Article by Donna Fisher

Photo:  Volunteers at the Haiti Solar Oven partners workshop at Volga, SD shrink wrap solar oven reflector parts in preparation for the spring 2014 shipment to Haiti. The reflector parts are 100% manufactured by volunteers at the HSOP reflector workshop located on Dave and Renee Silbernagel’s property at Moffit, ND. The reflector parts are shipped to the Volga workshop in SD for shrink wrapping and shipment to Haiti. Submitted photo.

Dakotas Conference outpouring on December 3, 2013, Giving Tuesday included gifts to Haitit Solar Oven Partners  $35,672.00, and Tree of Life Ministry $39,758.03 for a total of $75,430.  This is an amazing result for one of the United Methodist Church’s smallest conferences! Well done, Dakotas!

Friends of Haiti Solar Ovens Partners (HSOP) in the Dakotas and around the nation gave $35,672.00, earning matching funds of $1,600.00. "HSOP’s supporters responded with amazing generosity and I am humbled and grateful!" said HSOP Director Rick Jost. 

United Methodists gave an amazing $6.5 million on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3. Giving Tuesday, December 3, offered a challenge that Global Ministries would match the first gifts to Advance Projects up to $500,000, doubling those contributions. The Dakotas Conference has two Advance projects: Haiti Solar Oven Partners and Tree of Life in Mission, South Dakota.

So many mission supporters in the US and around the world logged in to give.  The half a million dollars designated for matching was reached within minutes!

Opportunities for your generosity continue

HSOP Director Rick Jost reminds you that helping hands are needed now at our workshop in Volga, SD and late this spring again in Moffit, ND. We are preparing oven components for another shipment to Haiti. The HSOP 2014 goal 2300 ovens shipped, assembled, trained with and given to Haitian families.

Please visit HSOP web site now for details about bringing a team to Moffit or Volga. Contact Rick Jost  for Volga workshop and Dave Silbernagel  for Moffit.

Your regular contributions to HSOP through your church offering or on our website buy materials and support our staff in Haiti.

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