This morning, we were reading Matthew 25, where Jesus told the story about the man who was traveling to a far country and called his servants to invest his money.

You know the story. To one, he gave one talent, to another five, and to another ten.

The one who had “one talent” did not invest it, but the one who had five and the one who had ten invested the money and doubled it.

We have a partner who wants to give Love A Child a $95,000 “Matching Gift Challenge” for “where most needed,” if we can match it. This is called a “Matching Gift Challenge.” We have already raised half the money, but we are lacking the other half.

You can be a “wise steward” and have your gift to the poor of Haiti “doubled,” as it did in Matthew 25. We have until the cut-off date of September 18th. Your gift will only double if you flag it as a “Matching Challenge Gift.”

So please, whatever gift you want to give, whether it be for monthly giving or “any need,” it will double towards the Matching Gift Challenge, and you will be like the “wise steward” in Matthew 25!

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts,
Missionaries Bobby and Sherry Burnette

P.S. Here are the full details on how to donate …

If you can give to the Matching Gift Challenge, call our office at 239-210-6107 and let them know you want to give.

(You must say, “This is for the Matching Gift Challenge!”)

Please mail letters and contributions to:
Love A Child, Inc.
PO Box 60063
Fort Myers, Florida 33906-6063

At the bottom of your check, please put “Matching Gift Challenge,” so your gift doubles.

Online: www.loveachild.com — select “MAKE A DONATION” — “Matching Gift Challenge”

Jolina is now 14 years old. She is the cousin of “Daphline.” They are from the mountains of Savaan Roche, in the area of Belle Fontaine. This is a very difficult and extremely dangerous high mountain, difficult to get to the top. This is where we built a Love A Child school and church, and it is also where we had many Mobile Medical Clinics.

Jolina’s father was killed, but we do not know the circumstances. Her mother died after she gave birth. Jolina was taken to another aunt’s hut, who already had nine children. The pastor of their church brought Jolina and her cousin, Daphline, (whose mother also died in childbirth) down to our orphanage. Since both kids would have died from hunger, the local pastor brought them to us and begged us to take them in. We did…

Both girls have different personalities, but Jolina is the “tough-ie!” She scares any boy on the soccer field! Her favorite thing is “running!!” She is strong, loud, and always into something! She is now in the 10th grade and not afraid of anything!!!! She is a Christian that “you wouldn’t want to try to attack!” I think Jolina can handle herself well!!! She works hard, keeps her room clean, and helps the mothers with housework. While some girls here are “timid and shy,” Jolina is not! However, her heart is soft! She wants to be a pediatrician, so that she can help little ones like the ones we have in our Malnutrition Center.

She is “tough” on the outside, but “tender” on the inside!!!

Sherry

Nakou is another village that receives our Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) meals… 28,080 meals. The Nakou people are very thankful. Sherry only allows the women to come to pick up their box of food, which lasts the family for about a month. Each box weighs 33 pounds.

I cannot tell you how much the families appreciate their meals. I want to thank Barry and George, our Haitian sons and staff, for delivering the food.

Thank you to our friends who helped make this possible. More areas will be receiving meals today and tomorrow.

Love is something you do!

Bobby and Sherry Burnette

“Sou Moulin” is a village not far from us. Like many other villages in Haiti, this is a tough time for trying to get food. Most roads are blocked by gang members, so mothers cannot get to the market to sell their items. This forces many children to drink “salt water” at least once a day to take the hunger away. Others resort to “mud cookies.” You may see some of the people dressed in their “Sunday clothes” (clothing reserved for church) when they come for food or to a Mobile Medical Clinic. They put on their “best clothes,” even if they are “rags.” When the stomachs of their children are hungry, it is hard to tell them that Jesus loves them. As one elderly lady once said, while a team was doing a bible distribution… “I cannot eat the Bible.” Thank you for helping the people and children of Sou Moulin with food and hope for tomorrow.

Sherry