Team Members

 David and Julie Young are the US Directors of Heart of God in Haiti. David has served as a member of the US Army reserves for 26 years. After 9/11, he spent a year serving in Afghanistan. His second deployment came in September of 2005 and he was tapped to handle a “short term” project in Haiti before heading back over to Afghanistan for his second tour. The “short term” project lasted almost 10 months and he never made it to Afghanistan..

While in Haiti, David saw the extent of the poverty and suffering of the people of
that nation. Despite their dire circumstances, David also saw a determination and hope in the Haitian people to make a better life for themselves and their children. After David left Haiti and returned home in September of 2006, he maintained contact with Pastor D, his interpreter in Haiti. God continued to burden David and Julie’s hearts with the desire to help the people of Haiti. In 2008, they were able to answer that call.

After a serious accident that nearly left him paralyzed, Pastor D, David’s interpreter while in Haiti, accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior and became determined to help the people of his community in Port Au Prince in any way he could. He formed Helping for Christ, a Haitian organization dedicated to being the hands and feet of Jesus in Port Au Prince. Through a partnership with Heart of God International Ministries, David and Julie now work to financially and spiritually support Helping for Christ, to touch as many lives in Haiti as possible and to spread the good news of Jesus Christ to all who will listen.

Pastor D

I am Pastor D, raised by a Canadian step-father. I graduated from college and I speak several languages. I have obtained certificates as: Social Worker, Leadership and Management, Human Rights, Body Guard. I am married and the father of 2 boys, ages 5 and 13. I adopted 2 girls almost the same age. I have also adopted 3 more boys that I found abandoned on the street. They are all under 7 years old.

I used to be a party man, involved in voodoo and other bad things. When I first met Major Young, I was unemployed and he asked me to be his assistant. We worked almost a year together. I learned a lot from Major Young but I always put the lord Jesus Christ aside. After Major Young left Haiti, he was still in contact with me and he was always talking to me about Jesus and telling me to stay away from the voodoo. On my way to Cap Haitian, I was involved in a car accident and 90% of the passengers were killed. I was severely injured. I was paralyzed, I could not move. The doctor even told my wife that I would never be able to walk again. However, the lord Jesus Christ sent another doctor to me named Johnny who made another diagnosis. He said that I had a chance to walk again but I had to go to the Dominican Republic for the surgery. I was happy and sad at the same time – happy that I would be able to walk again but sad because I did not know where to find the money for the operation. Then I called Major Young and his wife and explained to them the situation. They gave me back a chance to walk. While I was recovering, Major Young asked someone in Haiti that he knew to bring me a bible. I started to read it and I found how much God loves me and that he even gave His own son to sacrifice His life to save mine. It was then that I decided to accept Jesus as my personal savior and live only to please him.

After all I’ve being through, I decided with my pastor to continue what Jesus was doing when He was on the earth. I started with a small school for the kids who cannot go to school, then with HELPING FOR CHRIST as a mission to help the poor people and to tell them about Jesus.

My dream is to for HELPING FOR CHRIST to help the people in my community. They are counting on me to help them. HELPING FOR CHRIST is the only organization that the poor people trust now. We are not only working to feed them, educate them, and give them shelter. The most important thing that we do for them is we tell them that the Lord Jesus Christ loves them and is preparing a place for them in paradise to be with Him.

Buteau Willy

I am Buteau Willy, born and raised in Haiti, Cayes. After my studies in primary school I visited Port au Prince for my secondary studies. I graduated in Accounting and Computer, and then studied Theology at Emaus Bible School. I have an ongoing study in Management at the National Institute of Management and International Advanced Studies, INAGHEI. I speak Creole, French, English and I understand Spanish.

I am married and father of a son 2 years old and 10 months. We have also adopted a girl, 9 years old.

I was a Teacher for 10 years. I have also worked for CID GALLUP of Central America and I was Chief Accountant in IB Hardware.  Now, I find my place in HELPING FOR CHRIST. It is my better place where I have as my mission helping people and children in the street, in the school and church in particular. This is my dream forever with our mission the same as Jesus Christ when he was on the earth. It is now our time to help every one we can in Haiti with the help of other Brothers and Friends all over the world. Especially you. ~May God bless you abundantly.

Amazan Jonas

I am Amazan Jonas. I was born in Port-au-prince and was raised only by my mother. I grew up and still live at Canape Vert, a suburb near Port-au-Prince. I attended primary and secondary school in Port-au-Prince.

After my classical studies, I attend the Episcopal University of Haiti and am studying computers.  I will graduate this year. I can speak English, French, Creole, and some Spanish too.

Since my childhood, my greatest dream was helping people and especially the children in the street and in some schools who are in a critical situation. By becoming a member of HELPING FOR CHRIST I believe that I have the chance to do that. God has given me the way to realize my dream, and I am really proud of that. I know too, with the help of God, I will find people on my way that have the same vision as me and who will help me in this great mission that Jesus started. I believe God will help his son, me, keep on “HELPING HIS PEOPLE.”