Cumberland Christian Academy Missions

Haiti - Hope Academy

For the past several years CCA has partnered with the ministry, A Voice in the Wilderness, to provide Christian education to children in Haiti. CCA supplies a major portion of the monthly salaries of Hope Academy's teachers and administrative staff. Jesus is the most important gift we can give to the children and adults of Haiti, and second, without any doubt, is education. Find A Voice in the Wilderness at sharingjesus.org.

Haiti Update from Liz Seeze - November 2010

The children are attending class every day and we have added a health/hygiene class. Every class is taught with a strong Christian foundation. We received a phone call from a neighbor (who had heard one of our teachers through his window) complimenting the quality of education that teacher was providing the children. Our new chalkboards are wonderful. Due to the high cost of books, we cannot provide one for each child, so much of the work is done off the chalkboard. Our new color printer enables us to provide individual worksheets for the children. The little things make such a difference, and we are better equipped this year than ever before.

And now for our challenges...because we purchase our food in quantity, we have the most sought after commodity in Haiti, an abundance of food, in our building. Some of our staff have agreed to live in the HOPE building and sleep there every night to prevent theft. The price of rice and other staples has increased dramatically, but we thank God for His provision.

The cholera epidemic has reached Port au Prince. Since a small amount of chlorine bleach purifies the water, we have been washing the children's hands in Clorox water and distributing Clorox to their parents for use at home.

Hurricane Tomas

All year my prayers have been that God would redirect the winds and rains away from our community in Haiti. What a relief it was on Saturday morning when I received the news that the storm had gone around Carre four Feuilles and all of our people are just fine.

This brutal year in Haiti has made our faith stronger, not weaker. Despite the earthquakes, hunger, thirst, hurricanes, and the threat of cholera, we have found it easier to share Jesus with the Haitian people. I send you thanks from the people that are seeing Jesus work for them in these desperate times of trials. They are seeing a Jesus that they want to know more about.

Barbados 2010

Junior and Senior Class Mission Trips

Believing firmly in the biblical mandate to carry the gospel around the world and believing in the educational value of mission activities, our school board, staff, and faculty are committed to involving our students in Christian missions. Each year, CCA's juniors and seniors participate in a week long mission trip.

The Senior Class trip focuses on foreign missions. Since 1998, CCA's seniors have traveled to the islands of Jamaica, Barbados, St. Lucia, and Antigua for a week long evangelistic mission trip. The teams minister through dramatic presentations, puppet shows, and gospel tract distribution. Thousands have responded to pray to receive Christ on these trips. Read Pastor Hemphill's report on the 2011 trip to Barbados.

The Junior Class participates in a week long service-oriented trip to a major US city. They also present the gospel through puppets and drama, but the focus is on work and service projects. Since the first trip in 2000, the Junior Class has traveled to Minneapolis, Kansas City, Houston, and Philadelphia. This year they traveled to Denver, Colorado.