A Haitian Creole Proverb: "Your face is your passport!" Your face is the first thing people see. A smile can disarm anyone, and there is someone you will meet today, who needs your "smile." Remember, you are an ambassador to the highest calling! God bless you, Sherry
“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Galatians 6:9 – Are you tired of giving, going, sacrificing, “going the second mile” to help, feed or care for someone? Jesus tells us, “Don’t ever get tired of doing good.” Keep on smiling, touching...
It has been a week today since our daughter Julie moved here to Haiti as a full-time missionary! She has sacrificed a lot and left a lot behind, but she has felt the "calling of God." She has great compassion for the children of Haiti and the Haitians love her. She has already taken a...
“He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth forever. Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness.” 2 Corinthians 9: 9-10 – I woke up at 3 AM this morning with the...
"Who then, is my neighbor?”—That's what the rich young ruler asked Jesus after He had told him, "…and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Could this poor family be your "neighbor?" We know that Jesus was not talking about "how close someone lives to you," but He was talking about those that God gives you a burden...
It's hard to believe that a little over ten years ago, this adorable little boy "Moses" was found nearly "buried alive" in an outhouse! His mother had apparently gone inside to give birth and then dropped him in to die, because she probably could not even feed the children she had! An older man heard...
Natalie lives in the old village of "Le Tant" by a lake near our Love A Child Village. We have been working in this village for many years. Natalie's father tries to fish in the lake, but cannot catch much when the wind is blowing. Also, many parents look for pieces of wood here to make charcoal...
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Psalms 23 - What a wonderful and comforting six short verses! This was written by David, the young man tending the flocks for his father. He said, "The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want." (I have no needs that He cannot fulfill.) He goes on to...
The Jesus Healing Center is a light throughout Haiti. This clinic provides medical treatment and more to thousands of poor Haitians each month. It is amazing! We are always in awe as to what the Lord is doing here at Love A Child. Our wonderful Medical Administrator Barbara MacMannis is doing a great job leading...
“There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.” Proverbs 11:24-25 – Do you ever wonder how some people just seem to be blessed, everywhere they go...