“The Blessings of the Lord.”

Little Zoey is just a “baby doll!” She is definitely “all girl!” She “hangs out” with the older girls, so she is really into “hair fashions,” dancing, and pretty dresses. She really loves to dance with the “Praise Team” of older girls!

But, Zoey loves to work, too. She will polish doors, clean, dust, etc. She “loves” her Poppy Bobby!! She will be going back to school next week, hopefully.

Zoey is very intelligent and learns quickly! You would have never thought this little girl would have turned out so sweet and smart. She was abandoned on a muddy road by a lady from Letant, people believe. If she had grown up in this area, she would not have had a chance. But, God “put her there,” right in front of our car! It will be great to see what Zoey grows up to be!!! God bless you, Sherry

“And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger.” Leviticus 23:22

No matter what kind of job we have or no matter how small our income may be, we are commanded by God to “leave something for the poor.” It may be the man sleeping on the street or the mother with pain in her eyes… slip “something” in their hands and God will bless you more.

Sherry

I can’t think of anything else to call Madamn Eliante Derisaint other than “the church lady!” (She reminds of a church lady from a television program.) She is extremely funny, loud, and always playing jokes. But when it comes to God and prayer, she is “serious!” Every morning at dawn, she leads the morning worship at our Jesus Healing Center. Although she is on our staff as a “cleaning lady,” she really “cleans up on the devil” each morning! Before prayer, she has a large book, “The Book of Remembrance,” which has the names of all our donors that helped build the “Jesus Healing Center.” Everyone prays for those partners who gave, and especially for Joyce Meyer Ministries/Hand of Hope, who sponsors the monthly operating cost of the clinic! After praying for the partners, she leads the patients into the “prayer room,” where we touch God! There’s “no room for the devil” when Madamn Derisaint is here!!

Then, our sweet, humble Pastor Luc Ebiluis distributes the “Joyce Meyer Booklets” to all the patients. (This one is called, “I Am Alone.”) This helps with their loneliness at the worst time in Haiti that they are going through. While waiting for the doctor, the patients have “church service” with Joyce Meyer on the big screen! All these patients have “been through hell” to reach the Jesus Healing Center! They have had to go through gang areas, some of them being robbed on tap-taps, or beaten before they got here! They give a small, small fee to show that the medicine and all they receive has a “value.” (Most Haitians believe that “if it is free,” it must not be any good!) But even if they have “zero,” they still get the same first quality doctor, exams, lab tests, medicines, etc.

After their doctor’s visit, lab tests, and the medicines they get to take home, they must still “take their life in their own hands” to get here! Haiti still has many gangs on the streets, and it is growing every day! We would love for you to “pray for Haiti,” every day, as well as our Jesus Healing Center and all the projects we have… our feeding programs, etc.

God “is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think…” (Ephesians 3:20)

God bless you.

Sherry

God is bigger than the problem!

“…If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.” (Matthew 17:20)

Sometimes, our problems are big. Sometimes, they seem big as a mountain. Sometimes, we can only see the mountain. Let’s look past the mountain. God is bigger than the mountain!! Let’s have mountain moving faith. It doesn’t take much, only about the size of a mustard seed!

Missionary Bobby Burnette

We just got a report from David, our good facilities manager, who was finally able to make his way through the blocked roads to inspect the office building. Our nice, tropical landscaping took a big hit, with most of our trees losing limbs and palm fronds, but the building itself had no wind damage nor any water damage. PTL! Everything at the Love A Child building is in good order, other than no water, and no internet service. Thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and support during this time.

Rad Hazelip, Assistant Executive Director

Jean Gardy is now 24! He was very young when his mother died. So, his father brought him to our “already over-crowded” orphanage. He is small for his age, but he is a “genius” at money.

He is taking accounting and this is his third year… but even before this, he was controlling all the older kids’ money for transportation and school fees. I would give the money to the older children and they would say, “just give it to Jean Gardy!” Little did I know that he was teaching them how to live on “less” and “save more.”

He put his business mind together with Frantzo, another older brother, and Dieuferly (whom you know), and together, these three built a small “snack shop” on our property. Now, it has grown and they are going to finish a large “block building” to hold more customers. In addition, they are going to figure out how to buy large quantities of rice, beans, etc., and sell them to the local “machanns” (lady sellers). These ladies cannot go to where they sell these items in bulk, due to gangs. But if there was a warehouse at Gwo Maché Mirak, the lady sellers could buy there and re-sell. It is all a good plan.

We are so proud of Jean Gardy. He is gentle, sweet, kind, loves soccer, basketball, and is very respectful! He will go far in his life!!

Sherry

P.S. If anyone wants to give an offering to help Jean Gardy and the young men with their sustainability project, please call the office at 239-210-6107, and ask to speak to Rad! God bless you!!