Real People in Real Time

As we continue to prepare for our annual Haiti Dinner and Silent Auction on February 22 (see details below), we are delighted to share some of the faces of the A des V resident this event is supporting.

In Pastor Abdon's own words....

 

 "Sister Indiana

She has Alzheimer's disease and doesn't work very well.  

Yet she is able to make things to sell at the market." 

 "Brother Marcellus 

He is a disabled person with a broken scooter.  

He still goes to church every Sunday, 

but it was his job at the hunger center that converted him." 

We invite you to join us in partnering with Pastor Abdon and Madame Lumide 

in the astonishing manifestation of God's goodness that is 

Auberge des Vieillards in Pignon, Haiti.

HAITI DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Highview Community Church

295 Highview Drive KIT ON N2N 2K7

First seating 5:00 p.m.

Second seating 6:30 p.m.

Auction closes 8:00 p.m.

Full course turkey dinner including dessert.

Tickets are $40 Adult, $15.00 Child

A wide variety of quality items on which to bid.

You could also volunteer to be part of the Team.

Set up, tear down, meal servers, dishwashers.

For tickets to hold  your space contact

Brian Ogilvie at bzogilvie@gmail.com

Ken Breithaupt at kdb@ptsoft.com

For general information, or to volunteer

please feel free to email me at rabreithaupt@hcckw.ca.

Looking forward to sharing in this adventure with you!

Ruth Anne Breithaupt

Missionary in Residence

Highview Community Church

Faces of Hope

In case anyone is just joining in at this point in the story....

Auberge des Vieillards is a residence in Pignon, Haiti that cares for the elderly and disabled.  It was originally the vision of a man named Pastor Abdon, who with his wife Lumide, serve in many roles with the Evangelical Missionary Church of Haiti.  Not only do they lead and love a congregation in Pignon, but they carry the leadership mantle of supporting all the EMC pastors in Haiti.  

The expanse of their hearts has included a desire and a drive to extend care to vulnerable people who would otherwise be homeless and begging.  This is possible because they have cast their vision to their local church community, have assembled an organized Executive Team, and arranged for the care staff and other volunteers who now tend to the daily needs of currently ten residents.

Where Highview comes in is that we were able to help build the facility that is no Auberge des Vieillards, a years-long project that has come into this beautiful manifestation of God's goodness and grace played out in real time.

As we prepare for our annual Haiti Dinner and Silent Auction on February 22 (see details below), we are delighted to share some of the faces of the A des V resident.

In Pastor Abdon's own words..... 

 "Brother Eslet
He suffers from kidney disease, despite many medications, the problem still persists."

"Sister Maprina. 

She has a slight mental problem but she still goes to church to pray."  

We invite you to join us in partnering with Pastor Abdon and Madame Lumide in this astonishing manifestation of God's goodness.

HAITI DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Highview Community Church

295 Highview Drive KIT ON N2N 2K7

First seating 5:00 p.m.

Second seating 6:30 p.m.

Auction closes 8:00 p.m.

Full course turkey dinner including dessert.

Tickets are $40 Adult, $15.00 Child

A wide variety of quality items on which to bid.

You could also volunteer to be part of the Team.

Set up, tear down, meal servers, dishwashers.

For tickets to hold  your space contact

Brian Ogilvie at bzogilvie@gmail.com

Ken Breithaupt at kdb@ptsoft.com

For general information, or to volunteer

please feel free to email me at rabreithaupt@hcckw.ca.

Looking forward to sharing in this adventure with you!

Ruth Anne Breithaupt

Missionary in Residence

Highview Community Church

A Little Glimpse of Life at A des V

Sister Ariana

"Suffers from heart problems, but God always keeps her alive."

Brother Ones

"He is very heavy-footed and uses a wheelchair and crutches to walk."

In Pastor Abdon's own words, we get a glimpse.

These are two of the ten precious folks who live together at Auberge des Vieillards in Pignon, Haiti.  It was the vision of Pastor Abdon and his wife Madame Lumide to create such a home, and it is under their care and the care of the volunteer Management Team of the Pignon Church, that Sister Ariana and Brother Ones now know a sense of safety and love.

For all the onslaught of bad news out of Haiti, it's important not to miss this good news.  

The light of God's goodness shines bright here.  

And you can have a part in it.

HAITI DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Highview Community Church

295 Highview Drive KIT ON N2N 2K7

First seating 5:00 p.m.

Second seating 6:30 p.m.

Auction closes 8:00 p.m.

Full course turkey dinner including dessert.

Tickets are $40 Adult, $15.00 Child

A wide variety of quality items on which to bid.

For tickets contact

Brian Ogilvie at bzogilvie@gmail.com

Ken Breithaupt at kdb@ptsoft.com

For general information, please feel free to email me at rabreithaupt@hcckw.ca.

Hope to see you there!

Ruth Anne Breithaupt

Missionary in Residence

Highview Community Church

 

All Dressed Up With Someplace to Go

                                

"We are very grateful to you, thank you for your continued support

of the ministry project to help the elderly and the disabled.

Thank you very much, may God bless us even more.

Good night with Jesus."

Pastor Abdon 

Pignon Church, Haiti

Love and life prevail at Auberge des Vieillards.  Two fine gentlemen attending Pignon Church; Marcelus in front with the stylish glasses, and Ones behind him sporting a blue shirt.  They arrive via scooters partially operated by hand, and worship from a space cleared and designed especially for those using mobility devices.

While news from parts of Haiti remain grim, it is good and inspiring to know that our seniors can be part of something as 'normal' as going to church on Sunday.

Just a reminder to keep the date open.

HAITI DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Highview Community Church

295 Highview Drive

Kitchener ON N2N 2K7

More Good News

A random search of "Pignon Haiti news" brought up this article about some return of normalcy in terms of flights coming in and out of the region.  Flights Resume  And while I cannot with any certainty confirm this source, I find myself excited by the possibility that something, anything might be getting better there.

Haiti needs good news.

And also.

There is good news happening every single day at Auberge des Vieillards.  I say this by the same 'evidence' Jesus gave when John the Baptist was doubting His being the Messiah.

"Go back and report to John what you see and hear.  The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and good news is proclaimed to the poor."  Matthew 11:4-5

Jesus was, of course, referring back to a prophecy from Isaiah (35:5-6) that was to indicate the arrival of God's good news and the next phase in His bigger plan of redemption.  In other words, "the gospel" (which actually does mean "good news").  Wherever you see these things happening, Jesus is reminding John, God's good plans and purposes are advancing towards His final end game.

So, for our seniors to be cared for in the midst of the chaos is nothing short of a bold-faced victory against evil.  That medicine is administered, and food is prepared, and ailments are tended to, and confusion is eased, is a defiant kind of goodness that holds the darkness at bay.  

More defiant goodness is already in motion for the new year at Highview.

Mark your calendar.

Saturday, February 22, 2025  

Haiti Dinner and Silent Auction

Sunday, February 23, 2025

Auberge des Vieillards Report

Treasured Ones: The Good News

Arianna is smiling now.  And wearing her dangly earrings and pretty beads.  She has a place to stay; a place where she can have nutritious meals, general care, medical attention and safety.

This was not the case only months before.  This is not the case for many seniors in the ravaged country of Haiti.  And if you're anything like me, the news coming from this desperate land can make us want to turn away.  

But we refuse.  And if I find myself despairing of anything good here, I just think of Arianna and her housemates at Auberge des Vieillards in Pignon.  Living out the vision of EMCC Leader and Pastor Abdon, and his wife Lumide to build a senior's residence, there are now ten beautiful, vibrant and vulnerable human beings being cared for by paid staff and volunteers under the leadership of Pastor Abdon and the Leadership Committee.

Arianna and all those at A des V will once again be the focus of Highview's Haiti Dinner and Silent Auction already booked for Saturday, February 22, 2025.  A fabulous turkey dinner, plus a wide variety of quality items on which to place a bid.

Arianna reminds us that all is not lost.  Not as long as love prevails, the gospel is proclaimed, and hope stays bright in the eyes of a treasured one like her.

Supporting our Staff at A des V

Prayer focus for this week:

All the faithful, caring staff who look after our Seniors at Auberge des Vieillards.

Their task are many and noble.

They serve in modest and challenging conditions.

We pray for their stamina and strength and compassion 

as they tend to the needs of some of Haiti's most vulnerable people.

 

May God bless and protect you as you serve Him and our seniors.