GLOBAL MISSIONS

In 2008, Rev. Hu Debo (Minister of Global Missions at FUMC Shreveport) led our congregation in the first steps of identifying places of need where we could begin to give, go, and partner in Haiti. Since then, we have worked closely with The Global Orphan Project and the Methodist Church of Haiti to make relationships with orphan villages, churches, and communities.
FUMC is spearheading efforts to provide village sponsorships for two orphan villages (Bighouse and Darivaje) by sending multiple teams down every year to execute construction projects, supply drops, VBS weeks, and mobile medical clinics.
We are grateful to be invited into a bigger picture as we continue to raise funds and awareness for the country that has captured our hearts.
Rev. Debo, Britney Winn (FUMC’s Director of Serving Ministries), and a couple of the other First Methodist staff members prepare and lead between 7 and 8 teams per year to Haiti, continuing to add to the conversation and grow our relationship between our family here and there. Upon one visit to Bighouse Orphanage, we thanked Pastor Jean Elysee for allowing our teams to visit, to which he laughed and said in Creole, “Why do you thank someone for allowing you into your own home? Bighouse is your house. The children are your family.”
We are blessed to be a part of an adventure where beauty and brokenness, suffering and joy are showing us the face of God.

OPPORTUNITIES
To join our greater  global family at FUMC. For descriptions visit: www.fumcserves.com
• Monthly Meetings
• Orphan Village Sponsorship
• Medical Trips to Haiti
• Construction Trips to Haiti
• VBS, Supply Drop, & Small Project Trips to Haiti
• College/Young Adult Trips to Haiti
• Youth Trips to Haiti
• Building Clean-Water Wells
• Drinking Haitian Fair-Trade Coffee
• Partnering with the Methodist Church of Haiti
• Packing Parties
• Fundraisers
• Supply Donations
• Flyer Miles