I can remember the day when Nelio, our Haitian Director, got in touch with me and said that he was bringing a little girl to our orphanage who was about three. She was sweet and quiet and had long silky hair! Nelio, our Director, said that a little girl, about three, was about to be...
This just came in from Wilner Exil, our head agronomist at the Love A Child Agricultural Training Center (ATC). He calls me "Big Boss!" More trees for Haiti!! We are tree lovers here. Bobby Burnette Hello my Big Boss! Today we are preparing to produce 3 to 4 thousand seedlings in our nursery as part...
One of our greatest joys is teaching Haitians how to help themselves. Our sustainability initiatives take them out of the cycle of poverty and provide them with the skills necessary to support themselves and their families. At the Agricultural Training Center, Haitians learn how to have bountiful harvests despite dry, barren, and hostile conditions. They...
"Be strong and of a good courage...” These were the words of Moses as he was getting ready to die and pass the "mantle" on to Joshua. He said, "Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to...
We first met "Jovanie Jean" at our old rented "orphanage building" many years ago. She had "very red hair" from malnutrition, and we did not know much about her family. We just took her in, and soon she became part of our family. We sent her to college to become a nurse. She passed her...
Madamn Kerlande is 35 years old. She lives in a poor village called "Madamn Bauje." (Sometimes, when a Haitian person does a lot for village people, the people name the village after that person.) The Village of Madamn Bauje is not too far from us. Madamn Kerlande's husband, Wilderson, is a motorcycle driver; he has...
When I was a little boy my Dad (the man who raised me) set me on his lap in the kitchen one evening and shared with me a scripture in the Bible. "For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believeth upon him shall not perish, but have everlasting...
This little guy helps sweep the floor and even mops!!! He was really "spoiled" when he came to us because he was the "baby of the family!" He is now in preschool and very intelligent! Zachary's mother had come to our clinic right after he was born. She was sick with a fever and her...
Little Djivens is only 12 months old. There are two children in this poor family. His mother, Madam Elitha, had already aborted babies twice because she got pregnant and could not stand for another child to go hungry. This poor mother was 23 years old and actually a teacher in a small school, but she...
"When God Does It, It's Perfect!!" Have you ever sent someone to do a job for you and wondered if they would do a good job? Maybe it was a friend you sent or even a family member... Living in Haiti, we are always sending someone out on an errand. Sometimes, they do exactly what...
