“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6 — What a "gift" we have all received this Christmas and each Christmas, and...
We have so many children in our orphanage that we have to open presents over several nights. We are glad to have our family with us—Julie Halecki, and Jonathan, Julie, Aidan and Brandon Burnette. We also have our missionary Kaeli, and the Balsbaugh missionary family celebrating with us this Christmas Eve. It's hard to believe that...
We are celebrating Christmas Eve with our huge family here in Haiti. Our daughter Julie comes in today and our son Jonathan, his wife Julie, and their sons Brandon and Aidan are all with our Haitian children and us. It is wonderful being with those we love during this special season. Here are some pictures...
The angel appeared to Joseph in a dream saying, "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 — This evening, as we gather around the Christmas tree, our 10-year-old grandson Brandon will share with all the children the...
We began our "Christmas Holiday Celebrations" at our Love A Child Orphanage tonight! Our son Jonathan, his wife Julie and their twins Aidan and Brandon are with us here in Haiti. We all had a great time with the children! We allowed only 30 of them to open gifts tonight, "after they sang a song,...
We have been distributing food to many different villages every day this week, and are doing even more distributions today! We thank Philemon and our Love A Child staff members for working day and night to get this food to hungry children and adults. We have eight more 40-foot food containers to get out of...
“For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile.” 1 Peter 3:10 - The Bible says that our tongues can be like a poison (Romans 3:13) and can cause hurt and pain to others. But on the other hand, our...
I just want to say a VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to Pastor Dale Cornell, Tim Barton, Kaleb Barton, Jay Price, John Barton and Chris Parker for driving three trucks almost 3,000 miles from California all the way to Florida so they could be shipped to Haiti. They drove almost non-stop. They may have stopped once,...
We want to thank Price Disposal in Bakersfield, California for the donation of three trucks. One is a beautiful garbage truck and one is a huge water truck. We are standing by the trucks here in Haiti in the photo. (We do not have a photo of the other truck.) We thank God for Price...
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 – People see the light of Jesus in our lives. We help and bless the poor, and we glorify our Father in heaven. Let the Lord use you today! “Love is...