It’s hard to believe that the tiny baby girl brought down from the mountains of Savaan Pit is now 21. We did not think she would live. Kristela’s mother and grandmother were deeply involved in Voodoo. When we first met Kristela’s mother, she had come to one of our Mobile Medical Clinics in the mountains of Savaan Pit, Haiti. Her mom had “voodoo attire” on and so did her grandmother. But we welcome all people to our Mobile Medical Clinics.

As we treated Kristela’s mother, who was very sick, we told her about Jesus. When we finished she said, “I want to accept Jesus!” We prayed with her and she went home. Grandma went home too, but she did not accept the Lord.

Weeks later, a man showed up at our orphanage with a baby in his arms. The baby had red hair, malnutrition and sores. He said, “I call her Kristela, because her mother died, and if the Lord was not here, the baby would have died, too. I cannot raise her… Please take her.”

Kristela is a “different child.” She is a little on the “crazy side,” ha! She is loving and sweet but has a hard time in school. Kristela wants to be a therapist. While she is here at the Children’s Home she works hard, teaches dance, and is a loving young girl. She will do any job you ask her to do, no matter how bad it is!!! She is the one who teaches the young girls the “praise dances” that they love! We all love Kristela, even though “she dances to a different tune!” Ha!

Sherry