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Beyond the Green: 2025 Golf Tournament Recap

On August 29th, we kicked off Labor Day weekend with our 5th annual charity golf tournament at The Yards in Ponte Vedra. It’s hard to believe we have been doing this for five years! This year started off a bit wetter than we would have liked, but it did bring some nice temps. We are so thankful for everyone who contributed and participated to make this another successful tournament, from our sponsors to our volunteers to those who prayed and supplied items from our Amazon list. It takes...

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Lessons from Haiti: What the Children Have Taught Us

When people think about mission work, they often imagine what we bring—supplies, support, and skills. At its core, mission work is about going out into the world to spread the Gospel by being the hands and feet of Christ—serving others with compassion, humility, and love. But as only Christ can orchestrate, the ones sent to serve are often the ones most deeply transformed.Those of us who have had the privilege of visiting the children in Haiti know this to be true. Every smile, every...

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Transition Program Update

As I grow older, I find myself watching many children grow into adults—my own children are now parents! Recently, I saw a man from my church who I remember as a child celebrating becoming a grandfather. When Bonnie and I moved to Haiti in 2010, the kids at the Children’s Home were very young. Many of them have grown up, and new little ones have arrived. It felt like the first group of children would always be with us, but now that several have turned 18, we realized we needed a plan for...

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Sensing Hope in Haiti: How You Can Change a Child’s Life at Cabaret

Written by Board Member Cheryl Smyth Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. It is constantly experiencing economic and political upheaval. The need is overwhelming, and although millions of dollars have been poured into the country, few positive and lasting changes have occurred. Many organizations have attempted and failed to establish a long-term ministry presence in Haiti. In 1998, the Jacksonville Baptist Association established the Cabaret Baptist Children’s Home...

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Sponsor Testimony: The Smyths

“My name is Mike Smyth, and I first visited the Cabaret children’s home in 2012.  We had seen poverty on other mission trips, but not poverty to this extent.  There were sights and smells that I had never experienced, as we traveled from the airport to Bercy.  Oh, plus the heat.   Once at the orphanage, interacting with the kids was a joy.  They jumped up in the truck and helped us unload our luggage.  Some were very outgoing, while others...

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