dren’s “Klub” every Sunday

where the kids get to sing,

worship, and learn a story

from the Bible. The week I

was there we had “Klub” an

additional three times during

the week.

In October, the second an-

nual Run for the Island

5k was held in Creve

Coeur, MO. This event

raised enough money

for GML to build a

large reservoir for the

school! Thanks so

much to our partici-

pants and sponsors.

Read on throughout

this newsletter for

more details on specif-

ic projects. May God bless

you abundantly during this

coming year.

-Tiffany Najbart

Greetings! I pray this news-

letter finds you well. Merry

Christmas and a Happy

New Year to you! Thank

you so much for your sup-

port of this ministry—none

of the wonderful things hap-

pening in Belle Vie could go

on without your pray-

ers and support.

It’s been a very dry

season on the island of

La Gonave with seven

weeks of no rain. The

land is dusty and many

people have been sick

with fever. However,

thanks to a group of six

from Gateway Chris-

tian Church in Des

Peres, MO, Laura has had

the necessary medication to

treat them.

The group of six from Gate-

way came last May and

brought medication and the

necessary supplies to treat

wounds and burns. They

also provided fluoride treat-

ment, worm medication, and

vitamins for every single

child in the school. Thanks

to this group for all their

help!

In July, I had the privilege to

visit La Gonave myself.

While I was there, I taught

Bible lessons at the chil-

drens “Klub.” Laura and

Ybene regularly hold a chil-

General Updates

Ocean Container Project

World Wide Technology is

sponsoring the shipment of

an ocean container to La

Gonave! This container will

allows larger items that

cannot be purchased in

Haiti to be delivered to

Laura in La Gonave. Laura

has put together a donation

“wish list” including items

like medical supplies,

school furniture, power tools

and building materials, gen-

erators, clothing, school

supplies, and musical in-

struments for the church. If

you are interested in donat-

ing any of these items, facil-

ities are available to store

them until they are shipped.

For more a more detailed

list of specific requested

items, visit the Facebook

event page.

Please contact Sharon Ol-

wig with questions about the

items or storage facilities.

A big thank you to World

Wide Technology for spon-

soring this container and to

those donating items or

funds toward this project!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Ybene,

Laura, and God’s Ministry in La Gonave

God’s Ministry in La Gonave

Inside this

issue:

Reservoir for the

School

2

The Little House 2

The School 2

Future Plans 3

Winter 2014

Wilto has been overseeing the construction of the

reservoir by the school. Construction of the reser-

voir involves constructing walls, cementing them,

and then creating a concrete covering that rests

on the walls. Finally, gutters are installed to collect

the falling rain from the roof and funnel it into the

reservoir.

This reservoir will serve the school, the church,

and the community. When completed, this reser-

voir will be able to hold over 10,000 gallons of wa-

ter! It is currently about halfway finished and will

be completed when Wilto returns to Haiti in mid-

January.

The school year started well and the

first of three quarters is finished. The

children have taken their exams and

enjoyed Christmas break. School

started back on January 7th and the

school is now serving just over 200

children.

Reservoir for the School

The School

The little house on Ybene and Laura’s property

is almost finished. It is in livable condition now,

and just needs the finishing touches. Just before

the end of the year, all five of Ybene and

Laura’s children were able to stay there. They

are so excited to have the children living with

them! They also now have room to house 4-6

more children, and are looking forward to seeing

what the Lord does.

The Little House

Page 2 God’s Ministry in La Gonave

We hope to see the completion of the reservoir very

soon, in January or February. After that, we will

begin working on the church and on repairs for

leaky roofs on Wilto’s house and Ybene and Laura’s

house. We also would like to build four more class-

rooms and a small house for missionaries

Plans are also coming together for a mission trip to La Gonave at the end of March. This trip will focus on the construction projects already mentioned, ac-complishing as much as possible in the week the volunteers are there. Thanks to Michael and Mary Schiff and Gateway Christian Church for supporting this trip!

Future Plans

111 S Spoede Rd

Creve Coeur, MO 63141

www.GodsMinistryinLaGonave.org

Our mission is to teach

Kingdom living which instills

a better quality of life

through Christ Jesus by

training and raising up disci-

ples. We want to see the

quality of life improve and

become self sustaining as

the children are educated in

the Ebenezer school. We

want to meet their physical

needs with clean water,

food, and medical attention

while ministering to their

souls with the love of Christ.

God’s Ministry in

La Gonave

Bringing hope for today and a new

vision for the future by being the

hands, feet, and love of Jesus

Christ

Ybene and Laura Dalla Wilto Fils-Aime