“Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to harken than the fat of rams.” I Samuel 15:22 I love the story of Jonah! I have felt just like him, many times. I’m sure you have too. God told Jonah to go to the great city of Nineveh, and “cry against it!” Nineveh, modern-day Mosul,...
"If God be For Us..." Yes, those five words are guiding us each day... "If God be for us, who can be against us?" Rom. 8:31 Every one of us has trials and circumstances that we cannot control. Today, someone will be fighting a battle to save their child from drugs, to save their job,...
Madamn Louima Flerisma arrived at our Birthing Center. She is 37 years old and is the mother of five children. She is from the "Pine Forest" in Haiti, very far from here. She is a farmer and totally depends on the land to support her and her children. She has no husband to help her....
It was a joy to travel to a new village, very poor, called "Nan Plezi" (which should mean "the Pleasure"). I don't know why they call this village Nan Plezi, because I couldn't find a single thing that would bring pleasure... no crops, no topsoil, no water, and few trees. But, this food certainly brings...
Children are the heart of God... “Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.” Matthew...
The reason they call it "Salt Mountain" is that the soil is good for nothing. To the poor, it is like "salt," useless for growing crops. Most of the people in this area gather small sticks to sell or make charcoal, or they gather wild leaves and sell them for tea. Someone told us about...
Wow! Just look at this little guy! Noah has got muscles!!! I hope this makes a lot of you guys "jealous!" Ha. Well, if you had seen little Noah when we first found him, abandoned in front of our Love A Child gate, you would have never thought this little guy would live! Kaeli, one...
With your help, we have been feeding people and children all morning. We are preparing these children a delicious, hot meal! Be looking for our post when we return later today. The children will steal your heart! Love is something you do! Missionary Bobby Burnette
Love A Child takes you into the villages that work tirelessly to make the mud cookies that they and other impoverished villagers eat to stave off hunger pains. Your heart will break as you see children born into this mud cookie reality. Fathers spend all their lives harvesting the rock to make these cookies; mothers...