Welcome Dieula and Moise to the U.S.
The 509 Foundation was able to walk two more extraordinary students through the U.S. college application process with great success! In July of 2024, Dieula and Moise both received their F-1 visas through the U.S. Embassy (in the Bahamas) in the knick of time!
Moise Majuste was accepted at Hope College in Holland, MI, and was awarded the highly competitive Hope Forward Scholarship! He will study biology/veterinarian medicine with a fully-funded four-year tuition scholarship. His room and board, books, health insurance, and personal expenses will be provided by The 509 Foundation.
Dieula Estival was accepted at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. She was awarded a significant international student scholarship and she will study nursing. The remainder of her tuition, as well as her room and board, books, health insurance, and personal expenses, will be covered by The 509 Foundation.
I want to give you a little glimpse into the miracle upon miracle that took place to get them to the States. I’m certain you will be encouraged and inspired by this story! Here is the brief version:
After Moise and Dieula were accepted into college with scholarships, we learned that the U.S. Embassy in Haiti would remain closed until 2026, and the DR would not allow the students into their country for an interview at the U.S. embassy, so these students had no realistic way of obtaining their student visas. All hope seemed lost.
This is when we were advised by an attorney to pursue an appointment at the U.S. embassy in the Bahamas. What seemed like a crazy and complicated route to take was our only option. First, these students had to find an interview date within their small window of opportunity. Second, we needed the Bahamas to issue a travel visa for them to enter the country, which was no small feat.
Both of these things miraculously happened with the hard work and persistent prayer of the 509 team and partners!
Third, they needed to travel to the Bahamas to interview but there is only one airline that flies one day a week, and their original flight was cancelled due to weather. They were rescheduled on a flight that arrived just 12 hours before their interviews!
Now it was time to be interviewed and approved at the U.S. embassy. Once again, God made a way. Both students received their F-1 Visas on July 2nd and JOY erupted! Meanwhile, friends of The 509 Foundation had a personal connection at the all-inclusive Breezes Resort in the Bahamas which fully comped the stay for both students. Generosity and goodness abound!
Both Moise and Dieula are now in the United States preparing to start college in August 2024!
We have witnessed God’s provision in abundance and we are so excited to see what God has planned for them! Will you partner with us as we assist these two extraordinary students who desire to pursue a life of impact?
