News & Notes

Family and Friends,

We hope your summer adventure is going well!  Ours has been  great, and we recently returned home from the annual trip to North-central Minnesota with Lynn's side of the family.  The kids had a great time on the beach and doing other activities with cousins, and we are getting to that stage in life where the kids are big enough for vacation to be relaxing!  You parents know what we are talking about.

The establishment of H.I.M. (Haitian International Missions) is going well.  Lynn and I (Cory) are planning to visit Haiti in October if possible, and we are fundraising toward paying for that trip.  We also would like to be able to take some funds to bless our national director, Zacharie, as well as the Deaf/Disabled School with which we are partnering.  For more information on those needs and other long-term needs, click on the tab above labeled "Current Ministry Needs Update."  To get back to the main page click on "Home" when you are finished looking at that.  A generous gift of $500 came in form some friends the other day, and we have designated that for a gift for the school when we visit in October.  Praise God!  We will update this list regularly as God provides through generous friends.

The main goal of our visit in October will be to better understand the vision and ministry of the Deaf/Disabled school in Les Cayes run by Laine Lucner and family.  We hope to come back with a more concrete understanding of how God is leading them into the future and what it would take, with regard to resources, to make that a reality.  We also hope God will deepen the burden on our hearts to help and serve the amazing and beautiful children of that school and their families.  No doubt that goal will be inevitable as we mix with those kids for several days and are inspired by their passion and joy for life and for God!

A secondary goal for the visit will be to connect with Zacharie, the director of H.I.M., for several days to work on ministry vision, visit some potential future ministry partners he has been scouting for us, and simply encourage one another, pray, worship, and fellowship together.  Of course we will also sneak in a day or so to visit old friends back in Ti-Riviere! 

Take notice also the "Translation" tab above, which will enable you to view this blog in other languages if that is your preference.  Haitian Creole and French are both available on the list.  Unfortunately, it changes the format of the text when you translate, and there is no guarantee that the translation will make complete sense, but it may be a helpful tool.  Enjoy!

URGENT PRAYER REQUEST:  Please lift up Zacharie, our ministry director, as he has been battling an extended illness.  We do not know if it is something that will be ongoing and serious, but he has been visiting doctors to try to discover what is going on.  Please pray for his healing and for his wife and child to be able to hold everything together. 

We have so much more to share, so look for more posts in the coming days.


There are only three kinds of Christians when it comes to world missions: zealous goers, zealous senders, and disobedient.
    Author: John Piper
    Source: The Driving Convictions Behind Missions, Nov. 2, 1996


Enjoy your adventure today!
-the grimm family adventurers