The first time I saw Dumolia (Dimelia), she was about six or seven, and her father had brought her down from the mountains. When she was younger (maybe two or three), her mother had just boiled lots of water and put it into a large, round metal tub. She was getting ready to wash clothes....
It is so nice to have a garden here near our orphanage! The Haitian kids love “sugar cane” and corn! When the sugar cane and corn were ready, we had “plenty of help!” Haitian kids “love” sugar cane! You only have to call them “once,” and they will come out of “nowhere,” especially to get...
“Four-on-the-Floor.” Since living here in Haiti, Bobby and I have had a “lot of experiences!” We used to ride mules in the mountains! The mules here in Haiti are not “too friendly,” but we made it! And we used to have to walk long distances up the mountains, in the heat of the sun. (Some of...
James “Francois…” our Next Accountant. The kids used to call him “Little Pigeon (Ti Pigeon),” probably because he liked pigeons! His mother died when he was young, and his father could not care for him. Someone told his father about our orphanage, and we took him in. James’ big dream was to go to college...
The gangs are still growing in power and taking over towns and communities. On Thursday, the gangs attacked, "shooting, killing, and kidnapping" in “Bassin-Bleu." It is a beautiful town in northwest Haiti, once known as one of the safest regions in Haiti. The town is completely under siege by armed men. The town of Ganthier, just 8...
“The Real Thing.” We are living in the days of the “anemic” Gospel! I can see it in our churches today. Perhaps, some pastors are afraid to preach the “truth.” But let’s see what Apostle Paul says. “But though we or an Angel from Heaven preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we...
Rodna is a sweet and “mostly quiet” teen girl. Her mother died when she was born, so her father had to borrow money for the funeral. But, it got worse... the man her father borrowed money from “kidnapped” all the children and held them hostage, until he could find the money to pay him back!...
This week, work continued on our large Papaya project in the Miracle Village Family Gardens. This large effort highlights both our Reforestation and our Edible Plant Nursery projects. Papaya plants (trees) are a valuable part of reforestation as they stabilize the soil from wind and rain erosion, and they add important biomass for enriching the...
EVEN SO, LORD JESUS, COME QUICKLY… “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall raise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and...
These are our three youngest! They are standing in the middle of our courtyard. There are a lot of plants because Camy (our worker who has the little girl with the cleft pallet) puts a lot of love into them! The little ones go regularly into the courtyard to pick up scraps of paper! The...
