We first saw Nelson in the “mud hut,” village of Old Letant. Everyone here lives in mud huts and more people are moving in every day! We were having a Food Distribution and Bobby was talking to Marc Crea, who was the director of “Feed My Starving Children.” I was not far from them, but my eyes were distracted by the disgust I witnessed. A Haitian mother came outside her hut, carrying a “crippled child,” by one arm, and she dropped him on the ground, near a huge hog! The tiny boy was slammed down on his knees beside the hog, in the heat of the sun… with no water!

The kids came by, smacked him on the head, and called him a name which means, “I don’t need you or, don’t want you! Pa Bezouin Ou!” I was so angry! I ran over and picked him up and he wrapped his arms around my neck!

To make a long story short, his mother gave him to us, the Lord healed him, and he began walking and talking, and running and doing “cart-wheel flips!” You, our wonderful partners, did this! Today, Nelson is 13, is in 7th grade, and wants to be a mechanic! He helps feed the animals, pulls weeds, mops floors, and anything else that needs to be done! He was “one of the least of these,” that Jesus talked about… “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me.” Matthew 25:40

Sherry