Missions Strategy

Our mission statement at Harvest is, "Spreading a passion for the supremacy of God and liberating a generation through the life and love of Jesus Christ." When it comes to cross-cultural, or overseas missions we need only add a few words to capture our missions strategy: "among all peoples by training up and sending out qualified workers to plant and equip local churches." Our global focus is simply a matter of taking what we're about locally and translating that into another cultural context.

Haiti was not Always the Plan


From May 24-31, Jake and Mackenzie Hopping were in Haiti for a missions trip, but this was not always the plan. Recently, a significant chunk of money unexpectedly fell in their laps. They had decided to use those funds for a vacation after Jake graduated from Med-school. Around the time of the earthquake, they had been studying "The Treasure Principle" in Life Group. God had been working on them separately, but in the same way, moving in their hearts to use that money for a missions trip instead of a vacation.

Working with a church that has been helping build a 50-bed hospital, Jake will be doing medical work and Mackenzie will be working with the children, using art therapy. When we asked them what they hope to see the Lord do in them, they answered, "We feel like this could be the beginning of a life in medical missions." This decision has also been deeply personal. The Hoppings have been leaning on the Lord for a long time in their journey of trying to have a child. Mackenzie explained that going to Haiti means stopping fertility treatment so she can have the needed immunizations and it means trusting in the Lord's timing. God has also opened them up to the idea of even adopting, and possibly from Haiti.

Please pray for safety, for the safe arrival of their medical supplies, and the children they will be working with.


To learn more about how the trip went, you can visit their trip blog.