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There is nothing like hearing Haitians sing! Here is our Love A Child church on our property here in Fond Parisien. It is a non-denominational church for all people. We started with 10 Haitians under an arbor made of palm limbs and brush. The church has grown and many came to know Jesus! Look what the Lord has done! Thank you for your prayers and help.
Bobby and Sherry
“God Never Forgets.”
“And God heard their groaning (the children of Israel) and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.” Exodus 2:24
Has God ever made you a promise? God speaks to us in many ways… in our hearts, through His Word, through a man of God, or through a dream. God had made a promise, a covenant with Abraham. He knew that His people would be slaves for over 400 years and that when the time was right, God would bring them out of bondage.
Now, fast-forward to a meek, stuttering man named Moses, tending to his father-in-law’s sheep, “on the backside of the desert.” In order to get Moses’ attention, He appears in a “flaming bush,” that keeps on burning. Sometimes, the Lord will have to do something, “to get our attention” to remind us that He is still a “Covenant Keeping God,” a God who “Never Forgets!” Have a great day!
Sherry
In spite of the disruptions to every facet of everyday life for most of Haiti due to the savage terrorism of the gangs who still control the streets, all of the outreaches of Love A Child continue to serve the poor and the hungry faithfully every day. This is true even for the large team of our Agricultural Training Center (ATC) staff. It seems they are even busier than ever now after expanding our demonstration and teaching programs to include small animal husbandry. You might recall that not long ago our ATC expanded into a goat program in addition to maintaining a small flock of chickens. All this is in addition to maintaining all the gardens and nurseries. The ATC guys grow most of the feed for the chickens, because we demonstrate and teach that method, as very few Haitians have the finances or ability to buy prepared feeds, similarly for the goats. We use a “cut and carry” feeding method where the goats are housed in a sanitary raised pen, and we cut and carry their fodder to them. This keeps things clean and sanitary. The raised pen also allows us to harvest useful droppings for making vital organic fertilizers. Here are pictures of the guys bringing a large fresh pile of locally grown fodder for the goats who are very happy to see them. The team also continues to plant their rotating crops and here are also pictures of their new seed beds for sugar cane, beets, eggplants, peppers, broccoli, carrots, and leeks. Of course, the payoff is the great harvest from our gardens such as they had this week of bananas, spinach, and cucumbers. We give a huge “thank you” to our donors who support our “Sustainability” programs and also to Hope Seeds International for all the critically important and viable vegetable seeds they donate to us and elsewhere around the world.
Rad Hazelip, Assistant Executive Director
“Be Still and Know that I Am God!”
I love a good church service. I must say that I really miss the African American church services where Bobby and I first began our ministry. I loved the music and the songs.
But, I also loved Katheryn Kuhlman’s services. She was different. She really believed in honoring and respecting the Holy Spirit. She wanted “no noise” or disruption because the “Holy Spirit could not move unless everything was in order. Bobby and I went one time when my daughter was a toddler. The baby slipped out of my arms and banged her head and began to cry. I tried to calm her down when immediately, two ushers came over to show me the way to “take my child outside” until she stopped crying. I understood. Some of us are too busy, too loud, and too “occupied,” to know when to keep still. “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
There’s a time to be loud and happy, and a time to be “still,” so the Holy Spirit can move. Let’s make sure we know the difference.
Sherry
Hannah Jean Jules was born in the mountains of Demesseau, Haiti… far from us. (This was just one of the mountain areas we worked in years ago, building a school and church.) Her mother died shortly after childbirth and she was brought to us by a mountain pastor named “Pastor Emmanuel.” She had poor health and malnutrition. It took a while for her to get to her normal weight.
Hanna loves to sing! She also loves playing with her brothers and sisters. She recently finished her 13th year of school called Philo. (This year is very difficult to get through but Hannah did it!) Her dream is to be a doctor but unfortunately, the gangs are between us and college.
Hannah is calm and waiting on the Lord, each day. As soon as the gangs are cleared away from the town of Ganthier, eight miles away, we may be able to send Hannah to college. In the meantime, the Bible says, “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” – Phil. 4:11
“Hang in there, Hannah! God still has everything under control!”
Sherry
Madamn Fusena lives in a village near us, here in Fond Parisien, Haiti. Madamn Fusena tries to grow beans, peas, and bananas to sell. Her husband makes charcoal for a living. They have six children and even with both of them trying to make a living, the children do not get enough food. Their youngest baby, Celestin Sadeline, began to be very sick and lifeless. She had a fever, vomiting, the flu, diarrhea… and no appetite.
The child’s mother grew fearful and took her baby to our Jesus Healing Center Clinic. The baby, little Sadeline, was 15 months old and not in good health. Our doctors immediately sent the baby to our Malnutrition Clinic. She was just 6.2 kg in her body weight. The baby spent a month at our Malnutrition Clinic! She was on a special diet and in that one month, she completely changed! Her weight is now 7.9 kg! When her mother came to our clinic, she saw a beautiful, smiling, happy, playful baby!
Her mother will bring her back every 15 days for a check-up! When a mother goes home, she receives a box of “Feed My Starving Children” food to take home. It takes everyone working together to save a life! We are thankful to Joyce Meyer Ministries – Hand of Hope for their support in sponsoring the building of our Malnutrition Center, and their monthly support financially for our Jesus Healing Center! Prayer makes a difference!
Amid severe poverty, a destitute woman struggles to care for her hungry children, yet her unwavering faith shines brightly despite having nothing. Her situation, one of immense hardship, mirrors the plight of many in her community who face daily battles for survival. Moved by her resilience and determination, Sherry Burnette steps in to offer a small sum of money—a gesture that, while seemingly modest, holds profound significance. This act of kindness is not just a temporary relief for the woman’s immediate needs but a powerful tool for transformation. By empowering the woman to start her own business, Sherry underscores a critical mission: to enable Haitians to build sustainable livelihoods. This initiative highlights the importance of self-sufficiency and dignity in overcoming poverty, aiming to break the cycle of dependency and pave the way for long-term prosperity within the community.
We want to invite viewers around the world to tune in tomorrow afternoon to Daystar Television Network at 12:30 p.m. (ET) and then throughout the week. You can also watch us on DIRECTV, DISH Network, Christian Television Network, The Word Network, NRB, and many more local television stations. Check out our full schedule for the best way for you to tune in. You can also watch the program online through our Vimeo and YouTube channels or on our website www.loveachild.com under the “Media” tab.
Together we are changing lives!
When the world is crashing in on you, you need someone to turn to. But sadly enough, sometimes those friends have “bigger problems than you,” and they don’t have time for you. But, you are serving a “big, big God who has no beginning and no ending.”
“That ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am He: before me there was no God formed; neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me, there is no savior.” – Isaiah 43:10-11
There is “no other God!” He is God “all by himself!” So, no matter what you are facing today… no matter how much you owe, what problems your children have, or what you are facing, there is no God but the one true God! Give Him that worry, that problem, that broken heart. He is not only God, but He is the first and last. He is the “beginning and the end!” And He alone is your “problem solver!”
Give it up to our Lord God, today… “Let go, and let God!”
Sherry
One of our workers, who was passing through a certain town, heard much commotion. A poor woman who had too many children started to give birth in a town where she did not live. However, while in the “outhouse,” she purposely let the baby fall down into the sewage and then left. A poor man heard the whimpering cry and got some rope and some men to “let him down inside the outhouse!” With a bucket, he scooped up the baby and the “filth,” and handed the bucket over to some ladies. They cleaned him up and contacted a hospital, who in turn, called Social Services to find an organization to take him. We took him in and called him “Moses!”
Today, Moses is fine, healthy, and in High School. He loves soccer and dominoes! He wants to be a mechanic and he will have “job security” because our roads are bad and wear and tear on the vehicles is expected! We pray that the Lord will use Moses in a great way.
Sherry
Apostle Paul said I must go “preach the gospel in the regions beyond.” 2 Corinthians 10:16
We are preparing for our next interior Mobile Medical Clinic. No clinics or doctors are there. Much has to be done preparing all the medicines and staff.
We will be traveling to Peyi Pouri, which is high in the mountains.
Working through Pastor Soufount, the Haitian people in that area have now started building a rough road up a section of the mountain so our trucks can travel there.
Hundreds of people will come, especially children with their families. This is Sherry’s heart.
Thank you for your continued support.
Bobby Burnette
