When we first moved our orphanage full of children to our land in Fond Parisien, Haiti, one of the biggest projects was “building an orphanage.” We had a plan to build a large orphanage, two stories high, but then it would cost a lot of money. Someone told us, “build a poor-looking orphanage and people...
Stop living in the past… "Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before. I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3: 13,14 Some people live more in the past than they do for the future. Some cannot forget...
This is our sweet Fabienne. She has been with us since she was about four or five years old. Her mother washed clothes by hand when we were at our first "old orphanage building." Her mother did not have the money to send her to school, so we decided to help her. It really led to us...
In the deep, remote village of Larrate, in the county of Little River in South Haiti, the Pierre family works together carrying sand, cement, and stone on their backs up through the hills to bring the materials to finish their new house being built by Love A Child. This area is so remote that no...
"Stop crying. Something better is on the way!" In 1st Samuel 16:1, the Lord speaks to the Prophet Samuel. Samuel was the Prophet of God who had anointed Saul as King. But now Saul has disobeyed the Lord time and time again, and the Spirit of God has lifted from Saul and an evil spirit...
Ginyia… The Haitian spelling is Djinia. This cute little 9-year-old has a lot of talent. Either one or both of her parents were Dominican. Her mother died during a C-section, and her father abandoned her and left for the Dominican Republic. He never returned. She was being raised by her 17-year-old cousin, but when she could no...
We are thankful to God for all his blessings this year. We are thankful to so many of you who have stood by us blessing the poor of Haiti. George Washington was our first President and was a Christian. On October 3, 1789, the President of the United States, George Washington gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation assigning a...
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...
