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Still Waiting on Those Teeth!

Ti Samuel (Little Samuel) came to us at the age of two. It was Social Services that brought him to us. We heard that his mother was unable to care for him, but then we were also told that she died in childbirth. There was no comment on what happened to his father, and nothing mentioned of any siblings.

Little Samuel has been a joy and he’s a very intelligent little boy. We had lots of physical problems with him, regarding his stomach and stomach pains. This had gone on for some time, and it seems that he has finally outgrew them. Little Samuel is quiet and a “tough little kid!” Everyone loves him. He loves soccer and working in the garden! He loves to sing but sings loud and off-key!

This picture was taken Sunday morning when he was getting ready to go to church. He is so small, yet he decided to try to read his Bible! We all love “Little Samuel!” We just hope he grows some teeth soon!

Sherry

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The Rock in the Sun…

11-month-old Kervensley is another product of the hunger that is circling Haiti each and every day. There are three children in Kervensley’s family, with a father. Kervensley’s mother, Madamn Mialine, is one of those mothers who sit in the rocky river bed and “chop and break” large rocks into smaller rocks. She and some of her children come early in the morning… the sun always gets so hot, and with no water to drink, they cannot work as they should.

The people in this area, especially mothers, say that it is easier to sit in the hot sun and break rocks each day than to see their children go hungry. They sit on “sharp rocks” and as the sun beats down, with no food in their stomachs, they take a hammer or anything they can find in one hand, and with the other, beat rocks into smaller tiny rocks! It is a horrible job! There is no water, so they will sit in the hot sun all day long and come home, dehydrated.

In addition to the fact that Kervensley’s siblings have no food, they also do not go to school. Kervensley was brought to our Jesus Healing Center Clinic this morning with severe malnutrition. After a thorough check-up, our doctors determined that we had to send him to our Malnutrition Clinic to save his life. He will stay with us until he reaches his desired weight. In the meantime, a box of food was sent home with his mother to feed her other children. We do not know how long Kervensley will have to stay, but his life has been spared.

The Haitians have lots of Creole Proverbs… and one of them is this, “The rock in the water does not know the pain of the rock in the sun…” It means those of us who are blessed or have plenty of food, medicine, etc., do not understand the horrible pain of those who have nothing. You and I are “the rock in the water!” Have a great day.

Sherry

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FOOD DISTRIBUTION

Update:

PTL! our container came in yesterday with 272,000 Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) meals on board! Nelio told me at 4:30 AM this morning that he believes another container will arrive today, maybe two containers. He said we would be pulling all the food containers out as soon as possible. I believe he must have made a deal with someone in order to have our containers travel through their gangs. It’s best I don’t know everything sometimes.

All this week, our Haitian team of workers will be delivering the food to several villages. Also, some organizations will be coming to pick up their food for their orphan homes and schools — if they can travel on the roads.

On Sunday, the papaya gang kidnapped a bus with the people on board going through Croix-des-Bouquets, not far from us. Eight of them were Turkish missionaries. Please pray for the release of everyone.

On Friday, the Papaya gang kidnapped a Dominican diplomat in the same general area. Thankfully, he has been released.

These gangs do not represent the sweet Haitian people. They are destroying what little is left of any economy. This must stop; very little is being done.

Pray for Haiti and all the hard-working people. The children are suffering more than I can put into words.

We are praying for the gangs; they need the Lord.

This storm in Haiti will pass over.

Missionary Bobby Burnette

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Word from the Mission Field

It Doesn’t Matter if We Can’t See “Him.”

In Mark, the 6th Chapter, 45-51, we see Jesus sending His disciples ahead and going into Beth-sa-i-da, while He went up into a mountain to pray. The disciples went by ship and while Jesus was praying, His disciples fell into the midst of a great storm… dark skies, huge waves, and a small boat. They were terrified. Jesus finishes His talk with His Heavenly Father and decides to join them… the boat has left, so He “walks on the water to them” in the dark, around 3:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. In fact, Jesus walked right by their boat and they didn’t recognize Him. The rest of the story goes on to say that as soon as Jesus “got into the boat,” the storm stopped, with Jesus saying, “Be of good cheer, it is I. Be not afraid.”

There is a story told by Jason Atwood, about a father and son, in World War ll. A father, trying to flee from the bombing and guns, took hold of his little son and ran from a building that had been struck by a bomb. The sky was black and dark, and danger was all around. No one could see anything, like the disciples. The father came across a “shell hole,” and in the dark, jumped down into it, letting go of his son’s hand. He held up his arms for his little son to jump and continued to try to tell the boy to jump but the little boy said, “But father, I can’t see you.” His father, seeing only the silhouette of his son, said, “But, I can see you!”

When we are going through a dark storm, it doesn’t matter if we can’t see Jesus. All that matters is that “He can see us!” It’s gonna be OK, Sherry

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Food Has Arrived!

GOOD NEWS! PTL!

Casimi made it through the gangs. Casimi was able to get our first container of 272,000 Feed My Starving Children meals to Love A Child today! Please pray! We have 12+ more containers to pull out of Customs. In all our years in Haiti, I’ve never seen hunger this bad. The children are suffering more than you will ever know. Thank you for your prayers.

Missionary Bobby Burnette

 

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Lucson… “Zorey!”

The village of Covant was one of our hardest and most dangerous mountains to get to. We had built a church and school there and had done some Mobile Clinics there.

This is where Lucson came from. His mother Emile died during childbirth (this is why we built a Birthing Center)! When his mother died, his father, Oscar did not, or could not, care for him. They were out in the middle of “nowhere.” So, the pastor brought this little “four-day-old” baby to us and we called him “Lucson.”

He is a “funny little guy,” just like an old man in the body of a child. Lucson is always smiling and very happy, and is always there when you need work done!!! He loves to read and loves school. He is quiet but mischievous, and he’s in the 5th grade! He has big ears, so the kids call him, “Zorey,” which means, “ears!” He loves to play soccer, the goalie! He is “super smart” and does well in school. Oh yes, he wants to be a doctor!!

Sherry

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Container update information

Please pray…

None of our containers of food had been pulled out of customs until Saturday. Casimi bravely tried delivering one container of 272,000 meals. He only made it partway and had to stop and hide our container because of gunfire and the gangs.

Today if he sees any way possible, he will bring the container to Love A Child… Please pray this container can make it, plus all our other containers in customs with more coming across the ocean all the time. This is a critical situation, please pray.

Remember Casimi in your prayers and our security with him. He is beyond being brave. Casimi is a hero for the poor. Also, pray for Nelio who is always dealing with customs and all the many headaches. He is turning gray-headed early! We will let you know this evening what happens today.

I cannot put into words how especially the children are needing these meals. They are hungry… This breaks our hearts into many pieces. Our hearts are down today. Thank you for your prayers and comments.

We are all doing this together for the Lord.

Missionary Bobby Burnette

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Update on Jasson (Jackson)

As many of you may know, Jasson, the little boy in these pictures, has a kidney disease brought on by Kwashiorkor Malnutrition. His kidneys have been failing for some time. So we have been sending him to a Kidney Specialist in the Dominican Republic.

Jesse Ostrander, who is working with us in Haiti, took Jasson and Yonel, one of our children who needed hand surgery, to the D.R. They just returned a few days ago.

The report is this:

Jasson has a lot of protein in his body; his kidneys are not processing it, and there is blood in his urine. It is time to implement plans for dialysis (which we have been trying to avoid). We will be purchasing the dialysis machine in the Dominican Republic. We are so thankful to one of our partners who is making this possible.

This plan will take place within the next 3-4 weeks:

1. Jasson will need surgery in the D.R. to have a catheter placed in his abdomen (the doctors will monitor him for 2-3 days). The doctors discovered a hernia that they will need to take care of at the same time. This process will take 5-7 days.

2. After the catheter is inserted, the “team” will start with dialysis. This part should take 14 days. The doctors will monitor him, and at the same time, two nurses, Jovanie (one of our LAC children) and Phanise, one of our LAC nurses, will be trained at this time. The nurses will be trained in the “daily function of the machine and nightly hook-up.” They must be trained to know what to do if something goes wrong.

3. We will have set up an apartment in the D.R. for this to take place. The dialysis specialists will come to the apartment to train the nurses with Jasson. They think this will take 14 days.

4. In the meantime, we will save a small room at our Orphanage, for Jasson and the two nurses. It must be thoroughly sanitized and only nurses with masks and gloves will be allowed in during that time.

Note: We also are praying and believe that we will find a Haitian donor in the D.R. for Jasson. This would be the best chance at a good life for him. Of course, pray is the main “medicine,” for Jasson, and “with God, all things are possible.”

Thank you for your love, and prayers for Jasson.

Bobby, Sherry, and Jesse

P.S. Special thanks to Jesse for all his hard work and many, many trips to the D.R. to find the surgeons, and for all his hard there. And thanks to Philemond, our driver, who has made many trips for Jasson, back and forth from Haiti to the D.R. and back!

“With a lot of hands, the load is not heavy…” A Haitian Creole Proverb

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Word from the Mission Field

IN TIMES LIKE THESE:

“And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” Matthew 24:6-8

“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” Matthew 24:12

Sin is sin, even if it’s, made legal it’s still sin. Through these times we live in, Jesus is our peace and anchor. I would not live one day on this earth without knowing Jesus Christ as my savior. I pray you may know him today… EVEN SO, LORD JESUS, COME QUICKLY!

Missionary Bobby Burnette

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So Many Ways to Cook Chicken!

“Cooking Crazy!!!”

It has been quite an experience raising 85 Haitian children, and watching them grow up… some of the boys are in college and some are working for us full-time.

Girls are so different than boys, especially here in Haiti! They “love to cook!!” They are always asking us to buy a few new things so they can test their skills on the other children. Last week we bought 12 chickens from their “brother’s poultry business!” (Which is doing quite well!!) Their brothers are the “taste testers!”

It is fun seeing the girls cook basic things, and they know how to “exhibit” their food by arrangements. They say, “the food must not only taste good, but it must have a good smell and looks good on the plate!!” We will keep you updated on these new “creations” from our Love A Child children’s home, Sherry

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