Have you ever noticed how often the Bible talks about planting gardens and eating the fruit of them? Verses in Jeremiah, Isaiah, Amos, Ezekiel, and Ecclesiastes all talk about planting gardens so you can have something to eat. As these verses promote gardening, we notice parallels in fruitful gardening to living fruitful lives. In our...
“What if She Hadn’t Given Her Last Cake…” I Kings 17… I just really love this story… there is a famine in the land of Samaria. There’s been no rain in three years, so all the brooks have dried up. Elijah, the Prophet, has been by the brook Che-rith, drinking water and being fed by...
Years ago, a lady came to our orphanage yard with four children. She was the “aunt” of these children. She told us how their parents were trying to make it to the States on a small boat, and the boat capsized! Looking at these four children broke our hearts so much, we took them in......
Our school children here in Fond Parisien, Haiti, have been blessed with beautiful, new shoes! These new shoes were handmade in Haiti through a wonderful organization called “Deux Mains,” located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti! School Shoes are “very expensive” here in Haiti! We are so thankful to our “special friends,” the Haas Family, who sponsored these...
Deep in the mountains of Haiti, a line of children waits with red tickets clutched in small hands. Pots simmer. Prayers rise. In a village cut off by drought and danger, neighbors gather to cook a single life-giving meal. Mothers whisper hope. Little voices practice Amen. The cameras follow the journey of fortified food to...
“God Cannot Lie…” Has someone that you loved ever lied to you? It causes a lot of pain. Some people simply “cannot tell the truth!” They twist it around until “it forms a lie.” We serve a God “who cannot lie!” If He makes a promise, He will keep it! Numbers 23:19 says, “God is not a...
Pastor Mark Ostrander is at Love A Child now with his crew doing construction work. He always does three or four jobs at one time! He is the best at multitasking I've ever seen. He can walk the dog! Jesse Ostrander is in the Dominican Republic taking care of important container business with our attorney...
“What Do I Do When I’m in Distress?” “When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and He did hear my voice...
Jackson looks “younger than he is.” He is actually 17 1/2. He looks small due to all the problems he has had with his stomach. He really “sticks to his diet,” and knows when “he cannot push himself too far.” He has been close to death many times, due to his “Kwashiorkor malnutrition.” He has...
We want to thank all our wonderful friends and partners for your help regarding the surgery for Camy’s baby. Everything here in Haiti is “extremely slow.” She is in Port-au-Prince this week for more tests before they will do surgery; this surgery is “very fragile.” We want to thank everyone for your “sacrificial gifts” and...
