The first of 12 Haitian families to receive homes in Jacmel made possible by LCMS donors and partners — in collaboration with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti — visit with LCMS Director of Disaster Response Rev. Glenn F. Merritt, left, and Lophane Laurent, right, who facilitated an LCMS sanitary-latrine and water-well project in Haiti. This was at the time of the Jan. 14-15, 2012, dedication of three Lutheran villages in the island nation. (LCMS Communications/Al Dowbnia)
