Season 1, Episode 6: Matt Reichard

Dan Sterenchuk and Tommy Estlund are honored to have as our guest, Matt Reichard. Matt and his wife Julie live and work in Jacmel, Haiti for a faith-based non-profit they helped found called Freedom Global Outreach. They have been working in Haiti for 14 years, traveling back and forth for a long time, before moving there in 2015 to live full-time. Their work in Haiti includes operating three children’s homes for about 80 children and a pediatric medical clinic. Julie is an RN and Matt has a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology and a Master’s Degree in Global Studies/Development. They partner with local community workers to provide permanent, long-term housing to children in need as well as medical care to children. Matt and Julie have three children, Logan (13), Austin (9) and Madison (8) who also help them in their work in Haiti.

Prior to moving to Haiti, Matt was the director of a program for at-risk youth in Central Pennsylvania and Julie worked at a local hospital. In previous years, prior to having children, they also spent time working in Nicaragua and have also spent some time in the Dominican Republic doing missions and development work. They have been active in their local church, The Meeting House (Carlisle, PA) and involved in youth ministry, missions ministry and children’s ministry. Matt was also previously on the leadership team of the local chapter of Upward, a faith-based sports program.

Matt has a love for sports and politics. He has been a lifelong lover of statistics, starting that love with baseball and basketball and then moving that love on to politics as well. Much to his wife’s dismay he could probably tell you the voting history of all the counties of Pennsylvania and the batting average of the members of the 1993 Philadelphia Phillies, while not being able to remember family member’s birthdays!

For more information on Freedom Global Outreach check out:

www.FreedomGlobalOutreach.com

www.Facebook.com/FreedomGlobalOutreach

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