This is our Dumolia. She has been working on getting into a special medical college in Jamaica! She could not get into college in Haiti because she does not speak a lot of French. (She spent much of her time in the States due to burns that she had when she was small.)

It was difficult to get her to Jamaica. The flight would have left Dominican Republic, then on to Providence, and then on to Jamaica. The flight available was not one we were familiar with, and it did not have good reviews. So, we found a Christian flight agency and booked the flight with them. It was “just the Lord!” The pilot’s name was Russ, and he did a great job!

We were met at the airport by a sweet lady named, “Auntie Carole,” who will take good care of Dumolia! We will go and visit her dormitory tomorrow, and then shop for a few things that she needs. She will have a great Jamaican church to go to! This is the beginning of a miracle for Dumolia. We all love her very much!!

Sherry

Here we are at the Barahona Airport in the Dominican Republic. Flight time should be 2 hours and 45 minutes to Kingston. Dumolia will be attending the University Of Technology in Kingston. Pray that we will have a safe flight.

In the picture with us is our pilot Russ Craig, who operates Hope From Above a wonderful ministry. Next stop Kingston, Jamaica!

Love is something you do…

Bobby and Sherry Burnette

Here are some of the workers from our “Agricultural Training Center” planting cabbage! They plant “so many kinds of vegetables!” They send this food to our Children’s Home, and to feed the workers at our Jesus Healing Center Clinic, our Birthing Center, our Malnutrition Center, and even our Construction Team. Each person you see who has a job in Haiti feeds ten people! The man you see in the front is the husband from “Madamn Vela,” the family who lived in the garbage dump! She is a cook for our employees.

Sustainability and job creation helps Haitians to help themselves! Haitians want to work! We thank our partners who help sponsor this wonderful “Love A Child Agricultural Training Center,” and extra thanks to Rad Hazelip, who oversees this project from the States, and to Boss Wilnor, the head Agricultural “boss,” who works side by side with his team! Thank you Joe Perkins and his group for donating and erecting several of our shade houses. What a great outreach!

Bobby and Sherry

Even though the roads are dangerous, and even though the gangs are growing worse each day, children still have to have “hope!”

There are a few private schools that started early, but most other schools will start in a few weeks.

The food that a child can get at school, if they are lucky enough, will probably be their only meal a day!

We are still giving what food we have to organizations that manage to brave the roads. We have more Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) rice at the Customs but cannot get the food safely yet, to Love A Child. We will be patient until “the coast is clear.”

We take each day “one day at a time.” Keep your prayers coming!

Bobby and Sherry

We just crossed the border into the Dominican Republic. We cannot fly out from Port-Au-Prince as it is too dangerous. Tomorrow we fly to Jamaica. Dumolia will be starting a new life. We took her in when she was a little girl who was severely burned all over her body. After several operations at Shriners Hospital, she is a beautiful young lady! Thank you for your prayers and support. Love is something you do!

Bobby and Sherry

Madamn Jonise lived in the village of Ti Source, which is located about 45 kilometers (about 28 miles) from our Birthing Center. The gangs have left this neighborhood “looking like a ghost town!” This is where the gangs have settled…

In this small village, several mothers have lost their lives after childbirth, and newborns have not found any adequate care due to the lack of healthcare facilities and security. These villages are “very, very poor!”

Madamn Jonise is “machann” (a lady who has a business buying and re-selling).

In the second month of her pregnancy, Madamn Jonise’s husband abandoned her, so she had to return to live with her mother in a one-room place. Despair, grief, and depression pushed her to have an abortion. After unsuccessful attempts, and with advice from her friends, she came to our Birthing Center. On her first visit, her ultrasound said that she was carrying twins! This news “shocked her,” but she ended up accepting it. On the day of delivery, it took her over an hour to walk the dusty road and difficult paths in order to reach our Birthing Center. Along the way, the first child was born! As soon as she arrived at our Birthing Center, she was quickly welcomed by our staff. The midwives rushed her to our delivery room and took care of the first baby at 1.7 mg (about 3.7 pounds).

Jonise was struggling to deliver the second child as she was losing blood and was struggling. She received IV Fluid and some drugs (pain killers).

Thank the Lord, her two new “baby boys” are in good health! She was happy and grateful for the birth of her babies and also for the nice gifts of clothing and blankets.

Jonise is thankful for the Birthing Center, a clean place for a poor mother to give birth! She was also thankful for the onesies (thank you, Miss Jeanie) and for the box of new clothing, blankets, and all the things a newborn needs!! Special thanks to John Boldt and his wife for the wonderful items that were donated!!!

God bless each and every one of our partners! You make such an “impact” on the lives of the poor.

Sherry