As we have entered the second quarter of 2025 and are headed into Easter, Holy Week, and Resurrection Sunday, these Smiths have traveled from the far west coast to the east coast to begin their spring speaking events.  We are feeling the longing from being Stateside eight months with no return to the island—we had expected to visit twice by now—and we are starting to feel the pressure build as time ticks down toward our summer 2025 return.

On December 17th, 2023, we attended the 200 Year Anniversary service by invitation of Pastor Voltair at the First Baptist Church of Cap-Haitien.

Hollis Clark ABFMS – Haiti Alumnus, Called Home
Adalia Gutierrez-Lee
May 26, 2022.

Building relationships from Michigan to Haiti has been a passion for Lynne Punnett, Special Assistant to Short-Term Mission and Special Missions Consultant to the ABC Michigan region.

We lament and grieve what was and is, as we live in this season of pandemic. What was and is, has our attention today and helps form our tomorrows. We remember the historical chapel at Milot in Haiti. We remember…in order to move forward.

We are more preoccupied by the conditions of our people in Haiti.
Most of them live in a small crowded space 10 or more persons. How to keep social distance is a big question.