Category: haiti

  • Go to Haiti with Me in 2017

    Go to Haiti with Me in 2017

    I’ve been going to Haiti a few times per year since 2010. With each trip my convictions are re-enforced: The Holy Spirit is on the move in Haiti. When you go with a heart to serve, you are filled more than you can give. The church is exploding in growth as communities see the church…

  • Let’s Lift Up Haitian Leaders

    Let’s Lift Up Haitian Leaders

    Megan and I just returned from a two-week trip to Haiti Tuesday night. In February, 2010 I left a country brought to it’s knees by a devastating earthquake with a simple promise: I’ll keep coming back until it’s clear I’m no longer needed.  Since then I’ve seen the needs of Haitian churches adapt. Immediately after the quake…

  • Investing in Long-Term Relationships

    Investing in Long-Term Relationships

    At the chewy center of Praying Pelican Missions is the local church pastor. Organizationally, they have a heartfelt desire to put the pastor’s vision for the church first and the needs of the visiting missionaries under that. So, whenever possible, short-term mission team stay with the pastor in his church or even at his house.…

  • Genuine Partnerships Flow Through Local Leadership

    Genuine Partnerships Flow Through Local Leadership

    Genuine partnerships. Long-term relationships. Sustainable ministry.  Those are the three pillars of Praying Pelican Missions. Those aren’t marketing slogans. As I’ve seen over and over again those pillars are the secret sauce of what sets PPM apart from everyone else doing short-term missions. Hearing those values pour out of the mouth’s of staff and then seeing those…

  • In Haiti… For a While

    In Haiti… For a While

    Hi. My name is Adam McLane and I’m addicted to going to Haiti. “How many times have you been to Haiti?” That’s a question I hear quite frequently when I meet people on trips. “A lot” is my new response. I suppose I could go back and count, but it’s easier to just say that…

  • I Got Sick in Haiti But You Should Still Go

    I Got Sick in Haiti But You Should Still Go

    I was accidentally prophetic. In February I wrote a post called Zika and Haiti and Why You Should Still Go: This is the great advantage of working with the local church in Haiti through Praying Pelican Missions. You will be the guest of local ministry leaders, people who are living with zika every day, who will…

  • Zika and Haiti and Why You Should Still Go

    Zika and Haiti and Why You Should Still Go

    In April I’m going with a group of youth workers from around the United States who are interested in bringing teams from their church to Haiti… but need to go check it out first. Since that last post, the zika virus has become a front page news story. The impact of the virus itself, from…

  • Go to Haiti with me this April

    Go to Haiti with me this April

    I have remembered.  The earthquake of January 12th, 2010 brought the world’s attention to Haiti. The Western world had become comfortable, casual even, in referring to Haiti as a place of political instability and extreme poverty. Phrases like the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere rolled off the tongue easily and most Americans had very little working knowledge…

  • Haiti is Beautiful

    Haiti is Beautiful

    Forget this narrative: Haiti is a dangerous, politically unstable, corrupt, and voodoo worshipping country. It’s the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, a virtual pit of foreign aid, and a place to be avoided. That’s a pre-2010 narrative. That’s like saying you shouldn’t go to Tijuana because of gang violence. There’s truth in the claim but…

  • The Remarriage of Physical to Spiritual Renewal

    The Remarriage of Physical to Spiritual Renewal

    One of the great sins of Western short-term ministries is bringing our bad habits and presenting them somewhere else as healthy. In the United States, the local church has largely recast itself as a place of spiritual renewal. The message of Jesus Christ in our cities and towns largely remains in the 6 inches between…