“We are unashamedly Christian and enthusiastically ecumenical, believing God’s love extends to everyone.” In response, we enrich lives by building community.
Our mission is to serve in faithful partnership with the landless poor to build housing and communities that adequately address the diverse needs of families–such as access to clean water, health care, and education–in order to build sustainable, independent communities and promote economic opportunity.
The Accidental Missionary: The Michael Bonderer Story
Video by Patti Rand Allen
Grace Fills The Empty Spaces
In her book Gravity and Grace, the late Simone Weil wrote, “Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it.”…. Read more of Ronnie McBrayer article http://homesfromtheheart.org/bin/1617
Blanca’s Gift
Blanca’s Gift
“The people at the church are just wonderful people.”
Read more of Blanca’s Gift here…
Brazilians Help Build in Haiti
Brazilians Help Build in Haiti
“ The excitement is definitely building .”
The Miracles of Working with Others
On Tuesday December 13th, 2011 Homes from the Heart’s Directors Michael Bonderer and Rick Dye arrived in Haiti with a team of students from the University of Cincinnati. They shortly met up with Jacob Battle, a former board member of the Fuller center and longtime friend of Millard Fuller. Jacob suggested to Michael that all of them visit a piece of land in Bellatan where he thought that a house could be built.
After visiting the site it was decided that a concrete block triplex could be built there to house three families. The Fuller Center team led by Michael Bonderer immediately began work tearing down the run down hovels made of plastic, cardboard, and tin which were occupying the site and dug a foundation for the triplex. Three days after starting construction on the site the stone foundation and structural steel had been put into place for the earthquake resistant triplex. Just as the team’s time in Haiti was coming to an end a roving band of five Mennonites came to the site and offered to help. After the team had left, the Mennonites picked up where they left off and started laying block, in two and a half weeks the triplex was finished.
This story illustrates how a group of likeminded folks with a servant’s heart can make anything happen when the Holy Spirit is involved. Be it The University of Cincinnati, a roving band of Mennonites, or a community in need of shelter with a willingness to help but limited funds, an overwhelming sense of volunteerism can make anything happen.
For more information please see The Americus Times Recorder’s storyabout the coming together of these diverse people for a common goal in Haiti at:
