what-

ever

their

prob-

lems

are

be-

cause they are Hai-

tian.” Pascal is a very

valued member of our

team. He supervises all

the teachers and the

school. He buys all ma-

terials for the school

and helps with plan-

ning curriculum as well.

This month we would

like to introduce you to

our Assistant Director

and School Director,

Pascal. Pascal has

worked at the LOCC

Children’s Home for

four years. When we

have mission teams

down he also leads

construction work.

Pascal is married, his

wife’s name is Mauline.

They have a son Lawer-

ance who is nine years

old.

Education is very impor-

tant to Pascal, he con-

tinues to educate him-

self, currently attending

school to be a struc-

tural engineer. Pascal

is also a very talented

tailor. He dreams some

day of having his own

shop. Pascal says, “I’d

like to see all kids have

a life—if children are

given to us, we are to

give them support in

I N T R O D U C I N G P A S C A L

H E L L O ! I ’ M A L E X P I E R R E

I am 18 years old. I

come from Mt. Cabert.

I have a mother but my

father is dead. I have a

younger brother Dieur-

essi that lives with me at

LOCC.

I am currently enrolled in

Secondary School and

will be starting my third

year. I love going to

school. I love to play

soccer. I am very skilled

as a mason and help

with masonry projects at

the children’s home.

Alex will be moving to

the new transition house

but will continue to be

cared for by Imagine.

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I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

W E A R E T H E

B A G L A D I E S

2

W H A T H A S B E E N H A P P E N I N G I N

H A I T I

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U P C O M I N G M I S S I O N

T R I P S

4

C H R I S T M A S

P R O J E C T 5

F U N D R A I S I N G & M I S S I O N T E A M

P H O T O G R A P H S

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Serving Christ through the Children of the Loyal Oaks Community Chapel Children’s Home, Despinos, Haiti

We’re on the Web!

www.imaginemissions.com

Contributions may be

mailed to:

Imagine Missions

c/o Park Christian Church

236 Miller Ave.

Dennison, OH 44621

Ten years ago there

were two women, Nettie

Davis and Nan Williams,

getting together once a

week in a bedroom

converted into a sewing

room at Nan’s house.

Their mission was sewing

blankets, gowns, hats

and “tote bags” for Ak-

ron Pregnancy Services.

One day Trudy Smith

came along, out of curi-

osity, to see what in the

world they were doing

and she was ‘sucked in’

- and has been ever

since. Not only was sew-

ing going on for APS but

for a not so little orphan-

age in Haiti. Nan was

sewing sundresses,

sheets and school uni-

forms (to name a few

things) and Nettie and

Trudy were busy with

APS. Nettie gradually

because involved with

orphanage projects.

Charlie (Nan’s husband)

was busy keeping the

sewing machines and

sergers running. One

day the question was

posed to Trudy is she

would mind helping fin-

ish up a sewing project

for the orphanage.

Now, all four because

busy, busy helping fill the

many barrels John Haw-

thorn took to Haiti every

trip. After 9/11 it be-

came increasingly diffi-

cult to get barrels into

Haiti. What could three

women do to raise

money to help feed chil-

dren in dire need? Thus

an idea was born.

Those “tote bags” for

APS were very much ad-

mired— why could they

not make bigger and

better bags and send

the money to Haiti.

What an idea, but how

and where?? God had

His plans, “As for God His

way is Perfect. He is a

Shield to all who trust in

Him.” And so it was that

fabric began pouring

in—fabrics of all kinds.

The ‘bag’ factory began

humming. The Lord also

provided a place to sell

the bags at Sols in Berlin,

Ohio. The ‘vision’ was

there for all four.

(Couldn’t do it without

Charlie keeping the ma-

chines working.) These

ladies met every week

with lots of ‘homework’

besides.

Fast forward eight years

and over $50,000 later.

That’s a LOT of bags.

Due to over burdening

of machines that were

self-destructing slowly

and physical chal-

lenges, Nan reluctantly

retired and the sewing

room was closed. But

the Lord still had plans.

A new mission was

born—Imagine Missions

and a new director, our

wonderful Miss Melissa.

WHAT TO DO? With the

cost of gas going up

and up, getting to Sols

along with the overhead

made it difficult, and

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now there were only

two. Could two keep

up?

Fabric donations still

kept coming in. Garage

sailing brought pins and

buttons, laces and rib-

bons. The Lord opened

other doors to sell the

bags. The vision was still

there. God is still there—

His perfect way and His

shield. Now two ladies,

single handedly are

making bags and God

continues to be faithful,

daily and even hourly.

Two ladies ‘sewing for

Him’.

Something great is hap-

pening with our newslet-

ter! Our mailing list is be-

coming too large to send

the newsletters via email.

We are asking everyone

to go to

www.ImagineMissions.com

and become a member.

There is no cost, but this

Namely, what has been

happening at the LOCC

Children’s Home? It has

been a very busy sum-

mer. We have had many

visitors, the last week in

May brought a group

from the Galilee church

in Jefferson, Georgia.

They helped one of our

staff members with con-

struction at her house.

She was living in a home

with no roof, doors or

floor. It was rainy season

so the conditions for her

and her daughter and

grandchildren were very

bad. They also ran a

clinic at the Children’s

home and brought many

shoes and clothes to

share with the children.

The next week we had a

couple, Mark and Tanya

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God is doing wonderful things in the lives of these

children, as well as the lives of those of us fortunate

enough to help them come to know the love of

God by providing clean water, food, an education,

and teaching them about Jesus.

If you would like to send a contribution, sponsor a

child, or help in any way, there are several ways in

which we can be reached:

Email: melissa9222424@yahoo.com

US Postal Service:

Imagine Missions

c/o Park Christian Church

236 Miller Ave.

Dennison, OH 44621

Telephone: 330-340-1385

Most of all, please continue to uplift everyone in-

volved with the Children’s Home in your prayers.

H OW C A N I H E L P ?

will be how you receive

your newsletters or any

updates in the future.

Thank you for your help.

The less money we spend

on mail, paper, copies,

etc, the more we are

able to directly help the

children.

Robinson, from Cedar

Rapids, Iowa, come for a

visit. They helped put a

new tin roof on our gate

guards roof and painted

our church. They also did

some fun crafts with the

kids. The following week

we had a group from

East Win Christian Church

from Memphis, TN, led by

Stephen Cox, come to

visit. They also helped in

painting at the children’s

home, brought clothes,

preached at local

churches and did prison

ministry. Following them

was a young lady from

New Philadelphia, Ohio.

Maybe some of you read

about her in a feature

article in the Times Re-

porter. Her name is Bre

Shoultz. She is 17 years

old and she spent 12

days in Haiti. She

teamed up with Material

Girl in NP and brought

dresses down to the girls

that those ladies had

sewn. She helped buy

paint and did some fun

crafts with the kids. She

also assisted another or-

phanage in moving to a

new location by paying

for their moving truck.

Finally we had a team

from Lancaster, Ohio.

They painted three build-

ings at the children’s

cont. on page 4

Jucline and Bre Shoultz

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P A G E 3 )

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Imagine Missions will

have a booth at the Tus-

carawas County Fair,

September 19—25, 2011.

We will have pictures on

display, as well as Haitian

art for sale and of course

information about how

people can get involved.

If you would like to help

with the booth, email

Becky Massey:

Becky@ImagineMissions.com.

back page of this news-

letter.

Imagine is also building a

transition house for our

young people who have

“aged out” (18 years

old). We have had some

very generous donations

and have raised $10,000

for this project. To see it

to completion we need

to raise $5,000 more.

For the past month,

Imagine has had the op-

portunity to speak at

many different churches.

We are so thankful for

everyone’s support and

generous donations. We

would love to come out

and visit you and share in

detail what has been

happening at the chil-

dren’s home. Please

contact Melissa or Susi to

set a date.

home and held a VBS for

the children. We also

had a visit from our favor-

ite Brazilian Ambassador.

She brought us food,

mattresses, and put up a

volleyball net for the kids.

It has been such a bless-

ing having all of these

mission teams working at

the children’s home. We

have lots of new friends

coming in the next few

months.

Currently the kids are on

summer vacation.

School will be starting

back up on September

5th. We are getting uni-

forms made and school

supplies purchased. If

you are interested in

helping to sponsor a

child for Secondary

School, please contact

Melissa Young. Her con-

tact information is on the

U P C O M I N G M I S S I O N

T R I P S T O H A I T I

October 15—21: Vineyard Hartland Church

October 22 - 29: Chris & Beth Hostetler

November 6—13: Danny Boughton

November 26—December 3: Vineyard Hartland

December 12—January 2: Lisa Carpenter

January 5—12: Harlem Road UMC

January 14—21: Bill Kay, August GA

February 19—March 3: Scot & Audrey Caley

March 10—17: Vineyard Heartland Church Galilee Mission Team

Louinege & the

Brazilian Ambassador

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T H E F A I R !

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Christmas ProjectChristmas ProjectChristmas ProjectChristmas Project

We want to be sure that all of the children at the home get to celebrate Jesus’

birthday this year. If you would like to help us accomplish this goal, you can

contact Becky Massey (Becky@ImagineMissions.com) for a child (or two or three) to

sponsor this Christmas. We are also looking for sponsors for the staff members. We’d like to

give them each a $50 bonus for Christmas.

Please turn in the gifts by September 25 for Melissa to take in October.

• All gifts must fit in a two (2) gallon Ziploc bag

• All Ziploc bags must weigh four (4) pounds or less

• Christmas gifts can be wrapped individually, but please don’t wrap the Ziploc bags

• You may include a card or letter in the Ziploc

• Put your child sponsor card inside the Ziploc bag with your name and address on the back

• Please attach a $10 donation on or in your bag, for shipping costs

• DO NOT SEND anything that will melt like chocolate; do not send cell phones

or movies with over a PG 13 rating

For Boys:

Soccer ball & air pump

Matchbox cars, other small cars

and motorcycles

Remote control car with extra

batteries

Ball Cap

For Girls:

Barbie or baby dolls & clothes

Jewelry, Purse

Hair accessories, Pedicure items

Jump rope

My Little Ponies

Boys or Girls:

Art supplies

Creole Bible

Flashlight w/ extra batteries

Sunglasses

Candy that doesn’t melt

Summer clothes

Flip flops or tennis shoes

Notebooks or journals

Pens

Hi-Liters

Coloring books & Crayons

Markers

Marbles

Beef Jerky

Watches

Dominoes

Card games

Jacks

Other small toys or games

English/Creole Dictionary

(Haitian Creole Dictionary &

Phrasebook by Hippocrene Books, Inc.

is a good one)

CD Player, CD’s and batteries

DVD’s with language in French

Gift IdeasGift IdeasGift IdeasGift Ideas

Help turn $10 into

$10,000 for transitional

housing. Due to a gen-

erous anonymous

matching donation of

$5,000, we only need to

raise $5,000 to build this

house that will help chil-

dren now and for many

years to come. Ask

family, friends, co-

workers and neighbors

for $10 dollar dona-

tions. All we need is

$10. If you attend Park

Christian, take a fake

$10 bill (or more) and

replace it with an ac-

tual $10. At this point,

all we need is less

than 300 people to do-

nate $10 to make this

transitional house a

reality.

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F U N D R A I S I N G

We will be having a Blood Drive at Park Chris-

tian Church. Anyone interested in donating,

please either sign up at Park Christian

Church or email: susicox@att.net. Criteria

for blood donation: Driver's license or birth

certificate, age 17-74 (16 with parental con-

sent), must weigh at least 110 pounds, feel

well and be in good health. Unfortunately,

anyone who has recently traveled to Haiti

will be unable to donate.

What we can raise:

10-14 donors = $200

15-19 donors = $300

20-39 donors = $500

40 donors or more = $750

B L O O D

D R I V E

M O R E M I S S I O N

T E A M P I C T U R E S

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T H E S H I P M E N T

The major shipment to Haiti that we have been working

so hard on has been shipped! The paperwork was ap-

proved, everything was stacked on pallets, shrink-

wrapped, loaded onto a truck, and delivered by some

very dedicated members of our Imagine team to east-

ern Pennsylvania the weekend of August 12th. We ap-

preciate everyone’s patience, for the first time you do

anything it usually doesn’t go smoothly, and we’ve

learned a lot. We plan to ship again, hopefully twice a

year.

Any Fundraising ideas, please email Beth and Chris Hostetler at

bethandchrishostetler@yahoo.com.

S A V E T H E D A T E

A Yard Sale for Haiti!

September 16 - Preview Sale

$2 admission, shopping starts @ 6:00 pm

September 17: 8:00 am

Park Christian Church

A Breakfast and Lunch Bar will be

open as well, so even if you don’t plan

to shop, come and eat!

c/o Park Christian Church

236 Miller Ave.

Dennison, OH 44621

Phone: 330-340-1385

email: ryan@imaginemissions.com

web: www.imaginemissions.com

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newsletter by email (in full color!)

please email Mary at imaginemis-

sionnews@yahoo.com.

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