Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Lodging options while on short-term missions trips.
There is a new resort nearby the two new Nazarene Churches that I would recommend for lodging. It is called New Kiskeya. Click here if you would like to check it out.
Thanks!!!
All alone without hope - God met her need through you!I would like to thank each and every one who prayed for the people and gave to assist in the relief efforts. I cannot begin to list all who helped. Because of everyone's efforts, a lot of people have been fed, have found support, and have been introduced to the Lord. We assisted with travel assistance, tents, food, chickens, the establishment of a clinic, and the water project is underway. We were able to give aid and comfort, advice and encouragement in the name of the Lord.
Our work does not end here. We will continue these projects and others including building a school and churches.
Earthquake Damage.
This is/was the Presidential Palace.
The infastructure has been greatly affected. 1000's and 1000's of deaths have occured. It was impossible to even reach some who were in need of rescue.
Relief Efforts
Food reserves for the future. 
Hot food served at every service.
Every member of the churches now has a live chicken. Teach a person to fish.
Live chicken's given to members.
A portion of the chickens we were able to purchase.
A clinic is established for the new churches!
We have a new volunteer nurse. Locating friends, families and new Nazarene Church relatives.
He is thanking God for sending his servants to help.
Praying with tragedy victims.
This family, lives mainly under a tree. We were giving them advice and encouragement.
This boy is an orphan.From NCN Global News Summary
The following story appeared in the March 12 edition of the NCN Global News Summary:
San Diego pastor leading SoCal team in Haiti
San Diego, California
Antony Duclos, Haitian congregation pastor at the San Diego Mid-City Church of the Nazarene, is currently leading a group of Southern California District Nazarenes on a mission trip to Haiti. According to the church, Duclos has a "huge heart for missions" and has traveled to several countries with churches showing the JESUS Film. There are two congregations in Haiti that were started by him before he left to come to the U.S. that recently have become fully organized Nazarene congregations. The congregations were meeting under trees, but still number in the 200-300's.
A report from the church states these are churches that were further out and away from the epicenter of the earthquakes, however, many of these families lost loved ones - and most had children in school in Port-au-Prince when the tragedy happened. Not all have been located, many are still in need, and "Pastor Antony" is on a mission to reach them as well.
Several Nazarene congregations in California have participated in raising funds for the specific needs of these Nazarenes that Pastor Antony will be helping.
For more on this and other Haiti projects from the church (including updates from the trip), see the following web site: haitinewnazarenes.blogspot.com.
The Mid-City Church is a multi-congregation church with seven languages represented in seven different congregations united in one place serving together. For more on this church, see midcitynazarene.org.
--NCN News Submissions
San Diego pastor leading SoCal team in Haiti
San Diego, California
Antony Duclos, Haitian congregation pastor at the San Diego Mid-City Church of the Nazarene, is currently leading a group of Southern California District Nazarenes on a mission trip to Haiti. According to the church, Duclos has a "huge heart for missions" and has traveled to several countries with churches showing the JESUS Film. There are two congregations in Haiti that were started by him before he left to come to the U.S. that recently have become fully organized Nazarene congregations. The congregations were meeting under trees, but still number in the 200-300's.
A report from the church states these are churches that were further out and away from the epicenter of the earthquakes, however, many of these families lost loved ones - and most had children in school in Port-au-Prince when the tragedy happened. Not all have been located, many are still in need, and "Pastor Antony" is on a mission to reach them as well.
Several Nazarene congregations in California have participated in raising funds for the specific needs of these Nazarenes that Pastor Antony will be helping.
For more on this and other Haiti projects from the church (including updates from the trip), see the following web site: haitinewnazarenes.blogspot.com.
The Mid-City Church is a multi-congregation church with seven languages represented in seven different congregations united in one place serving together. For more on this church, see midcitynazarene.org.
--NCN News Submissions
Monday, March 8, 2010
Antony wishes to thank all who have contributed to make his trip possible. He will be traveling up to the Northern part of Haiti to visit the churches there and further assess the needs. Some of his luggage (clothing) was misdirected but he continues on, undaunted. Please pray for safe travels and God's grace & comfort as he meets with his family and remembers those who were injured or have perished in the earthquake. Prayers are requested for stability in Haiti, as some who have provided order and channels for resources, leave the country.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
News Update from the Operation Jericho Team
Hi,
We are moving along well. The guys have been working to get the church (Marlic Nazarene Church up on the hill) and moving rock to rebuild one of the walls that is down just behind the work and witness house on campus. Tomorrow we are all going to do some touring of the worst hit areas in Port au Prince and work our way to pick up 3 of the ladies at Leogane. Friday we will all be working to get the Marlic Church all painted.
Bob
Some of the girls are working in Belair, which is in downtown PAP and some have gone to Leogane to work in a clinic. We have seen over 600 patients in 2 days. We have seen extensive damage as we drive along and the streets are in places wall to wall people. They are afraid to go into any building so they stay outside. We have seen numerous tent cities. It is heart wrenching and our prayer is that we can touch the lives of those Haitian's we come in contact with.
Amy
See you all soon,
Love from Haiti
See you all soon,
Love from Haiti
Monday, March 1, 2010
Team Arrives in Haiti!!
Pastor Antony Duclos with Operation Jericho, the So. Cal. District Church of the Nazarene Haiti Relief Team, arrived this morning in Haiti. Thank you all for your prayers. More updates will be posted as they become available.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Our plan to assist the churches is twofold:
The short term plan includes:
Fundraising - funds are needed for medical supplies, clothing, shoes, and food which will be purchased there in Haiti to help families because of numerous deaths and injuries due to the quake. Help is imperative!
The long term plan includes:
Digging a well for each church, building a church and school facility not only to feed souls spiritually but also where a hot lunch could be served at least three times a week to ease the famine situation. Furthermore, a health clinic for the medical needs of the community is essential.
To make this happen, I would need support such as: airfare, living expenses, materials and volunteers for both here and in Haiti.
If it is the plan of God, I am leaving in February 2010.
To make these twofold plans happen, besides your prayer, your generous financial support is coveted. We are trying to raise support for 1000 people - members of the churches and their families.
Beyond the wells, I plan to offer aid in constructing proper toilets; help the orphaned children to go to school adn organize an educational health awareness program in the church facilities.
Once I am there in Haiti, I will be posting updates here with updated reports on what I am finding, the needs that are there, and how I am doing.
Prayer requests: Please pray for my family, the French/Creole Church Congregation here in San Diego, my health and safety in Haiti.
My Connection to Haiti:
The Nazarene headquarters in Port-au-Prince and my two new Nazarene churches in the Northwest part of Haiti.
I am focusing on the two new Nazarene churches that were worshiping under trees and are now gathering under tents made of dry palm leaves. Sunday School classes and regular day school classes are held mostly under trees. The two Nazarene churches became shelters for hundreds of people who became homeless due to the recent earthquake.
Biography
Antony and Marietta Duclos
I was born in Jean-Rabel, Haiti, on March 5, 1957. As a twin, my sister and I were the last of seven children born to our parents. I met the Lord at an early age, but rededicated my life in 1977. In 1978 I attended a formative Bible study led by American missionaries and I was given the opportunity to continue my college degree at the same time at the same city.
In 1981, God granted me the privilege to come to the United States of America. With the desire to serve in ministry, I chose to get training at South Florida Bible College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. More importantly I found a wife in Marietta Michel, born in the Bahamas. We were happily married in 1983 and now have five wonderful children. I met my wife as I was serving as youth pastor in Florida. She also attended South Florida Bible College and received certificates for children's ministry and music. She enjoys leading prayer meetings and organizing fasting services when it is necessary.
After receiving a theology degree, I continued study at the same institution and worked toward a bachelor's degree. Next, I attended San Diego Mesa College. I am pursuing my Bachelor's degree in Philosophy & Theology at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego.
I continued ministering during college, focusing on evangelism and reaching the lost for Christ. Along with a fellow classmate, we started a church to support these new believers in 1986 called Philadelphia Baptist Church. The church grew tremendously in 8 years. After my ordination in 1990, I returned on short term trips back to Haiti, accompanying missionaries. God blessed us with a group of believers that eventually became a church in Fond Latanier, Jean-Rabel, Haiti.
Desiring to plant more churches, I returned to American soil and started another church, this time in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This church continued to grow under my leadership for three years. While on visit to San Diego in 1998, I was asked by the people to organize a Haitian church here in San Diego, California. After much prayer, my family and I moved to San Diego in 1999.
After seven months of ministry in San Diego on my own I had the desire to see all Haitians worship together. God led me and the group to join others who were already worshiping at the Church of the Nazarene in Mid-City, San Diego, California. Our congregation was welcomed and had good fellowship with other Nazarene congregations. Since then I was happily and faithfully serving the Haitian group called "French/Creole Congregation of the Church of the Nazarene".
As my desire was to reach the French population in San Diego, I started to evangelize French-speaking refugee people from everywhere in town. I had the opportunity to gather a group from Congo, Africa who served with the Haitian group for at least seven months until God had sent a Congolese Pastor to serve the group in their own worship culture. The Pastor speaks French and Swahili and is about to be ordained as an Elder in the Church of the Nazarene.
Desiring to see more converts, I returned to Haiti in 2008 and started another new Nazarene church in a remote area where the people have not always been receptive to the gospel. In the midst of misery and financial struggle, the group (Bouflette Church of the Nazarene) has grown by leaps and bounds. Both Fond Latanier and Bouflette churches are worshiping under tents made up of dry palm leaves. The Sunday School classes are meeting mostly under trees.
Besides joining the feeding program for the homeless in Downtown San Diego with the English Congregation, my passion to witness for the Lord has pushed me to join Work & Witness trips in many countries such as: Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Haiti. More importantly, I am gifted in speaking many languages such as French, Creole, Spanish and English. Marietta and I both have the vision of being involved full-time in missionary service or Work & Witness coordination here in the U.S. or elsewhere.
In 1981, God granted me the privilege to come to the United States of America. With the desire to serve in ministry, I chose to get training at South Florida Bible College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. More importantly I found a wife in Marietta Michel, born in the Bahamas. We were happily married in 1983 and now have five wonderful children. I met my wife as I was serving as youth pastor in Florida. She also attended South Florida Bible College and received certificates for children's ministry and music. She enjoys leading prayer meetings and organizing fasting services when it is necessary.
After receiving a theology degree, I continued study at the same institution and worked toward a bachelor's degree. Next, I attended San Diego Mesa College. I am pursuing my Bachelor's degree in Philosophy & Theology at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego.
I continued ministering during college, focusing on evangelism and reaching the lost for Christ. Along with a fellow classmate, we started a church to support these new believers in 1986 called Philadelphia Baptist Church. The church grew tremendously in 8 years. After my ordination in 1990, I returned on short term trips back to Haiti, accompanying missionaries. God blessed us with a group of believers that eventually became a church in Fond Latanier, Jean-Rabel, Haiti.
Desiring to plant more churches, I returned to American soil and started another church, this time in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This church continued to grow under my leadership for three years. While on visit to San Diego in 1998, I was asked by the people to organize a Haitian church here in San Diego, California. After much prayer, my family and I moved to San Diego in 1999.
After seven months of ministry in San Diego on my own I had the desire to see all Haitians worship together. God led me and the group to join others who were already worshiping at the Church of the Nazarene in Mid-City, San Diego, California. Our congregation was welcomed and had good fellowship with other Nazarene congregations. Since then I was happily and faithfully serving the Haitian group called "French/Creole Congregation of the Church of the Nazarene".
As my desire was to reach the French population in San Diego, I started to evangelize French-speaking refugee people from everywhere in town. I had the opportunity to gather a group from Congo, Africa who served with the Haitian group for at least seven months until God had sent a Congolese Pastor to serve the group in their own worship culture. The Pastor speaks French and Swahili and is about to be ordained as an Elder in the Church of the Nazarene.
Desiring to see more converts, I returned to Haiti in 2008 and started another new Nazarene church in a remote area where the people have not always been receptive to the gospel. In the midst of misery and financial struggle, the group (Bouflette Church of the Nazarene) has grown by leaps and bounds. Both Fond Latanier and Bouflette churches are worshiping under tents made up of dry palm leaves. The Sunday School classes are meeting mostly under trees.
Besides joining the feeding program for the homeless in Downtown San Diego with the English Congregation, my passion to witness for the Lord has pushed me to join Work & Witness trips in many countries such as: Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Haiti. More importantly, I am gifted in speaking many languages such as French, Creole, Spanish and English. Marietta and I both have the vision of being involved full-time in missionary service or Work & Witness coordination here in the U.S. or elsewhere.
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