“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” John 3:16-17

John 3:16 is the first scripture that I ever heard while sitting on my father’s lap. He read this scripture to me many nights. I remember it like it was yesterday.

God gave his son for you and me, so we would not perish but have everlasting life. Jesus did not come to condemn us or tell us how bad we are. Jesus came to save us! We should not perish but have everlasting life!

Missionary Bobby Burnette

That’s our little sweetie, Kenzy. To describe this little guy, I would say, “He is like an old man in the body of a child!”

Kenzy’s father died before his mother, so Kenzy was abandoned. A Haitian pastor brought him to us, full of sores, a skinny little “runt,” of a baby. He had severe malnutrition. We noticed that he was always “sickly and frail,” but then, the doctor discovered he had sickle cell anemia. He must be under a doctor’s care at all times and on special meds.

Kenzy is quiet but he has a “mischievous look” in his eyes! He is not a bad little kid, but harmless and mischievous. He may sneak up to my room to get a piece of candy and then, “sneak downstairs,” quietly, but not without saying “thank you, Mommie!”

Kenzie wants to be a doctor (but he hates needles!) One of his daily jobs is cleaning the yard and disinfecting the railings. His favorite toy is a remote control car we bought him last Christmas. He is four and in 1st grade and he is a sweetie!

Sherry

Time: Time is our most valuable currency. “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1

“But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his son, made of a woman, made under the law.” Galatians 4:4

Sometimes we all get in a hurry and ask God to hurry up in our lives. God has a time; God has a moment when his fullness of his will comes into our lives. We must be sensitive to the Holy Spirit when his time comes our way to step in and do what the Lord has called us to do for him.

Bobby and Sherry

This little guy who still sings “off key,” is now seven and will be in second grade! We call him “Little Samuel,” because we have two Samuels! But, this one is still missing his two front teeth!

Samuel’s father is unknown, probably Dominican, and his mother could no longer care for him, so he was brought to Love A Child by the Department of Social Services. Samuel is sweet, quiet, funny, and sings “off key,” loudly, in the church service nightly. In fact, he sings so loudly that everyone stops singing and starts laughing… but he doesn’t care.

He loves to spend his time playing and doesn’t like to go to sleep! He is in better health now because he was having a lot of stomach problems. He doesn’t mind work… he usually is “disinfecting the railings at the orphanage,” and picking up trash on the property. He now says he “wants to be a doctor!” We will see about that! Samuel is a sweet child. I hope he stays that way! Ha!

Sherry

Hannah’s Prayer… “The Lord makes the poor and He makes the rich; He bringeth low and He lifteth up; He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set him among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of Glory…” I Sam: 7-8

This is Jean Edwouard; he is such a sweet, honest and respectful young man. He is now 20, and all the ladies in the orphanage love and respect him. They call him “Direct!” (A name like “boss!”)

We found him in the mud hut village of Old Letant. He was about six years old. He was carrying water on his head and making a fire all by himself to cook food for a large family. Jean Edwouard was a restavek slave child. When his parents died, he went to live with relatives. He would have never gone to school or gone on to college, except for the Lord.

His passion is sewing, tailoring and creating. He has been “sewing by hand” since he was seven!!! This morning, two nice new sewing machines came inside our container from Kathy and John Friedlund. Jean Edwouard got so excited with these sewing machines! He will be going back to college again for his “sewing education!” He wants to teach others to become seamstresses and tailors also!

Thanks to our friends who sent in the sewing machines, and other types of donations! We cannot thank you enough! We love you.

Sherry

With many many missionaries leaving Haiti, sometimes we feel “abandoned” or overwhelmed. We always thought that our country, or some other country, or even the UN would send in a strong “force” with “overwhelming power” to combat these gangs and these evil people here. They are “demonic,” and nothing can change them…

Sometimes, we have felt “abandoned” by our own country, because we are here representing the United States, which is supposed to be the greatest country in the world. Although many missionaries have left because they had to, still there is a cluster that “tarry by the stuff.” We have learned to trust the Lord in the worst of times and to keep on doing what we are called. So, I just turned to this verse in Nahum… “The Lord is GOOD, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him.” – Nahum 1:7

We have a greater force “with us” that we “cannot see,” and we are accompanied round about with an innumerable accompaniment of angels! You may feel like you have been “abandoned” by someone, maybe that you love, but you are not alone!!! God is on our side! We love you and have a great day.

Sherry

Ginyia is just like any other little girl… She loves to play with dolls, but she is also a hard worker. Here she is, just finishing up washing dishes. (She also hand washes a lot of her own laundry!)

Ginyia loves “girly things,” dolls, hair-do’s, fingernail polish, etc. She loves jump rope, dolls, and pretty dresses for church! We believe her mother or father was from the Dominican Republic, but not much is known about them. Her mother died during a C-Section, and her father left for the Dominican Republic and never returned. She was raised by an older 17-year-old sister who could not go to school and take care of a baby, so they brought her to the Department of Social Services, and they brought her to us. She will be in 4th grade this year. One of her daily jobs is cleaning her room! She wants to be a nurse! The kids gave her a nickname… since she has a large forehead, they call her “Fon Ton Boulet!” That doesn’t bother her a bit! All kids here have nicknames!

She is a sweetie, and we love her dearly.

Sherry