Exciting Update from the Sheppard Family

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us and following our blog and the details of our ministry. Your Prayer Cover is vital for the success of our outreach.  We are so thankful for your sponsorship which enables us to do what we are doing here in Haiti and around the world.

We are happy to announce that we now have a Missionary Agency assisting us!  World Outreach Ministries, Inc. will serve as our home office.  They will send Tax Deductible receipts to our supporters and facilitate Online donations from anywhere in the world [online gifts: www.WorldOutreach.org/donations].

Please direct all future support to their office and designate it for Ron & Linda Sheppard #546.  We want to make it clear that our ministry in Haiti is not changing -- this is just an administrative step that will help us in many ways.

In the year of 2016, we were able to not only coordinate medical services within Haiti, but also promote mental health services within Latin America and the Caribbean. We organized and lead two medical teams to Guatemala, two teams to Ecuador, as well as assisted with numerous medical teams within Haiti. Linda was able to travel and bring supplies to assist with earthquake relief in Ecuador last spring. We continue to be on the ground assisting in hurricane Matthew relief in Haiti. Our focus has remained on supporting sustainability (both for the local population, missionaries, and expats). This sustainability is improved through increasing trauma support around the world. Linda was able to present research last month on follow up trauma care at the Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology.

We are thankful that we now have built up trauma trainers within Guatemala that have begun weekly trauma training for children in the village of Santa Maria de Jesus.  We have conducted two different week long trainings in Latin America as well as numerous trauma trainings both within the Haitian community and within the missionary and expat community in Haiti. These trainings have been a tremendous support to many organizations in their efforts on the field.

Ron and the kids have continued with projects in both villages of Belot and Nouvelle Terrain which has included: agriculture, medical care/transportation, education, discipleship, building projects, job sustainability, food assistance, water purification, and a range of other things in order to assist the pastors in their service within their villages.

These are just a few of the many things we have been able to help with over this past year.

But...we need your support to continue to do what we do!

Our home office has asked us to initially aim for raising $4,500 per month. Prayerfully consider sponsoring our outreach and adopting us as your missionary.



Supporting our ministry is easy and gifts are tax deductible:  


1) ONLINE GIFTS: www.WorldOutreach.org/donations - select our name from the list and follow the prompts.  You can also set-up automatic monthly gifts if you select the "monthly" option.  

2) CHECKS: mail to -- World Outreach Ministries, PO Box B, Marietta, GA 30061 and indicate for Ron & Linda Sheppard #546.  

3) BILL PAY: which you can do through your online banking.

As always, we appreciate your prayers and your support. You are a blessing to our family and we are thankful for each and every one of you!