“A Job or a Calling.” People have often asked us why “we don’t just leave Haiti?” We have been through floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes, and now, we are prayerfully “fighting off gangs,” that are not far from us. Two days ago, our driver was kidnapped, along with four others. Last year at this time, 21...
That’s a Haitian Creole proverb… Well, look who’s got that grinning smile, none other than little Zachary!! I never even knew he could smile. He has been cranky and irritable since we’ve had him at about a month old. His mother did not know how old he was. His story is “unbelievable.” His mother came...
Dear friends, here is a note that we just received via email from Jean Richard. He is one of our Haitian children. He came to us after the 2010 earthquake when his handicapped orphanage was destroyed. Afterward, when help arrived to move the children to another orphanage, we wanted him to stay with us. He...
This weekend our Love A Child team in the south of Haiti received an urgent call from the Haitian government asking for help to feed starving prisoners in the prison of Anse-a-Veau. Because of the gangs blocking the roads, there have been no deliveries of food to the south, but thank God our storehouse was...
Life in Haiti is brutal, and every member of the family must work to survive. Your heart will break as you watch children walk barefoot across rocky terrain looking for something to eat, while other children crush a handful of food, meant to feed themselves and their siblings for the day, in a pilon. They...
“Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the vats overflow…” Joel 3:13 There are many ways we “preach the Gospel” in Haiti. Most of the ways, we do not use words, but we use “love!” Love speaks louder than all of our words!...
As of this evening, there is no news from the kidnappers who took five of our people and two trucks. The kidnapping happened on Tuesday afternoon. Sherry and I are brokenhearted. These poor people are living in horror as hostages. I've been thinking about their children and families who must be in a panic. Please pray for their...
Rebecca… This beautiful young teenage girl has come far in her life! She is “excellent” at “Praise Dances!” She is sweet, kind, hard-working, and respectful. When she does a job, she does it “with all her heart!” Rebecca “loves her big Haitian family,” and helps a lot with the younger kids and chores!! She loves...
“LEFTOVERS -HA!” We have eight Love A Child children who are married, four live in the States, and one died in Haiti. We have 17 children in college in Haiti. We have one in college in Jamaica and one working as a radiologist in Italy. Three are working in accounting at Love A Child and...
Sorry to say, no word from the kidnappers yet. Hopefully, today, we will hear something. I am not sure which gang even has them. Please pray; I couldn't sleep last night thinking of the horror they must be going through. Last December, we had 23 of our people kidnapped for three weeks. What a horrible...
