We just received word that we will be getting fuel this weekend, hopefully. If so, we will be delivering food to villages in “desperate need,” … especially the children.
Thank you for your prayers.
Bobby and Sherry
LAC TV Program “Crumbs from the Table” Begins Friday!
Sometimes the Love A Child team must travel several hours to get to those in most need of assistance, however, Blanket is a village just twenty minutes from their Children’s Home that is full of families desperately seeking help. Mothers recount their experiences of abandonment and abuse; your heart will be touched when you hear how hard they work to scrape together just one meal for their children, how hard they fight to survive each day. When we work together, we can ease their burden; it takes a generous heart, a step of faith, a box of food!
We want to invite viewers around the world to tune in on Friday to Daystar Television Network at 6:30 p.m. (ET) and then throughout the week. You can also watch us on DirecTV, DISH Network, Christian Television Network, The Word Network, NRB, and many more local television stations. Check out our full schedule for the best way for you to tune in. You can also watch the program online through our Vimeo and YouTube channels or on our website www.loveachild.com under the “Media” tab.
Together we are changing lives!
Word from the Mission Field
A Purpose “Bigger Than You…”
Human beings are a strange race… They often want to think of themselves as a big, important person. That’s why a lot of Christians fail to fulfill what God has in store for them. They have never learned to be “little before the Lord.”
Joshua was a great warrior, but he never boasted, never lifted himself up, and never bragged about taking the place of a great man of God, “Moses.” And when Moses died, it must have put “some kind of fear” in his heart, because God had to keep telling him, “Fear not!” But before Moses died, he gave a “Word of the Lord” to Joshua… “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” (Deuteronomy 31:6) Joshua had found his purpose, a purpose “bigger than him.” And if you ever find a purpose “bigger than you,” God will help you. So, be strong and of a good courage, and humble yourself before the Lord. Find that purpose “bigger than you,” and see what God does!
Have a wonderful day!
Sherry
Joshua… a Serious Five-Year-Old “Praise Dancer!”
Those of you who know “five-year-old” Joshua won’t believe this photo!!! We just recently celebrated a Birthday Party for several of our Love A Child kids. While doing “Bible Quizzes” and other games, one of our older girls said, “Mom and Dad, you should see Joshua do his Praise Dance with the girls!!!”
This one particular dance is a “serious dance.” It requires a lot of “passion” and facial expressions, and with serious hand movements! Pastor Mark Ostrander was with us as we saw Joshua do his Praise Dance song with his older sisters! No one had taught him… He just watched and practiced on his own! Bobby and I, and Pastor Mark sat there with “our mouths wide open!” Again, no one “taught him” anything! He just watched, listened, and jumped in when the girls would let him!!! Ha!
Joshua was left abandoned at our front gate in September of 2017. He was malnourished, full of sores and starving! He cried “all the time!” The Department of Social Services gave him to us. You would think a child who had gone through all of this would never be “normal!” His only problem is that he “talks all the time!!!” Ha! He is always the smartest one in his class, but he cannot be still! The teachers always had a hard time “keeping him occupied!” He talks all the time, but talks so fast he stutters! The kids call him “si-son,” which means “pacifier,” because he is always making sucking noises with his mouth! Oh yes, did I tell you he wants to be a “Helicopter Pilot?” Or should I say a “Dancing Helicopter Pilot!” Ha! This kid is a mess!
Sherry
Good News Testimony!
I forgot to share with you the good news… last Friday our driver was taking our two college girls (Widlene and Fabienne) to our rented college apartment we have for them. (One for the boys and one apartment for the girls.)
On the way down the road, the Papaya Gang stopped them and robbed them, taking their money and everything they had for college. They were a young “splinter offshoot” of the Papaya Gang! Our driver said, “Call your big Papaya Boss on the phone and tell him you have robbed Love A Child!” The younger gang member did call the big Papaya Boss and he told the gang to give the money back to the girls and everything they took from them. He said, “You don’t touch Love A Child!”
PTL! Little Fabienne could not talk for a day, nor eat she was so scared…
We just want to give God all the glory for this miracle! Thank you for your prayers! We have 24 kids in college this year!!!
Missionary Bobby Burnette
Fuel Shortage Affects on Haiti…
Update: No fuel yet at Love A Child. Very few gallons left.
School in Haiti was supposed to start September 5th, but due to fuel shortage, gang activity, and insecurity, the Government says October 3rd, possibly. But we really have our doubts about that. All our college kids, high school, Jr High, and elementary Love A Child children are anxiously waiting for school to start!!
The main mode of transportation for Haitians is “tap tap” (a pick-up truck with seats in the back) and motorcycle. Now, the Haitian people will have a difficult time trying to get to markets to buy and sell. Limited fuel is shutting down Haiti.
Imagine if all the gas stations in the States were shut down. This is where we are heading… there are a few scattered far from us, but no fuel is coming into Haiti so far. If some fuel has come into the country, most is on the black market.
Love A Child compound has to pump 35,000 gallons of water up the water tower three times a day, and without fuel, we cannot do that.
The “insecurity” of Haiti makes the fuel crisis even more severe. We are praying and trusting the Lord for a miracle for the fuel to come… and, more than ever, we are trusting the Lord for “solar systems,” for all the buildings here. The Lord has “never failed us yet,” and He will never will!!! We will keep you informed, and thank you for your prayers.
Note: Without diesel, we cannot deliver our Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) meals to the many villages and people who are desperate for food. We cannot pick up our containers of FMSC meals in customs without fuel. The result is $70 per day per container just sitting there.
We just had to pay $23,000 in late fees, with more being owed now. Never in all of our years in Haiti have we seen the Haitians so desperate for food.
Please remember we have a matching gift challenge from a donor good until Sept 18th for $95,000. So the gift you give will be matched, which will double your giving.
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”
Thank you for your prayers and support…
Bobby and Sherry Burnette
Word from the Mission Field
“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Galatians 5:14
Just think, all the law is fulfilled in this…“love your neighbor as much as you love yourself.” Wow! That’s a lot of love. Try it today! Do something kind for someone you don’t even know and see how blessed you are.
Sherry
Samuel… A Young Man with “Many Talents!”
Samuel Orel is now 18. We were conducting a Mobile Clinic in the mountains of Demesseau. A very poor man came up to us as we were preparing to leave the mountains. Our team gathered around to hear this father’s story… he held a baby, Samuel, in his arms as he spoke about losing his wife in childbirth and having 6 children at home.
This father was different. Tears were rolling down his face. He was in agony. We told him we would take the baby and we left for our orphanage. We called him Samuel. Today, this young man is respectful, hard-working, and kind. His job is “the painting team” (our schools and buildings, etc.) but he loves music and soccer! He is very good on the drums! He wants to be an electrical engineer! Right now, I am teaching him English as we wants to learn! We love Samuel very much! God has a great plan for his life.
Sherry
Urgent Prayer Request
Please pray a “fervent” prayer that we get a tanker load of diesel fuel as soon as possible! We are on the verge of running out of fuel for all our Love A Child projects and also for Jackson, who had to be on dialysis each night, all night long.
It broke our hearts yesterday when we had to cancel all the food distributions to many villages due to the lack of diesel. We need a miracle! Please pray with us.
Missionary Bobby Burnette
Word from the Mission Field
A Doorkeeper?
It is amazing to me that sometimes Christians think of themselves as someone of greater importance than they are. They have never learned to serve.
Bobby and I love Pastor Jentzen Franklin, not only because he is a great minister with a giving heart, but because he is so humble. It is not easy to find people who have a powerful ministry, and yet, they are humble. That is Jentezen Franklin.
When the 2010 earthquake hit, Pastor Franklin, like others, was a great blessing to our ministry. Pastor Jentzen wanted to come to Haiti to meet with Bobby and see the ways he could help.
Since many roads were devastated, he took a helicopter. When the helicopter landed at Love A Child, Bobby and I went to meet him and his family. As he and Bobby were walking across the yard to the Orphanage, he noticed that Bobby’s tennis shoes were untied! Bobby didn’t want to stop his conversation and get down and tie his shoes… he kept dragging his shoelaces through the grass.
Pastor Jentezen noticed and said, “Bobby, please stop for a moment…” When we stopped, he got down on his knees and tied Bobby’s tennis shoe laces! Bobby quickly apologized to him, but Pastor just smiled and said, “no problem.” It was a small thing done in a big way…
David said, “I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord, than to dwell in the tents of the wicked.” Psalm 84:10
So, to those of you who do those jobs in your church that no one else wants to do, or all the other jobs that you may be doing that no one else wants to do, the Lord sees everything, and He is well-pleased with you!!! Keep on doing what you’re doing!!
Sherry
