Such was the case for a Baptist Haiti Mission team. The Lieb family loaded up 2 trucks and just moved to the beach camp property about two hours away to begin a camp ministry.
Since 2004, the Lieb family has been living at the mission, where Chris has been serving as the Director of Church Development and Director of Youth and Family Ministries.
Much of their time was spent working with the youth and the churches connected with BHM. Chris also spent a lot of energy writing proposals, working on getting grants for the schools, and keeping up with the Information-Technology needs of the compound.
Wife Kelli homeschools the five children and helps with mission-related projects. She also oversees a ministry to the newborn babies and mothers in the hospital.
The family made their presence felt while serving on the main campus, but it also became clear that there needed to be staff at the camp ministries. BHM acquired some property throughout Haiti to host summer camps. The past couple of summers have consisted of only two weeks of camp, one of which is specifically set apart for the children of Haitian Pastors.
However, there's more need for the camp ministries as kids slowly recover from the devastation of the quake. BHM just brought on a new team of missionaries to help with the expansion: Trey and Chelsea Salter.
Together they'll be growing Crossings Ministries, whose primary focus is missions. They take the call to go to the nations seriously and seek to equip students to follow in this direction.
Baptist Haiti Mission has had a presence in Haiti for over 50 years. It is located in Fermathe, a beautiful area in the mountains an hour north of Port-au-Prince. BHM oversees a variety of ministries in Haiti. Some of these include planting churches, training leaders within these churches, child sponsorships, and running an 80-bed hospital on the mission property.
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