Remembering PAP Mailroom Leader Jean Charles

Missionary Flights was heartbroken to learn that on the morning of February 15, 2023, our beloved Port-au-Prince (PAP) Mailroom leader, Jean Charles, passed away due to injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident.

Jean Charles, born on October 4, 1982, did anything that he could do to further the kingdom of heaven. He was filled with integrity and trustworthiness, and he constantly gave God glory in all things.

Jean Charles is survived by his wife and young son. He also leaves behind hundreds of lives touched through SOSAEC Ministries, which provided summer camps, outreach to families and widows, and met the needs of those left homeless in the wake of disasters.

Jean Charles began serving with Missionary Flights in the Port-au-Prince Mailroom in August 2014. In 2021, he is most recently remembered by many for the efforts he put together to respond to needs because of the earthquake that devastated cities in the southern peninsula of Haiti. “We met a lady who was trying to clean the area of her house, which was only a pile of debris,” said Charles, “Before putting the tent up for her to live, we helped to clean the area and also gave out food. The lady started to thank us, but I told her to God be all the glory. God has used us as His vessel.”

Words can’t adequately express the loss that Missionary Flights is experiencing. Pilots will miss his loving greeting on the ground in Port-au-Prince. Missionary Partners will miss the attention to detail and love that he brings with his greetings at the mailroom. The other mailroom workers in Haiti will miss his friendship and servant leadership. Volunteers and office staff will miss hearing the stories and seeing how the Lord would use this man as an extension of our hearts, hands, and feet.

Please join us in prayer for Jean Charles’ family as they grieve his loss as well as the community that he impacted. Please pray for the Executive Committee at MFI as they prepare new PAP mailroom leadership and continue to provide consistent support that equips Christian partner organizations to share the hope of the Gospel while also meeting physical needs.

If you would like to share condolences, please email Roger Sands, MFI Executive Assistant and Director of the PAP Mailroom: rsands@missionaryflights.org