Jesus in Haiti Ministries


Saturday morning I received a text. It simply said "Taito dad". As soon as I read it, I knew what this improper English meant, although I prayed I was wrong. I called my staff member Pierre who is still learning English and asked what his text meant. He told me what I feared, "Tytoo is dead".

Tytoo, is Ed Hughes, my canadien friend missionary here in Haiti. Ed is the man in his 70's who was kidnapped twice, and shot in the arm which caused his arm to be amputated. Through all this "stuff" Ed could have left Haiti, like many others have, but he did not. Ed was faithful to the call that God laid before him.

I met Ed my first couple months in Haiti in 1998. A few years before I arrived, Ed came from Canada to work on generators at the Canadien Embassy in Port Au Prince. Ed was unsaved and was drinking his life away.

One day he was on the beach living in his boat he had come to Haiti in and saw some hungry children. He gave them some cookies, then began to give them bread everyday. Shortly after that, Ed received Christ as his personal Savior right here in Haiti. He bought some land, built a house and began to take these little ones in. Today, many years later, this is what he was doing:

*Raising money for and sending nearly 100 kids to school daily, not only that, he picked them all up every day in his truck and took them to school.
*Caring for around 22 children in his home on the beach
*Taking food boxes to the elderly of his village every month
*Feeding over 100 of the village orphans at his home, everyday


Ed was also an EMT so did lots and lots of medical work for the people in the village of Simmonet where he lived, not far from our church. Haiti lost a true friend! I once told Ed that he really was Jesus in Haiti. We will miss Ed and his love for these kids, and his Lord.

All of Ed's kids went to Hope Mission school so Hope was there yesterday, providing care for the kids. We have offered our help of course in any way we can. Pray for these precious children who have just lost their dad, their provider and friend.

Details of Ed's death are a little sketchy but we know this. Sometime in the early hours thieves came and took everything in his depot. At some point Ed fell off his two story roof and hit his head on a stack of cement blocks, probably dying instantly they say.


We don't know how the two events connect or if they do at this point. About 12 different stories are out there. At this point it doesn't matter, what matters is we will miss our friend. The good news is, we know Ed is in a much better place.


"Lord, please tell Ed we promise to take good care of his kids and will continue to reach Haiti with the Gospel. Tell him he is loved and already missed. Tell him the whole village came to his house and forced the Hearse to stop, so each could walk by and pay their respects as they wanted to see Ed one more time. Tell him to leave a light on".

JOYCE MEYER MEDICAL CLINIC: After a very tough week, and a tough day dealing with Ed's death yesterday, and church, I needed a good day. Today was a good day. 27 doctors and nurses with the Joyce Meyer team is in Haiti to do a 5 day medical clinic. Today I took 10 of our young men to translate for this team. I can't really explain the feeling I had as I met the truck at the pick up point, and saw each one of my "boys" get into the truck. Each gave me a hug, and crawled in. I thought, "wow, the reason I came to Haiti was to preach the Gospel, make disciples and teach the Haitians to do the same." Today, seeing 10 of our young men, taking on such a big responsibility, sharing the gospel through the great gift of medicine, I was very proud. Not proud for anything I have done but proud of an amazing group of young men that God has allowed me to be involved in their lives. Pray for Jony, Roger, Altimae, Bobby, Bebe, Shadrach, Matthew, Claudy, Tito and Manel as they stand side by side with these wonderful folks from Joyce Meyer Ministries. Please go to loveachild.com for a complete report on this clinic, and lot of pictures of the new clinic my team will be working at.

There you have it, a partial report. I am tired, very tired. I am resting today, getting ready for another big week, a week of sharing the Gospel, fighting off the enemy, and loving those around us. May God bless you as you are Jesus in ?????? tominhaiti

Thank you for your support


Tom Osbeck
Executive Director
Jesus in Haiti Ministries

For Contributions:
Jesus in Haiti Ministries, Inc. Suite 155 10214 Chestnut Plaza Drive Fort Wayne, IN 46814