At 1:00 a.m., the pregnant moms are lining up outside of our Love A Child entrance wall to come to our Birthing Center…

Then, they come inside to our beautiful “Women’s Health Center,” where they receive good training about taking care of their babies and about “birth control.” Haitian people from the mountains, especially the poor, have problems with “birth control.” One reason is that they come from far away and have to travel too far to get it, and most times it is a choice between “birth control” and food. Another problem is that “their children” will become their “social security” in their old age. And there are many other obstacles…

At Love A Child, they get a “good education” in our Women’s Health Center before they go to see the doctor or midwife. Beautiful Christian music is playing inside, and the atmosphere is clean and beautiful, which lets the poor know that “they are valuable.” Inside they are receiving a sonogram, and our older Love A Child girls are learning and helping. This is Kristela. She is one of our older teens, and she loves working and volunteering here.

We have the best doctors and midwives (also called “Fanm Saj” in Creole). The women have a nice clean bed to rest in, and there is housing in the back for a family that travels long distances. Everyone is cared for.

We want to thank those of you who gave and helped “build” the Birthing Center, and those who donated any items needed…

We have some monthly support, but not enough to cover the operating cost. If you would like to donate any monthly amount, please contact our Love A Child office at 239-210-6107 and ask to speak to Rad or Sandra. Your gift will mean so much.

Thank you,
Sherry

P.S. We just received some information about a child in a village that makes those “mud cookies.” When his mother was pregnant, she was out gathering sticks to make charcoal in order to sell it for food… she had her baby “in the weeds,” all by herself. She and the baby almost died, but they lived by a miracle. I wish she could have made it to our Birthing Center.