This week Love A Child takes you to Old Letant, a poor fishing village in Haiti. Relying on the volatile industry for food, these families know hunger all too well. Children spend their days at the lake fishing for scraps, giving what they can to their mothers so their siblings can be fed. Mothers’ hearts...
"Always Looking for Something Lost..." God is concerned about every aspect of our lives. He is concerned when we lose someone we love, or something that we need. In Luke 15:5-10 you’ll find the story of the little woman who "lost her coin" and swept her house until she found it. I have read this story...
Sandraline has always been a "sweety!" She is now 13, and loves little children, helping the moms, and working in the Malnutrition Clinic! She was born in Croix-de-Bouquets, about an hour from us. All we know about her family is that her mom died when she was a baby and her father only had a...
Philimond and Ezekiel have been in line for hours in our semi trying to cross the border into the Dominican Republic to buy cheaper diesel fuel... not the "black market fuel.” Looks like it is not possible today. There are hundreds of trucks in line trying to find fuel just across the border. Our semi...
But, What if We "Lose Our Hope?" Haitians live by proverbs... One proverb is "Espwa Fe Viv," or "Hope Makes Us Live." Many of you know some of what is going on in Haiti, and if you do not, read the Miami Herald, or look up "Gangs in Haiti," and you will see what is...
Is it time for a spiritual check up? The Bible says, “There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.” 1 Corinthians 15:44 – Once a year, Sherry and I go see the doctor for a physical check up. It’s also important in our lives to have a spiritual check up. I’ve learned something very important...
Lionel is a very sweet young teenager. He just turned 14 years old. Lionel gets up early in the morning and helps wash the car, helps with the plants and yard work, helps feed the horses, and chases down the donkeys to feed them too! He is kind and obedient!! He will be in the 9th grade once...
We welcome Pastor Mark Ostrander to Haiti, who came in yesterday. He and our Haitian construction crew will be working on future housing for our future teams. This makes Pastor Mark about 600 trips to Haiti! He is a hero of the faith for the poor. We have not been able to have volunteer mission...
It's amazing how much "stuff" we carry around with us all our lives. We can carry around "unforgiveness," "self pity," "fear," and I could go on and on. As long as we have these "heavy weights," we cannot ride the storms that will come into our lives. Apostle Paul, as a prisoner and along with...
We have three older boys, Dieuferly, Frantzo and Jean Gardy, who have a "business mind!" These three young men were raised here in our Orphanage from the age of three, seven, and six... but as they grew, they knew someday, they would need to have a way to make a living. So that in the...
