Amid all the social and economic problems that hit Haiti hard, finding food for little children is the most difficult, but most rewarding. Many times, the children come and stand in line with a bowl they brought from home, but in most cases, we bring extra bowls.
We bring plastic spoons, but the children are so hungry that many times they use their fingers to eat. We just let them, because they are so hungry. If you have ever seen a hungry child eat, they eat “every grain of rice,” and lick their fingers when they are done! This is a sign of hunger and time and time again, it reminds us of why we are here, and why you are where you are. God put us together to feed hungry children and save lives! So, you are living in an exciting time, when you send funds several different ways and get it to the children in need.
This “one bowl of food,” is more than likely, their only meal of the day. Thank you, partners, for all your sacrifices and your love that makes this possible, Bobby and Sherry
We can never figure God out. He uses the most unusual people to carry out His will, and other times, He ignores the ones we think are qualified. But would God use someone from the “red-light district” to perform His Will? Of course, He will!
In Joshua Chapter 2, two men were sent from the Israelite tribe to “spy out the land of Jericho.” But they were in deep trouble because these ferocious inhabitants were already on alert that some “spies” had to search out the land… and they wanted them “dead!”
Where does God send the spies? To the “Red Light District” to a harlot’s house by the name of Rahab. Most “churchgoers” would have thrown a fit if they had heard that some of their “church members” had gone to stay at the home of a prostitute. But that’s exactly where God wanted them to go. Rahab, the prostitute, not only prepared lodging, and food for them, but she hid them under them on the rooftop under stalks of flax. She knew the army would come looking for them. After the soldiers were gone, she let them out and down the wall by her “red scarlet cord” (a welcoming symbol to her clients). She made the men of God promise that when Israel came to attack Jericho, they would spare her and her family alive. And they did!
God is God and He uses the most unordinary to do His Will. Many times, He will use someone who doesn’t even go to church, or someone who may not be a Christian. So, in your life, be prepared that God may use someone “you least expect” to be a great blessing to you!
Stanley… When his parents both died, he was raised in a very poor, run-down orphanage in Haiti. We received a call from one of his relatives in the States, and they asked if we could take him into our Love A Child Children’s Home because where he was staying was “not good for him.” We decided to bring Stanley into our “family!”
The area of Haiti, where he was in that old orphanage, spoke Creole differently from ours. So, when he arrived, to our kids, “he talked funny!” They called him “ki nam.” That basically means, “what’s your name?” When he came to us, he was skinny, hungry, and shy. But he was hungry “all the time.” As you can see, he soon put on weight! Stanley is a “gentle giant.” He is so sweet, so honest, and so respectful. He would do anything he was asked and is very “trustworthy.” He has been attending University INUKA to study civil engineering. He is in his third year now.
When he comes “home” to visit, he is in charge of all the fuel that “goes out.” He keeps track of how many gallons go into weed whackers, lawn mowers, cars, trucks, and heavy-duty equipment. Then, he goes back to college on the weekdays. He loves teasing his sisters, and he loves “soccer!” We are so proud of Stanley, and everyone loves him!
It has been a rough year. We began preparing for a Mobile Medical Clinic a while back. Then, many times, we would have to give this medicine to our Jesus Healing Center, because there were so many gangs down in Port-au-Prince and our driver could not make it to the pharmacies.
Then we would have to postpone the Mobile Medical Clinic and give what medicines we had to the Jesus Healing Center (which has a huge number of patients, daily). This happened many times, but this our Jesus Healing Center had to have medicine, and so, we would have to wait until the roads were clear to buy more.
These three “sweeties” are our Mobile Medical Clinic workers. Madamn Rosemarie, Madamn Jesula, and Madamn Denise. They work so hard. They have to label all the medicines in Creole and make sure nothing is “expired.” They must make sure we have enough in stock for “refilling” all these shoe bags. (The shoe bags allow us to see the medicines instead of “digging through boxes or buckets” as we used to do.)
Right now, villages are begging us to come because they don’t have the money for a doctor or to buy medicine, and “many cannot travel because of the gangs blocking the roads.”
In our Mobile Medical Clinics, we always have a Pastor and team that prays for each person before they leave and we send them home with Gospel Tracks. We also have food cooked for them before they start their long journey home. Everything we do for the poor, we want to do it with “excellence!”
We ask your prayers as there are more gangs now blocking the roads again.
The women in Haiti cook in kitchens that are vastly different than what we are used to in the States. They cook on dirt floors over open fires, but they serve hundreds of starving children in the process! This could not be done without your generous support; we need your help now more than ever! Love is something you do!
Greetings from the Dominican Republic. Our property that Love A Child and David George World Ministries bought last year is being developed right now. They hauled away 8 truckloads of trash and garbage and now they are bringing in about 18 or 20 truckloads of sand and gravel to level the land. Then they will bring in a huge roller that will compact the land. This is right across from our Love A Child church that is growing very fast. This is where we will build a big children’s church, put in a basketball court, and playground equipment for the kids. We hope to start the wall around the property next week. Many souls will come to Christ on this property. Angie and I and RL and Vanessa and our Dominican Republic team are praying for a financial miracle for this property in Villa Hermosa!!
We love you both!!
David and Angie
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Villa Hermosa is a very poor area that has a great deal of Haitians (especially young people) and some Dominicans. We are so proud of David George, Angie, and their friends sponsoring, working hard to have this area developed. Next week the wall starts going up!
By faith, I can see the children’s church, basketball court, and playground! Love is something you do!…
“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he is that the doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)
“… I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” (Hebrews 13:5)
“… the battle is not yours, but God’s.” (2 Chronicles 20:1-29)
We began our Orphanage many years ago with four children from L’Artibonite, Haiti. We had built a school in this very poor area and often had Mobile Clinics. One day, a person came and told me that a lady was dying… When I went to see her, she was near death. Her husband had died and she had four children… Barry, Sheline (tallest girl), Julianne (next to the smallest girl), and Jonise, (the smaller girl). I was so scared that the mother would die, I gave the woman anything I could think of as far as medication… but I knew the truth, she would die.
We left the village but came back in a short time… and the whole village was standing and looking at us, saying, “You need to take these four children. No one here has food for them… If you don’t take them, they will die. It will be your fault!” We put the four children in our truck, (they had never ridden in a car or truck before), and the “white people” took off with them.
That’s how we started our Orphanage… When Julianne was older, she helped me in our Mobile Clinics. She had the “gift” in her hands… We sent her to a very good Medical College in Port-au-Prince, but the gangs were on the streets at night. One night, as she was coming home to Fond Parisien, she saw a guy on a moto shot and killed right in front of her. She could not sleep at night…
She left this life behind because she was so afraid of the gangs. That was about a year and a half ago… She is now engaged, in the States, and working her way to becoming an RN. She’s come a long ways from that mud hut in Haiti. She will be a great RN because she has so much compassion. We are so proud of her.
Little 11-month-old Vialie Jose sat on the table at our Malnutrition Center waiting for her exam. Her mother, Madamn Palimene, was just 35 years old and already a widow. Her husband had died just a short time ago. Together, they had eight children, two of whom died. The oldest had died at birth, and the youngest died at 13 months old. She said the baby died when she went to work in the garden, leaving the baby with her 15 year-old brother…
She now has six children. She makes her living doing “odd jobs” for other poor people (i.e. working in their garden, washing clothes, etc.) Her garden does not produce much of anything due to a drought. Her children mostly live on bread and corn, which is the reason Vialie has Kwashiorkor Malnutrition. Little Vialie Jose only weighed in at 6 kg and has been malnourished for some time. She suffers from diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and lesions all over her body. The doctors said that she now has “Chicken Pox.”
They live up in the mountains of Peyi Pouri in a small area called Marozo. There is no clinic or help of any kind. The Jesus Healing Center transferred her to our Malnutrition Center, because they said there would be no hope of her survival unless we took her in. All the children have been living on “hardly anything to eat” for quite a long time. What a life of sorrow for this young woman and her whole family.
We will get little Vialie Jose back on her feet and see how we can help her mother to take better care of her children. After burying her husband and two children, this mother has almost lost all hope. We need to help her get her hope back. The Haitians say, “espwa fe viv.” It means, “hope makes us live.” Let’s always help the poor.
This is the last of our Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) meals until Customs opens again… when, I don’t know. The kidnappers still have the last man they kidnapped.
Hoping and praying every day. Oh, the people and children of New Letant (Kingdom Connection Village). Thank you for your prayers and support. Seeing these precious families receiving their food is a joy and happiness I cannot explain. For those of you who help and pray we are doing this together!
