October 19, 2107

“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear…”

— 1 Peter 3:15

 

You never know what will happen when you answer the call of the Lord! At a young age, Kaeli Fletcher heard the call of the Lord for mission work. She didn’t know where or how, but the “seed” of mission work had been planted in her heart. Kaeli is from Texas, and a long way from Haiti, so how did she find Love A Child? She was thinking about taking a short-term mission trip, and she saw a Love A Child TV Program. Kaeli began learning more about our work in Haiti and decided to join a Love A Child volunteer team for one week.

 

Her first trip to Haiti was in 2014 when she came as a volunteer on a short-term mission trip. After that trip, she returned with several other short-term mission teams. She was so enthusiastic, a great helper, wherever she volunteered. She had a great love for the children of Haiti. I thought what a beautiful young girl with a heart of gold. I prayed about her calling and wondered what the Lord had planned for this sweet young woman. She became more involved with Love A Child, always offering a kind and gentle hand at our Mobile Medical Clinics.

 

In June of 2015, we welcomed Kaeli, our youngest full-time missionary, to Love A Child. She has a “heart to serve,” no matter what is asked of her! There is no telling what God can do with a “committed heart” like hers! Kaeli works in our Mobile Medical Clinics and is helping with the children at our Love A Child Children’s Home.

 

Kaeli has grown so much as a young missionary that we now have passed on many of our day-to-day tasks to her, which she accepts with a joyful heart. These are some of the many duties she now handles on her own. She is a valuable member of our Mobile Medical Team that travels into the remote mountains of Haiti bringing medical care to the poorest of the poor.

 

When we travel to other poor villages in Haiti, the children are the first ones to find Kaeli and hug her with joy. What a wonderful example of the love of Christ.

 

Now, she helps oversee our Kingdom Connection Warehouse. This is a huge job. Kaeli watches over the food and other items coming in and going out of the warehouse. She gives the Haitian workers their daily assignments, and she helps to keeps things organized. Kaeli is also the one in charge of our Food Distributions to other missionary groups and organizations. Here, Kaeli and our daughter Julie, share food boxes with other organizations.

 

Kaeli helps out at the Maternity Center passing out Birthing Kits and baby clothes to the soon-to-be mothers.

 

She loves visiting the children in the village of Old Letant, and they all are so excited to see Kaeli, especially when she has sweet treats.

 

Kaeli loves visiting with Madamn Adeline and her orphan children, where we are building a new orphanage. She has a special gift with children.

 

It takes a lot of patience when you have a big orphanage in Haiti. Kaeli is a tremendous help with the many projects for the children in our Love A Child Children’s Home, like keeping their rooms clean and organized. Helping with their homework, and other chores and the children adore her. Being not much older than some of our children, she has developed a special connection with them. Here she works with some of our older children, Florence and Julanne, getting the younger children ready for the new school year. We all know how hard it is when we have a few children. Imagine all the details of getting 70-plus children ready for the new school year! Kaeli is doing a great job with the children! She runs a tight ship!

 

This is Kaeli, with some of the children at our Love A Child Children’s Home. Each afternoon after homework, the children play outside, usually with our dogs. There are 70-plus children, and that number keeps growing. They all feel they belong to one big “family.”

 

In Her Own Words

“I remember when I was on that side of the program [watching], I was sitting in my living room working on my college classes. I probably had a Starbucks in my hand, just living my daily life. But when I saw one of these [Love A Child] programs come on, God spoke to me, and he touched my heart. He pulled me here. I knew nothing about Haiti, knew nothing about Bobby and Sherry. But God was pulling me here, and now I know why. The need is greater than ever before.”

 

God may be calling you to the mission field of Haiti, as He did Kaeli and many others. You need to go on several “short-term mission trips,” and keep your heart open to what the Lord wants to do with your life! Find Mission Trip information here!

God bless our sweet missionary.

Sherry