LiveBeyond is a faith-based, humanitarian organization bringing medical and maternal health care, clean water, education, orphan care, community development, and the gospel of Jesus Christ to the oppressed in Thomazeau, Haiti and around the world.
We are a Christian organization that chooses to Live Beyond... ourselves, our culture, our borders, and this life
so that the poor may live the abundant life of Jesus Christ.
Our vision is to be an ever-expanding community of people who by the grace and power of God
choose to Live Beyond ourselves in order that we may:
Spread the Good News of Jesus Christ to the poor by providing:
medical care
clean water
nutritional support vulnerable
education
care for the most
Awaken the Church to her true Destiny
Dr. David and Laurie Vanderpool started doing volunteer medical work 22 years ago, providing free health care in developing countries that suffered from either natural or man-made disasters. In 2005, the Vanderpools formally founded Mobile Medical Disaster Relief (MMDR) after Dr. Vanderpool and his eldest son, David S. Vanderpool, provided emergency medical care across the Mississippi coast after Hurricane Katrina. Soon after the hurricane, Dr. Vanderpool expanded his relief efforts to provide medical care and disaster relief abroad. They ran temporary medical clinics in war-torn and impoverished countries like Ghana, Mozambique, and Honduras.
In 2010, an earthquake devastated Haiti. Dr. Vanderpool was a first responder to provide care to thousands of patients affected by the disaster. After spending 12 days seeing patients with horrific injuries, performing countless operations, and witnessing the desperate need of Haiti, the Vanderpools felt called to help the Haitian people and provide a lasting impact in this country. Soon after this, MMDR rebranded itself as LiveBeyond. In May 2013, Dr. Vanderpool and Laurie officially moved to Thomazeau, Haiti on a full-time basis. They sold both their home in Brentwood, Tennessee, and Dr. Vanderpool’s private medical practice. LiveBeyond purchased 63 acres in Thomazeau, Haiti, a region outside of Port-au-Prince where Dr. and Mrs. Vanderpool now live and work. The LiveBeyond compound consists of the Hamilton Guest House, a demonstration farm, a school, and a medical clinic.
We believe, that just like Jesus Christ, we are anointed by the Spirit of God to preach the Good News to the poor, to set the prisoners free, to bring sight to the blind, to relieve the oppressed and to declare the Great Day of the Lord. // Luke 4:18-19
We also believe that if anyone has material possessions and sees someone in need but does nothing to help them, then the love of God can't be in that person. So, we are not to love in word or talk but in works and in truth. // 1 John 3:18
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." — John 10:10
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PO Box 128137 Nashville, TN 37212
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