Thousands of families lost their homes in last year’s devastating earthquake. Since then, they have had to scrounge together leftover rubble to construct makeshift shelters. These homes provide their children minimal protection from the rain and mud; they have survived this way for months, with no hope in sight. Love A Child is on a...
We are thankful this day! “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.” Psalm 107:1 “Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.” Psalm 95:2-3 Sherry...
We have "two Samuels" at the Love A Child Children's Home... The kids call him "Gwo Samuel" or big Samuel. Samuel came from the mountains of Greffiin, Haiti, where we have another mountain school. His father was a poor farmer. His mother died during childbirth. And, his father had a hard time "trying to keep...
In Haiti, there are several ways of having a baby... for the poor women in the mountains; they may have a midwife or a matron in their village. Some even give birth by themselves, which often results in death. Even the midwives are not experienced when there is an emergency, and the mother is too...
“How to be Blessed and Stay Blessed!” “He that hath a ‘bountiful eye’ shall be blessed; for he giveth of ‘his bread’ to the poor." Proverbs 22:9 I always wondered what a "bountiful eye" was... and then, the Lord revealed to me that a "bountiful eye" is someone that is always looking around to see "who they can...
Zoey is three and she has already learned how to "wrap" Poppie Bobby around her little finger! It is hard to think that, even in a poor country, a mother would throw away a baby, leaving it on a dirt road for someone to find. But, that's what happened. Zoey's mother, a poor Haitian woman,...
Sherry and I moved to Haiti on July 1st, 1991… In September of that year, a coup happened to overthrow President Aristide. For almost three years, Sherry and I lived by candlelight because we could never afford an inverter and batteries to produce light at night. Now here we are in November 2022, having to...
“Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? […] Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” (Matthew 25:37-40) These are powerful words from our Lord. When we feed the hungry or give...
Sarah and her brother Joseph have been with us since the age of about 15 months old. Both had severe Kwashiorkor Malnutrition. Their family was extremely poor and lived up in one of the highest mountains in Haiti. That day, the Pastor of our church in that faraway mountain village brought us Sarah and her...
Love A Child continues to reach out to the hungry in the remote areas of Nippes, Haiti. On Sunday, 164 families received rice, beans and oil to feed an average of five people for the next several days. In the small village of Baro, Love A Child is not only building houses, but feeding hundreds...
