After Lucson’s mother died in childbirth, his father immediately brought him down from “Covant,” one of the highest mountain areas in Haiti. Lucson was always small and tiny as a rat, but smart as a whip! He makes good grades in school and knows a lot of Bible verses. He also loves basketball. He is...
We are in the throes of another busy day here in Santo Domingo, full of doctor's appointments and tests. We should finish things at 8:00 or 9:00 tonight. We make the most of our time here. The days are long but very productive. The Dominican doctors here are second to none, top-notch. They are very...
Here is Yonel, from our Children’s Home, at our Love A Child apartment in Santo Domingo. He is home from the hospital. The doctors thought his surgery would take two hours, but the operation took them five hours. They even had to take on two more assistants. Yonel has a new hand!! I just got...
What is “Tipanou?” It's a Creole word that means "just a little for us." This is what the Haitians call our Feed My Starving Children meals. They love it!! Each container contains 272,000 lifesaving meals. PTL! We have seven more containers coming in for April. Thank you FMSC and thank you to our friends who...
Love A Child is committed to serving the impoverished in Haiti regardless of the many obstacles we may face. We never lose hope; we continue to look for new ways to provide assistance and faith! Join us in Obia, Haiti, a village high up in the mountains where hundreds of mothers have no way to...
“Someone’s Watching You” My favorite missionary story while living in Haiti was the conversion of the witch doctor, Joel Estime. He was the biggest, meanest witch doctor you have ever seen. We first met him when I asked to use his hut for a small Mobile Medical Clinic. The story is long, but here’s the...
Lionel (Yonel) is out of a very long surgery. He is in pain, but is heavily medicated. When the nerve blocks wear off, he will be in more pain. The surgery was extensive. They rebuilt his hand. They separated all the fingers. He is in the recovery suite now. Hopefully, he will get some rest....
Wilguens (Jacque) is now 11 years old and in the 6th grade. When his mother died, his stepfather could not take care of him, nor his sister, Fabienne. There were many times when his stepfather left him and his sister alone while he was working. Both children became malnourished. That’s when the Department of Social...
Little Yonel (Lionel) is prepping to go into surgery now... Please say an extra prayer that his hand will be as good as new. Jesse and Roseline are there with him. Please read our previous post. Bobby Burnette
Yesterday, Yonel (Lionel), who is from our Orphan's Home, went through several tests to prepare for his hand surgery today. When he was a very little boy, his father got mad at him and put his hand in boiling hot water. His fingers and hand melted together. Then his father threw him in the street...
