How God has sustained the work in Haiti through the silent years — and what comes next. Please read until the end to know what we are doing next and ways you can support.
Friends,
There is a passage in Luke 16 that has anchored our family through some of the hardest years of this work: "Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much." We have held onto those words — and your faithfulness — through seasons when we could not hold onto much else.
Since 2023, Moving Haiti Forward has not been able to return to Haiti. The political turmoil, gang violence, and civil unrest that swept the country made travel impossible and, at times, made the future of this mission feel uncertain. The Haiti we know and love — the mountains of Cavaillon, the smiling children at the school in Les Cayes, the community that has always found a way — was cut off from us in a way that weighed on our hearts every day.
But silence is not the same as stillness. And in these years, God has been working.
Faithful in the quiet years
Though our feet could not touch Haitian soil, your generosity continued to reach it. Through the faithful, consistent giving of our monthly supporters, we have continued to fund the local school in Sudre, Cavaillon and to ensure that no child went hungry during the school year. In a country where over 60% of school attendance had already dropped due to instability, keeping those doors open and those plates full has been an act of defiance against despair. Every meal served is a declaration that these children matter, that their futures matter, and that they will not be forgotten.
That is not a small thing. That is faithfulness — yours and ours, together.
Though we were unable to travel over the past few years due to unrest in the country, the work has continued. We remained steadfast in our support — because the people of Haiti could not afford for us not to.
We have also reached a milestone that felt, for a long time, far away: the completion of Phase 1 of our mission base in Cavaillon — the living quarters for mission volunteers. This is the foundation that makes everything else possible. A place for teams to rest, to gather, to prepare. Community members in Aux Cayes volunteered hours of their own labor to help us build it despite the pressures around them.
What comes next: the clinic
Moving Haiti Forward was born from a specific, urgent memory: our mother, Myriam Leonidas — a retired nurse from Cavaillon, Haiti — her mother nearly lost her life to an asthma attack because there was no clinic within hours of her home. Close family friends carried her on their backs to save her. That moment planted a seed that has never stopped growing.
The next phase of our building work is the foundation for the clinic and hospital in Cavaillon. This is the heartbeat of everything we have been working toward since the very beginning. We are now actively raising the funds to begin laying that foundation. If you have ever wanted to be part of something that will outlast all of us and serve generations of Haitians who have no other option — this is the moment.
April 29th: a return
On April 29th, our founder Myriam Leonidas will return to Haiti for the first time since 2021 — a four-week mission of medical outreach and prison ministry. Her strong Christian faith and her decades as a nurse have always led her toward the people everyone else walks past. This trip is no different.
She will be conducting medical missions for the community, bringing healthcare directly to those who cannot access it. And she will be walking into a local prison — where approximately 1000 incarcerated men and women live with very little — bringing food, toiletries, and the Word of God in Haitian Creole. We need your help to make this happen. Your support continues to make a tangible impact. We will continue to be faithful with little, can you commit to being faithful with us? Every dollar counts.
For ease of giving, you can send direct zelle payments to: haitiforward1804@gmail.com.