Haitians eat “pumpkin soup” on New Year’s Day! It is so “traditional” that many get depressed if they don’t have the money to buy the ingredients. Our Haitian children “love” pumpkin soup! This is Haiti’s holiday to celebrate its independence and liberation from France and its French colonial rule over Haiti. This celebration began on...
“Sometimes, you can’t help it!” The story of David “dancing before the Lord” is told in 2 Samuel, chapter 6, beginning with verse 16, “And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a widow, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she...
THE PRISONERS WERE THANKFUL! In Haiti, pumpkin soup whispers new beginnings—New Year’s soul food. Today, two hundred and eighty-four prisoners in Anse-à-Veau, Haiti, clutched steaming bowls, bread in hand, courtesy of Love A Child. That warmth sparked something deeper: sixty-one surrendered, accepting Jesus as Saviour! Jesus is the true manna! Matthew 25:36. Thank you for...
Fabiola is shy, intelligent, beautiful, and sweet! We have had her “nearly all her life!” She is now 16 years old and in the 11th grade. She is turning into a sweet, kind, and hardworking young lady, who loves cooking, singing, and “dancing with her sisters.” She is also “a tyrant at dominos!!” Ha! (I think that even her...
SOUP JOUMOU (PUMPKIN SOUP) TRADITION! Hubert and his Love A Child staff have been cooking all night to serve the two prisons we feed in southern Haiti. Today, they will have “Soup Joumou” (pumpkin soup), which is delicious, full of vegetables, meat, and more! This will be a big day!! Yum! Stay tuned for more...
Some people don’t want others to know that they are Christians. They seem to be “ashamed!” Yet, others of “other faiths” are not ashamed. I have seen Muslims at the airport “doing their prayer.” And yet, many Christians are afraid to pray over food in public. We must be bold and not ashamed. Jesus said,...
Noah was “abandoned” at night, right in front of our Love A Child "security gate!" We found him with “bite marks” on his body, and he had signs of being “beaten!” It took a long time for Noah to understand that he had been taken into a “very large family!” But through love, Noah has...
The tradition in Haiti is to stay up all night and have “soup Joumou” (pumpkin soup) to celebrate the coming New Year. This comes from when Haiti declared its independence from France in 1804. Joumou soup was a dish only for the ruling class of the French, who dominated Haiti, and the enslaved Haitians were...
“When every door is closed” and “when you’re down to zero,” that’s when God shows up! Mark 10:27 says, “With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.” We have been in some of those situations… down to “zero,” no money! Years ago, in Haiti, Bobby got run...
Here we have, left to right, Esther, Daniella, Widelene, and Yolanda! These are “just some” of our older “Love A Child” girls! They all love to go to church, they all love cooking, new dresses to share, new “hair-dos,” make-up, and “heels!” They all have dreams of going to college, but we do not have...
