TOUCHING STORY BY BOBBY BELOW: In the Civil Prison of Petit-Goâve, Haiti, a facility never designed to house children, there are currently 613 inmates, including 19 vulnerable children and 22 women. Tragically, many of these prisoners—often impoverished individuals jailed for minor offenses or caught in personal disputes—have been forgotten by the state, left to languish...
Daphlina (Daphline) was born “far into the mountains” of Savaan Roche. This village is so far in the mountains that you would not understand, unless we drove you up there!! When her mother, Jolicia, died, shortly after childbirth, her father “gave her away” to her aunt (who already had nine children!) It was then that...
This is “Lovely.” She is in college right now, with a lot on her shoulders. She is studying Haitian Law to be an attorney! We first saw Lovely when she was a tiny baby, sitting on the side of a street. We don't know a lot about her parents. All we knew about Lovely was...
“It’s Better to be Humble… Our Greatest Advice.” In reading my Bible, I can surely see that “God loves brave people but He hates those who are proud.” I opened my Bible to Isaiah 11:21… this begins with “The lofty (proud), looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed...
When he was little, his orphanage brothers called him “Ti Pigeon,” or “Little Pigeon.” (He loved pigeons!) To begin with, his mother and father could not take care of him, so he was sent to his uncle, who also could not care for him. That’s when his uncle brought him to our orphanage. He has...
Cover crops or “green manure” crops have many benefits for gardens, especially when you are trying to restore poor soil like we have in Haiti. Cover crops are also called “green manure” crops because they act like manure, adding organic matter, nutrients, minerals, and natural fertilizer to the soil, but as a green, growing crop....
“Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to harken than the fat of rams.” I Samuel 15:22 I love the story of Jonah! I have felt just like him, many times. I’m sure you have too. God told Jonah to go to the great city of Nineveh, and “cry against it!” Nineveh, modern-day Mosul,...
She has a twin sister, Mikalange. Mika’s mother died soon after giving birth. They were born high up in the mountains of Covant, Haiti. Mika’s father could not care for them and decided to bring the twins to our orphanage where we took them in. (We have three sets of twins now!) Mika is a...
It started out to be a rainy day, so that means that “all the kids will be inside,” and it will not be a quiet day! Ha!! I assigned them all chores, hoping that this would keep them busy, but they all worked hard and fast! I’m on the top floor and I haven’t heard...
Kenzy... His mother used to bring him across the lake in Letant in a little fishing boat. At that time, we had a small clinic here at Love A Child. We never knew or realized the “depth” of treatment involved for Kenzy, nor the pain that he would be experiencing in his young life. Sickle...
