Thank You To My Prayer Support!

"The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."
James 5: 16

Thank you to Helen, my lovely point person from Reality's Missions Sending Team. She's been meeting with me, sharing wisdom on how to be an effective, humble, servant of the Lord as I go on the mission field, and praying God's will over my time in Haiti. Helen meets every Monday night with faithful prayer warriors from Reality who intercede for Haiti's needs.

These are my beautiful sisters in Christ who I've been praying with every Monday night. Thank you ladies for coming alongside me, encouraging me, bearing the burdens of Haiti and interceding on it's behalf, and just plain loving Jesus. You are such blessings to me and I'm excited to report back, in joy, with testimonies of what the Lord has done in areas we prayed for together. The Lord is faithful! Muah muah muah....I love you girls so much!

Thank You Holy Spirit for leading these prayer meetings, thank you God for surrounding me with such wonderful friends, thank You Jesus for your constant grace...it's all for Your glory!

Meet The Students!

RICHARD is a sweet and energetic boy. Both Richard and his brother, Willie, are extremely helpful, always looking to assist others. Richard's passion is worship and his high, loud singing voice can be heard above all the other boys during our praise and worship times. He loves to worship, sing praises and listen to Bible stories. He also enjoys playing soccer and doing work projects around the home. He will often follow an adult around waiting for a new "project." Both Richard and his brother are well loved by the other boys and staff. Please pray that Richard would grow in his young faith to become a Godly and devoted young man.


MARCKENDY is the oldest son of Navi, the head nanny at the MDL girls home. Ever since MarcKendy's father died, he has become "the man of the house" and carefully watches out for his little brother Brice. He has endured a difficult life before coming to the home as his unemployed mother tried for years to care for him and his brother. He loves his new home and all his new "brothers" and hopes to one day have a job and support his mother so she no longer has to work. MarcKendy enjoys Bible studies and the home and playing soccer. He struggles with school but tries very hard to do his best. Pray for him as he seeks to learn more about Jesus and grow in his young faith.

OLINE was one of the neighborhood children that Child Hope International sent to school through the education program. When we heard her mother was ill, we sought medical care and eventually hospitalization to help her. Unfortunately, Oline's mother died in the hospital leaving Oline alone. There were no other relatives available to care for her so she joined the girl's home. Since moving in, she has done remarkably well. She is a happy young girl and is adjusting well to her new home. All of the girls welcomed her in, and she has a lot of new best friends. Please pray for Oline that she would grow in her new faith and become a strong woman of God.

These are the three kiddos I will be doing academic intervention with for the seven weeks. They are all about 11 years old and at about a 2nd grade level. Please pray for them, that their faith and love for God would continue to grow, and they'd be able to improve in their academics. Also, that God would give me wisdom and discernment when working with them.

Why in the world am I going to Haiti?

“Religion that God the Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress.” James 1: 27

Dear Family and Friends,

I’m writing this letter to you to share the exciting news that I will be going to Haiti for seven weeks in the summer! As we all know, Haiti suffered catastrophic losses in the wake of the 7.2 earthquake in January of this year. Unfortunately, one of the greatest losses Haiti had to bare was the destruction of many of their schools. With 52% of the Haiti adult population already illiterate, and having an 80% unemployment rate, this left many children with little hope for the future. Through my church I heard of an orphanage in Port au Prince called, Maison de Lumiere, which had a great need for teachers to serve at their newly opened school. Prior to the earthquake, the 3^rd-12^th grade orphans had attended Haitian schools. But left with no schools to attend, the orphanage decided extend the school they already had for K-2^nd graders, to teaching the older children as well. The Manasseros, Christian missionaries who manage the orphanage, have a great desire to see these children become educated and able to survive independently. I felt such a great burden for these children, and as I began to pray, I knew the Lord wanted me to go and serve there.

Yet aside from being able to educate these kids, I know that their greatest need is to know the healing and saving grace found in our Lord Jesus Christ. Most of the population professes to be Catholic or Protestant, however, Voodoo is still deeply engrained and blended into their customs and religious beliefs. Many of these children come from abused and neglected backgrounds, some had been sold into slavery within their country, and others have been left to survive on their own because their mothers or fathers have died from illness. I know God has saved them from their circumstances in order to heal their past heartaches and “give them a future and a hope,” (Jeremiah 29: 11) a hope that causes one to look past their horrible circumstances and trust that the Lord is good and will “provide all their need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4: 19)

I am scheduled to be in Haiti from July 3 – August 21. I will be coming alongside five other teachers from the United States who will be there for the summer. My responsibilities will be to provide academic intervention to students who are struggling with their school work, to conduct assessments, and help plan and organize for the upcoming school year. This is going to be completely outside of my comfort level, teaching students with a language that I’m unfamiliar with, living in humid, 100 degree weather, and just being so far from family and friends. But I know with all my heart that the Lord has called me there for this time. I am excited to share God’s love with these children, to pray for them and build them up in their faith, to help them succeed academically, and to come alongside the great works that are already being done by the missionaries there.

I wrote this letter to you to ask for your prayers for me and the others at Maison de Lumiere, that God’s will would be accomplished during this time, and that He would strengthen us to do His work. Also, if God has put it on your heart to support me financially, accounting for immunizations, a plane ticket, school supplies, and living expenses, I need to raise $3,000. I know it’s a lot of money to raise in such a short amount of time, but I know Lord provides for those He has called.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and for your prayers and support. Please email me at jessica.selga@gmail.com if you'd like to know where to send a check for support. Also, if you’d like to know more about the orphanage, you can check out www.childhope.org. I will try to keep in contact as best as possible to update you on how things are going.

With Love,

Jess