Haiti Wants You!

Are you interested in going on a mission trip to Haiti this fall? We're looking for a few good men and/or women to travel to Jacmel, Haiti to help erect tents for the St. Charles Head Together Community. The exact timing of the trip is still being worked out.

Over the past several months, we have raised about $16,000 toward our goal of $30,000. These funds will be used to purchase tents for the St. Charles Community. We need volunteers, however, to help erect the tents along side the Community members.

Please let me know if you have any interest in traveling to Haiti this fall. I can be reached at (540) 882-9194 or via e-mail at denicore@msn.com. I look forward to hearing from you.

Instruments in the Attic Goes International

When I was in Haiti this past April, I met Pastor Robert Noel. Pastor Noel is the pastor of a Wesleyan Church in Jacmel, Haiti. Here is a photo of his Church.

During my visit, Pastor Noel mentioned that he was interested in attracting people to his Church through music. The problem, however, was that he only had one guitar. I told Pastor Noel that I would try to find him some more musical instruments when I returned to the States.

Today, I picked up several musical instruments from George Mason University, which is located in Fairfax, Virginia. The instruments include a keyboard, a guitar, a ukulele, a drum set, recorders, tambourines, and much more. GMU has a program called "Instruments in the Attic" in which they collect donated musical instruments, refurbish them, and then send them back out into the community. Here is a link to an article about GMU's program and our plan to deliver the newly donated instruments to Pastor Noel this fall.