in Stanton: Constantin Antemie
New Hope in Anaheim: Christina Antemie
Grace Romanian Pentecostal Church in Houston, Texas: Petru Ghetes

We all met in Florida and from there

we took a flight towards the capital of Haiti,
Port-au-Prince. There we met the Pastor
Medit who picked us up on a bus at the
airport and we headed toward Jacmel (a 3-
hour drive through the mountainous road).
It was very rainy and we were worried it
would rain all those days and we wouldn’t
be able to do anything. Despite the weather
forecast, the very next day was clear and
everything was perfect for construction
during our entire time there. As soon as we
left Haiti, the storms began pouring again!
The team worked sporadically in harmony
and the quality and skill of certain
contractors for the foundation was greatly
appreciated. Some of the contractors came
with the tools necessary for proper leveling
of the foundation on a hilly elevation. Their
participation in this poor country makes a
great difference especially with the money because the materials are so expensive. We spent
$15,560 on the foundation’s materials, which includes the sand, rocks, cement blocks, plywood,
2x4x16 wood, steel rebars for enforcement and others. People from the church came together
and helped us mix the cement and pour the foundation. They sang enthusiastically and prayed
together and continued to work together; the girls teaching the little children the alphabet and
biblical things. The girls were also touched by their love and poor lifestyle.

We held evangelical meetings almost each night under that

improved plastic tent and gave thanks to God for His goodness.
Everybody from our team was able to share something from the gospel
and greet the church members. Some of us visited the inmates in
Jacmel’s prison on one morning and we encouraged them and shared
the gospel of Jesus with them and gave them hygienic supplies. We
purchased 22 bags of rice and 22 bags of beans and shared them with the poor people and the
people that worked on the foundation. Sunday morning we left Jacmel and headed toward Port-
au-Prince where we had a tour of the ruins of the quake. At night, we stopped at the Soldier for
Christ church where we attended their church service. We all were also able to share our
greetings and the word of God that night to about 2,000 people under that tent where there used
to be a church before the earthquake. We slept that night in the same church’s building which
was left undisturbed by the quake. In the morning we headed toward the airport where everyone
got home safely. We thank God for helping us and we thank all of you for your donation and
participation and bring His hope to the hopeless in Haiti.

Constantin Lupancu