The Haitians say, “Beyond the mountains are more mountains.” It means, “Beyond the problems you are facing are more problems!” It is hard enough for poor Haitians to find food when they are surrounded by gangs, who block the roads, and steal “what few pennies (gourdes)” they have. The poorest cannot afford to buy food...
Those living in Boulay, Haiti have a dangerous life living in a volatile riverbed. When storms come, flash floods wreak havoc on their lives, they must pick up whatever they can and flee at the first sound of rushing water. Over the summer, a particularly violent flash flood tore through without warning, leaving homes destroyed...
“A Hook in Their Nose” So, you think you have an enemy? No one could have possibly had a worse enemy than Bobby and me! Even worse, he called himself a Christian! When we first inherited this land in Haiti, it was nothing but dry ugly thorn bushes and trees! You could not even put...
We landed here in the Dominican Republic from the U.S. on Monday afternoon. We only got out of Haiti by a miracle last week because the D.R. border is closed, and the gangs control the roads in our area of Haiti. Jackson is out of critical medicine that we must purchase and get back to...
“Fishers of Men…” “And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.” (Mark 1:17) “… he that winneth souls is wise.” (Proverbs 11:31) When I was a boy, I fished every day after school. In my last year of high school, my English teacher would come each morning and drive me to school....
When we started building our orphanage, we knew it would be a two-story orphanage, with girls on the top floor, and boys on the bottom. We knew it would have to be big and also have two kitchens. One businessman told us “Not to build it beautiful because people wouldn’t support it!” But God said,...
“Make your calling and election sure...” All of us have a “calling.” Some people are called to sing, while others are called to teach or encourage people, but we have something we can do that others can’t. Years ago, especially in the 1970’s and 1990’s, there were a lot of “Gospel Tent Crusades!” Bobby has...
Florence... Florence and her three siblings were the second set of “four brothers and sisters” that we started our Orphanage with. Florence was only about a year and a half old when her mother died, and her father could not care for four children with no mother. We took these four in... her sister Yolane,...
Every day there is a battle for the lives of the poor in our Jesus Healing Center Clinic. Every night is filled with fear. The Haitian Proverb says, “When a Haitian lays down to sleep at night, fear lays down beside them!” Not only do the poor fear “evil spirits” at night but now, gangs...
“… a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 Have you ever been in trouble? Have you ever faced an angry mob blocking the road with burning tires, and holding gallons of gasoline in their hands? Have you ever been in a four-wheel drive jeep with bad tires about to slip off the side of the mountain?...
