Contruction Projects

Timeline

  • 1943 – Mission founded by John R. Turnbull, Fermathe property purchased.
  • 1946 – Mr & Mrs John R. Turnbull and Wallace arrive in Haiti.
  • 1947 – Mrs. Turnbull starts first-aid work. Mrs Bertha Holdeman arrives in Haiti.  First church established in Fermathe.
  • 1948 – Wallace and Eleanor were married. First school associated with BHM was established in Fermathe
  • 1949 – First church associated with BHM was established in Baie de Henne
  • 1951 -  Electricity reached Fermathe
  • 1952 – Wallace took over direction of BHM
  • 1960 – Eleanor Turnbull completed the first Creole Concordance
  • 1965 – Wallace introduced rock wall terracing to help prevent soil erosion
  • 1972 – Mountain Maid Crafts Outlet and Tea Room was completed
  • 1981 - The first high-school associated with BHM was established at Fermathe
  • 1982 – Telephone service reached Fermathe
  • 2003 – Pastor Rob & Patti Baker came to Haiti to assume the role of Field Director
  • 2004 – Wallace & Eleanor relocated to Virginia
  • 2010 – Tragic earthquake killed over 315,000 people