Latest News From Haiti
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07-22-2018 - 6:15 PM
Do you remember this young lady? Her name is Sandraline Baman, and she has been with us since 2008. She was born in the Croix-des-Bouquet area and at the time of her birth, both parents were living. Not long after Sandraline was born, her mother died. Sandraline’s father had a job in Port-au-Prince repairing bicycles, and he would pay a woman to take care of her. There just wasn’t enough money to pay for childcare, baby food and other living expenses. Sandraline was not in good health, and she was very skinny and becoming severely malnourished. Her father feared she would die, and he brought her to our Love A Child Children’s Home when she was about nine-months-old. At first, she cried a lot and was unhappy, but with hugs, food and love, Sandraline started improving. Now, she is a young lady with a bright future. She loves spending time with her large family and going to church. Thank you partners and sponsors for changing another life in Haiti! God bless you. Bobby and Sherry
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07-22-2018 - 4:00 PM
Our Haitian workers found these three children in a poor area called Mon Deral. The little girl (left) with no shirt, was trying to cook food for her brothers, in a chodyé (pot), in a deep hole. The children were dirty, because of the drought and they had very little water for anything. They had skin issues, and they were hungry. Sometimes, they just put “leaves and a little water with salt” and drink “saltwater soup.” The drought in Haiti has made everything dry, the ground is cracked, and the crops have burned. Animals are dying, and kids are “just trying to stay alive.” The worst thing is that they have no food… Our workers had carried food with them, and we are going to try to get food to this village each month, by faith. The grandma was so thankful for the food!
When I looked at these children, I knew why Jesus told the story of the “rich man and the beggar, Lazarus.” (Luke 16:19-31) He told how the rich man ate “sumptuously every day.” (He ate like a pig at each meal!) Lazarus was a beggar, full of sores who hung around the rich man’s gate and only wanted the “crumbs” that fell from the rich man’s table. However, that big, gluttonous, disgusting, rich man, who did nothing but eat, never would even give up his “crumbs,” let alone a plate of food. Then Jesus said, “The beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom to Heaven.” The “rich man also died and was buried,” and in Hell, he lifted up his eyes, in torment, and begged for Lazarus to come and just “dip the tip of his finger in cold water” to cool the tongue of the rich man in Hellfire. However, it was “too late.”
When we hear the cry of the poor or when we see the cry of the poor, we cannot put off helping them. That neighbor of yours might be dead before you decide to help him. “Now” is the time to help the poor and obey the voice of the Lord. God bless you! Sherry
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07-22-2018 - 6:25 AM
Let go and give: “There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.” Proverbs 11:24-25 — When we learn to let go and give, the Lord always gives an increase. Bobby