Voice of Compassion is in the news again!  Caring teen, Olivia Witchell, has published an interview with VOC overseers Jerry and Drena Block in Veritas Tribune, an online High School Journal.

After Earthquake: Haitian Pastor rises from rumble to rebuild ministries  
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 By Olivia Witchell

Olivia has done a terrific job summarizing the poverty and the needs of the orphans in Haiti, as well as the help that Voice of Compassion and a few other groups are bringing to the students and orphans in the area that was so devastated by the world-renowned earthquake in 2010.  Way to go, Olivia!  

Our viewers can check out the article by clicking the headline link above, or using this direct link: http://www.myhsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/action/commentadded/ schoolid/4873/articleid/581010/newspaperid/5272/ After_Earthquake_Haitian_Pastor_rises_from_rumble_to_rebuild_ministries.aspx

DID YOU KNOW... that last year the City of Fargo, ND donated not one, not two, but TWENTY used computers to Voice of Compassion for the school in Haiti?  (read about it in our blog)  Our volunteers have been hard at work loading them with the specialty software used by Pastor Lavaud for his students and classes and now ~ Ta Da!  They are finally all ready to go!  This is great news for the students.  We want to thank the City of Fargo Community Development Community again ~ thanks to their generosity, these computers are now ready to be sent down to the school, and will soon be in place to greatly improve the quality of learning for the students.  God is so good, and it is amazing to watch how he has taken one small group of supporters and used so many different generous hearts to provide for His children in Haiti.  We are praising Him for this news, and we invite you to join in the praises and celebrate with us His victories.  Enjoy the riches you have been blessed with, friends, and thanks for helping to bless others in need as well!

Our Missions Team has returned from Haiti, and with great news!  This year, while heading to the school we support in Hinche, Haiti with the purpose of observing progress of facilities and projects, we were greeted with not only joyful reports, but some unexpected blessings as well.  We got to truly see firsthand how the efforts of all our donors have been channeled into personally impacting lives and the community in the area we work with.  Check out our slideshow of amazing pictures from the trip in our "Missions Trip Highlights" section.  Be sure to read about God's amazing work... 

Jerry's Mission Update Letter
Before going on this Mission Trip, when asked what I would be doing there, I usually felt at a loss for a good explanation.  I was going to check on the progress of facilities and projects that had begun, both new and former, which VOC has been laboring with Lavaud on for years.  I didn’t go to build something, or do any kind of manual labor.  I didn’t go to evangelize.  Even though I knew much of what I wanted to accomplish, it seemed technical in nature and was hard to explain in a word.

But now, I know.  The Lord used this trip to encourage.  To encourage all the people at the school, the students, the teachers, the church congregation, in knowing that we care.  To encourage Lavaud that we are standing and working with him, to encourage you by bringing back the first hand evidence of the results of your generosity, and to be encouraged myself that the time and effort I spend, like you, is making a difference in people lives, and, of paramount magnitude, to witness God’s hand at work...                                                                                        

Good News!  In August, the Department of Planning and Development for the City of Fargo, ND, agreed to donate TWENTY computers for the technical classes at the CPOD School in Hinche, Haiti through their 2012 Computer Equipment Grant Program.  Students in the Hinche school are currently sharing a limited number computers, with many more students than computers.  This donation will make a substantial impact on the students.  We are so excited to be a part of what God is doing to help the students in Hinche!  Our grateful thanks go out to Dan Mahli, Carol Sexton, and the generous group of supporters in the City of Fargo, ND, Planning and Development Group and the City's Community Development Committee!  You can visit the City of Fargo P&D website at: http://www.cityoffargo.com/ CityInfo/Departments/PlanningandDevelopment/  Be sure to thank them for how they have helped.  

Join Voice of Compassion Secretary Carrie Wierzba as she unfolds the story of this year's Mission Trip to Haiti!
Click "Read More" to hear of her adventures in ministry and gratitude to be a part of God's work...

Dear Friends of Voice of Compassion (VOC),
I have just recently returned from a trip to Haiti to work with the Haiti Christian Ministry Center (HCMC) whose founder is Lavaud Cheristin.  There were seven others also on this great adventure.  I have been to Haiti many times, but because of the recent earthquake this trip was unique.  We accessed Haiti through the Dominican Republic and we were unsure how we would get to Port-au-Prince.  GOD blessed us so many times during this trip, the first of which was a man at the Santa Domingo Airport.  It turned out, this man was a pilot and helped us get a plane so we were able to fly from the Domican Republic to Port-au-Prince Haiti.  This saved us one day of travel, thus we were able to see much destruction in Port-au-Prince (PAP) and hear the stories of Lavaud and his family...

"Hello, VOC members. Exciting things are happening for Voice of Compassion..." 
Click "Read More" to join us as we remember the simple beginning of a great journey in the Lord's adventure...