Update about me.

 Hello everyone who has been faithful with us in the past.  It is a sad situation in Haiti right now with all of the unrest we are seeing across the country.  I pray you will keep Haiti in your prayers with the assassination of the president last summer.  Since that time the country has spun out of control and it seems to not have anyone in control except the gangs. 

But in saying this since coming back to the states 6 and half years ago I may have had anger and unforgiveness in my heart towards who I thought hurt me while I was in Haiti.  But the truth is I miss those relationships.  Now it seems that every different church I got to I don't seem to fit.  Or i don't fit into someone else's mold.  I miss the friends I made here in the states while I was working in Haiti.  It seems I may have burned many bridges around the U.S. after that time.  

I thank the countless people who came to Hait and the various teams that came down to help with the work we have in Haiti.   But it seems the longer I was there the more desperate I got in trying to support my family, listen to the organization, trying to get groups to come to Haiti to further our work but the truth is I sometimes was willing to say anything in order to get what I wanted.  I do apologize for whatever has happened in the past while I was there.  I was trying to make a difference but living in Haiti for 10 years it started to take its toll.  

Now that I know the extent of my son's Autism it seems we made the right decision but I have felt very lost for the past few years without all of the connections that I had will all of my friends and supporters of the past.  Please reach out I had been feeling like I failed.  Like I wasted some of my time while I was in Haiti.  I just got tired of trying to sell people the idea of Haiti and always feeling like a salesman to something that no one wanted.  Please get in contact with me again just to say hi or touch base.  I am not asking for anything now.  I am a coach at a middle school and I am teaching World Geography.  I am finally accomplishing something I thought I would never accomplish in Haiti, being a coach.  This is something I have always wanted and I hope to do sports ministry soon.  Please keep me and my family in prayer on what our next move should be.  Thank you all and God bless.

Haiti Update

I am utterly sorry to all of you who have wanted information about Haiti and I haven't given it to you.  I have been in transition for the past few years trying to find what God has for me and my life.  The update is I have tickets along with my father Ralph who will accompany me to Haiti in the month of May.  We are praying that we will be able to fly out on May 21st out of Austin. 

We really need your prayers and support in anyway that you can..  All flights have stopped to Haiti since April 9th. We have speaking engagements in Aransas Pass and also Sinton in May so pray that those speaking engagements will be successful and that many other churches will join in our efforts to help the Haitian people..

 It has been a tough journey for me and my family the past few years.  When I came to Corpus Christi area in 2015, I thought I would be here for a short while then I would go back to Haiti.  My son Brian has progressed leaps and bounds since he has been here in Portland.  I am thankful to God and the Gregory/Portland I.S.D. for the advancement for Brian and his learning.  When he came he could not really communicate with us at all.  He now talks our ear off and can read and write.  He is much bigger then he was when we came back from Haiti. 

Angie is now in Middle school and in 8th grade almost to High school.  She also is a part of the JHS Honor Society and the track team. I am so thankful that my children have advanced and grown as much as they have. 

Mona is working and in the process of getting her GED.  I am so proud of that woman and how strong she is and her perseverance to deal with me.  She talks to our staff in Haiti everyday and has been back to Haiti each of the past 4 years.  I was just the one who was dragging my feet. 

I have surrendered my will to God and whatever he has planned for me.  I am praying God will move in a major way for Haiti and for the whole world that a revival may happen and that Jesus would be glorified in this time of trouble.  I pray all of your can perseverance and "not grow weary doing good."  Take care and God bless you all.

Hurricane Matthew

Hello everyone Haiti once again has had another disaster devastate the country.  Our school has been destroyed  It feels like our lives have been shattered.  I feel like much of my life's work the past few years has been taken from me.  It is just a sad day for all of us at Hope in the Light Ministry.  Please any of you that can help please use the link for my fund me page below.

You help is appreciated and I know God will bless you in all that you do.  God Bless you all here are a few picture also to show you the devastation.

New ideas and Thoughts about us and Haiti.

Hello everyone I know it has been a long time since I wrote a blog so I just thought I would let everyone what is happening.  My family have been back in Texas since last October.  Last summer our son Brian was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.  We tried to treat it in Haiti but it was almost impossible.  Then we were asked to comeback by our organization. 

Brian has improved tremendously and God willing he will keep improving.  Things in Haiti are moving along nicely.  We are trying to work on a food program at our school.  We have also wanted to have groups come down to further the vision we have for Hope in the Light Ministry.  We are so thankful for all of our faithful board and supporters this past year.  Pray for our organization we are in transition and trying to figure out what God has for us. 

God has been speaking to me about helping Haitian students to be able to come to the U.S. and get a degree in order to help their future and the future of Haiti.  I have been thinking about a foundation or some sort of fund to be able to send potential students to the United States to study.  I do have some requirements that I will ask of them.  One would be faithful and active in your church, be able to speak english, and write english and the final this would be to attend a non denominational bible school for a year before transferring to a school of higher learning in whatever they may want to study in.  I has been on my heart to help Haitian students have a future and to help Hope in the Light further our vision in Haiti to help the Haitian people. 

Please pray for me on this venture nothing has happened because I don't have any funding or paperwork.  It is just an idea that I have been thinking about. 

Another thing about my family my daughter since she came back from camp has been on fire for God and I have very pleased in what God has done for us and our family.  I am working at a flight simulator ride at the World War II ship down here in Corpus Christi.  Doing this in order to make ends meet.  My family and I still have our hearts in Haiti and still trying to help those in need in Haiti.  Mona is still in contact with our organization in Haiti and works daily with everyone in Haiti to make sure that they work of Hope in the Light Ministry continues.  It has been so tough on us not being able to go to Haiti but we know that God will work everything out.  Also my wife is on her way to being a citizen.  We have filled out the paperwork we are just waiting on Homeland Security to let us know when she can come to her interview. 

We would like to thank all of your who support us and pray for us, we need them.  Right now things seem like they are all over the place for us but God is right here with us ready to lift us up when we are weak.  God Bless you all and I will try to write more often in the future. 

Our relocation from Haiti

Hello everyone I know I have been neglectful to all of you and I would like to say I am sorry.  I has been a tough 6 months.  My family and I relocated from Haiti in October.  We had been through much hardship while we were there.  I have dealt with loneliness and depression while I have been back from Haiti but with God I have the victory.  The whole difficulty began when our son was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.  It was devastating for us to find this news but we know that according to Romans 8:28 that God works all things for those who are called according to his purpose and we are called to do his work.  

When we left Haiti I had no idea what we were going to do with our lives or what direction we are going.  We finally were able to get our son Brian the help he needs.  That is just priceless.  Angie is doing well in 4th grade.  She ranked 3rd in the entire 4th grade for her spelling bee.  Mona has been helping with Brian while he is going to preschool for half day.  I am working as a substitute teacher at a district in our town of Portland, Texas.  

I tried to start my Doctorate degree but ran into some snags but I know God will work it out for me to finish this program.  Now many of you maybe asking well Lance when are you and your family going back to Haiti?  The truth is we don't know right now.  I am substituting to help support my family.  But it has been hard to get used to everything again but I am so happy that whatever I may suffer if my son gets better then it is all worth it.  I pray that many of you would understand my situation.  It wasn't easy for me and my family to leave the place we have served the past 8 years.  

It is hard to explain to people that your support is down and that your son has special needs.  You can't really tell everyone all the pain you feel in your heart for your family and for the mission that you left.  A work that you help start and has been your whole life for the past 8 years.  

Many people would ask me "When are you guys going back?" I know they didn't mean offense but it was hard for me to not think about Haiti and think that I let the people down in all that I had done for God.  

God willing I will be going to Haiti in July for two weeks please pray and contact me or my organization for information.  I will be going probably a few time throughout the year and hopefully we can get more groups to come down.  

I hope that this finds everyone well.  It has been hard for me to talk to anyone because I have been down and not feeling comfortable that my path is not clear right now.  Please pray for me and my family.  

You will be glad to know I am helping a Baptist church here in Corpus Christi and I preach about 2 times a month and teach a Sunday school class for the kids at our church.  Please pray for Hope in the Light Ministry and for our church in Haiti.  Pray for my family and the direction we should be going in.    God bless you all and I pray that Jesus will be made more real in your life.  

He is the only one that can change everything. 

Mission needs

Hello everyone. Our HLM school in Boucan will start on September 7th.  We pray that all of you and your families are well.  Our needs are as follows: we need to find support for the last month of my daughters so we can get her report card so she can use it when she goes to U.S. for school.  Also we are trying to find a place for Nalto to stay when we aren't here this next year. Please pray for that and also we need to send him to a preschool so he can get a start on his education.  Please pray now in our time of need. We will be coming to Texas in October.  We thank you for all you do.  God Bless you all

Everyone I am sorry about what I wrote yesterday.  This a partial retraction from what I wrote yesterday.  I said that I would be the executive director of HLM that was not true.  I misunderstood my Father when we were discussing HLM matters.  We are not abandoning or the work we do here we will comeback for 9 months and see where God leads.  The comments I wrote were written in a deep emotional state and were written to thesituation we are in in Haiti.  Please pray for us we really need them.  Take care and God Bless. Lance