August 16, 2022
Since 2015, Lott Carey and its partners have provided tens of thousands of dollars in support and assistance to Mission of Grace in Haiti.
This was revealed during Lott Carey’s 125th Annual Session in New Orleans, Louisiana, from August 15-19.
Mission of Grace was founded in September 2009 by Mrs. Linotte Joseph and her husband, Jean. Lott Carey support includes disaster relief, hunger relief, education, and volunteers.
Mrs. Joseph told the roughly 500 persons gathered in New Orleans that “Lott Carey showed up” when her mission and country needed help the most. “Being with Lott Carey means being with family.”
Among the things she disclosed were the $20,000 that Lott Carey sent immediately after the 2021 earthquake, the roofing of about 1,000 homes after the disaster, meals for 15,000 families for seven days, tents to help house the 390 students in the Mission of Grace school, and funding for 45 teachers in three schools.
Two Lott Carey partners, Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Arlington, Virginia, and First Baptist Church of North Brentwood, Maryland, sent more than $100,000 to build a school for more than 300 students.
“When you open schools, you close so many prisons,” Mrs. Joseph said about the educational support.
Most impressive were the Lott Carey partner volunteers who showed up. “The children saw those who turned up as big uncles,” Mrs. Joseph told the attendees at the specially organized mission dinner.
Executive Secretary-Treasurer Rev. Emmett Dunn told the Annual Session that Lott Carey will send another 60,000 meals to Haiti by Christmas of this year, as well as a team of volunteers.
The Annual Session incorporates Bible Study, worship, mission education classes, mission service opportunities, and presentations on issues of concern such as human trafficking, voting rights and social justice. There are special events for children and youth, among other activities and programs.
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