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Romeo, Haiti  L'eglise Baptiste de Romeo (pronounced ro MAY oh), which was started many years ago by Pastor Apollon Noel, has approximately 600 members. Pastor Edlin Franel has been the pastor there since 2007.  (at right, l. to r.) Pastor Edlin Franel with Saint-Clair Day and Luckner Manigat, school directors. Romeo is a community of approximately 14,000 people situated on the main road leading from Cap-Haitian to the border of the Dominican Republic. Romeo is just a few miles east of Terrier Rouge.  (left) Looking up the road in front of L'eglise Baptiste de Romeo, heading east toward the Dominican Republic Many of the people living in this area make their living from making and selling charcoal. Most are also subsistence farmers. But there is really very little employment in the area.
 (left) Children lined up outside their classrooms at the Romeo School.  (right) Inside one of the classrooms at the Romeo School In October of 2010, 53 children from the community of Romeo were added to the Sponsorship Program of His Hands for Haiti. |
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