Sherry and I had an 8 1/2-hour flight delay at the Dallas airport yesterday. We finally made it here, to Tulsa, and had dinner with friends. Today, we are traveling about one hour away to visit and pray for a dear missionary friend of ours. She and her husband were neighbors of ours in Haiti...
“But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Job 23:10 – What faith in God was spoken by a man who had lost everything. Job lost his wealth, his cattle, his children, his health, and his friends, but he had faith in God. When his...
We thank God for his faithfulness. We also thank all of you for your powerful prayers. Jackson has stabilized. His blood pressure is within a somewhat normal range. He is now resting back in his room at the orphanage. Jesse Ostrander
Our friend and brother, Jackson, is in need of prayer. He has had a dangerous spike in blood pressure. He is currently in the ER at our Love A Child Clinic. The doctors have medicated him and are soaking his feet. But he needs your prayers now. There is power when we join together in...
I thank God for these precious kids who make their way to school daily. We have hundreds of students who attend the school here on the Love a Child compound. We also have many other schools in the mountains and surrounding areas that are filled with beautiful, bright, bubbly future citizens of Haiti. Most of...
“The Hand Wide Open.” When you were a child, did you remember someone asking you to guess which hand had the coin in it? They would squeeze their hands so tight you could never tell which hand was the “good one.” When the children of Israel came forth after many years, into the land of...
Here is a note from one of our Love A Child kids, Davidson: "Hello Mom & Dad, how are you guys!? I didn't wish you a happy New Year. I'm really sorry, it's because I don't have a phone and can't send you pictures quickly, so... HAPPY NEW YEAR Mom & Dad! May God continue to...
It’s time to “stretch out the stakes…” God never wants His children to remain “small.” I do not mean that they can’t be humble… We all need to be humble. But God wants the best for us. Bobby and I have been around so many people with “small thinking,” and they act as though the...
Stephanie… She is the younger sister of George. I met George’s mother when she was pregnant. She already had too many children, and she had asked me, when she was ready to give birth, if I would take the baby into our orphanage, and I did. Soon, I was bringing George home. But when George...
During the Christmas holidays, while most people were enjoying some time off with family and friends, celebrating the greatest gift for mankind... the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, six of our dedicated ATC (Agricultural Training Center) staff remained working in our gardens to make sure the vegetables and fruits would be ready...
