REDGINALD ALVAREZ (Redgi): Our Haitian Coordinator. Some of his duties involve regular contact with our ministry partners (visiting sites, meetings, phone messages), delivering items to the various ministry locations (food/fruit & milk/personal items/chicken food to Life is Wealth Orphange; food/budget to Bas-Citronniers; construction materials/supplies/food to Chaveneau; etc), visiting families of children who have left the orphanage (there are 6 locations and 15 of them to keep track of- paying school, monitoring the home situation and needs, coordinating medical care, etc), maintaining our 2 vehicles regularly, managing our monthly budget (Nannies at Life is Wealth, staff at Bas-Citronniers, school tuition payments, base expenses, repairs needed, etc) and filing reports each month to the Board of Directors in the USA, keeping current on needs and ministry opportunities with our partners and within the community around us (and communicating this to the USA as well), and MUCH more. He essentially IS Hearts United with Haiti and he is the one responsible for daily operations.
JAMES DESROSIERS: Director of Communication/Media/Outreach. James is the one who secures and trains our translators for visiting teams. He runs our ministry Center in Carrefour (and lives there). He supervises the staff of the Center (teachers, cleaning personnel, PeaceCYCLE workers, etc…), submits reports on each outreach there (financial and general reports), and maintains the building/grounds. He also leads some of the ministry such as a prayer group that meets weekly. He is always out in the community talking to people and making contacts – promoting the Center. Not many can match the enthusiasm James has for sharing the Gospel with others. His computer skills help since he designs flyers/posters/etc. for the Center and he is our general “fix-it” man around the base and Center. He has saved us a LOT in repairs over the years and is a real asset to the team.
MAGDIEL ALVAREZ (“Papa Redgi”): Though he has not been an official part of the team in the past, we hope to change that in 2017. Magdiel lives with Redgi at our mission base in Carrefour and he does an excellent job of maintaining our grounds and facility. He pumps water to the roof when needed, cleans up after our two guard dogs (and trains them), fixes leaks and problems if needed, substitutes as a driver when needed, cleans the whole house regularly (and thoroughly before teams come), takes care of the trash and laundry when needed, and his positive attitude shows in all he does. If you have been here, you know what we mean!
There is not a budget item in our ministry budget for these three men (from Hearts United’s general operating budget). Instead, we have asked for support from YOU toward their monthly blessing in the past and will continue to do that. They are considered missionaries because that is exactly what they are. They serve God first and Hearts United (ultimately their fellow Haitians) second. God has always provided for them. HOWEVER, as of now, James only has enough support to make it through about 1/3 of 2017 and we have nothing pledged toward Magdiel’s blessing since officially adding him to the team is a new idea for this year.
If YOU would like to support the amazing ministry these three men are doing, you can send in your donation and mark it for a specific person OR you can specify “Haitian missionaries” and it will be used as needed to fill in their blessing each month. NONE of them have other jobs- Hearts United is their passion and their ministry as well as providing some sort of income. They all have families to support- wives and/or children. Thanks for helping us bless the men who bless us with their service.
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