EVEN SO, LORD JESUS, COME QUICKLY…

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall raise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 4: 16 & 17

In this world, we are living in today. EVEN SO, LORD JESUS, COME QUICKLY! BE WATCHING FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD!

Missionary Bobby Burnette

All over Haiti, hunger is taking its toll on children, especially small children like 4-year-old Joachim. He and his brothers and sisters, five children in all, come from an area called, “Morne Horeb.” His mother has no job, and his father is a farmer. His father is always looking for food in his garden but finds nothing for the children to eat. The main problem is that there is no water for the garden, but the soil is also poor.

Since the country is mostly on “lock down due to gangs,” many more families with children are suffering. The situation of having to feed five children has been so bad that his father “farms out all five children each night to a neighbor,” so that they will have a place to sleep and eat a little something. The problem is that the poor neighbors are just as poor as this family is!

When his father saw that Joachim was growing weaker by the day, he began to look for a motorcycle to take him and his son to our clinic. This meant that the money he would spend on the motorcycle would have been the money he would have spent for food, but Joachim was in bad condition. It took him two hours to get to our clinic by motorcycle. By this time, Joachim was so weak that he could not stand. His belly was also full of worms.

Food, or the lack of food, is the biggest problem in Haiti. We have noticed more and more children coming to our Jesus Healing Center. The doctors say that they are so bad off that they must go to our Malnutrition Clinic. They began feeding Joachim special milk formula, and after that, the Feed My Starving Children food. He gained 15.7kg while he was here with us.

Joachim is such a sweet and shy little boy. He would have died of malnutrition had his father not brought him to us. Imagine being so poor that you must send all your children out each night to sleep with another poor family, hoping they will have food for one child. Now, each week when his father comes to visit, we send home a box of the Feed My Starving Children food, which is keeping the children alive! We are so grateful for your support in helping us feed hungry children at this time.

Sherry

“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10

Sometimes, we miss what the Lord wants to say to us because we are too busy to “listen to the still small voice.” There is a time to be happy and dance, or sing aloud, but there is a time to “shut up and listen to God.” In 1 Kings 19, we see the great Prophet Elijah, who had slain a lot of false prophets with the sword. King Ahab’s wife, Jezebel, was furious! She didn’t have an “iPhone,” of course, so she sent a messenger with a threat, that by “this time tomorrow, you will be as dead, as they are” (those false prophets). So, Elijah went and hid in a cave, until God spoke to him and said, “What are you doing here (hiding?).” Elijah began to tell the Lord that he was the only man of God left who was serving the Lord and that the enemy (Jezebel) was going to have him killed.

God told Elijah to go and stand upon a certain mountain because God had to get “Elijah’s attention.” A great wind came along, no telling the force of this hurricane, but it split the mountains into pieces and broke rocks! But “God wasn’t in the wind!” Afterward, God sent an “earthquake,” but God wasn’t in the earthquake! After that, a great fire… but God wasn’t in the fire. After that, a “still small voice.” God had to “get Elijah’s attention,” so that Elijah would stop feeling sorry for himself and listen to God’s “still small voice.” Had Elijah focused on the things that were happening around him, he would have missed the “still small, quiet voice.” God then told him, “You are not alone! There are seven thousand that have not bowed their knees to the idol Baal!”

In that “earthquake” or “storm” that you are in right now, take a minute. Sit down, calm down, and “hear the still small voice” of the Lord. “Be still.” Don’t cry. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be nervous! Just, “be still and know that I am God!” God is saying, “I have this under control! Do not fret!”

So, lift those hands that hang down, and praise the Lord! The battle is already won!!!!

Sherry

Florence has been with us since she was about one year old. I used to take care of her mother and her medicine when we lived in the mountains of Mt Noire, Haiti. But when her mother died, her father was not able to take care of Florence, her sister Julia, her other sister Yolande, and Franceau… so we took them all in.

Yolande is a Kindergarten teacher at Love A Child. Julie is a Lab Tech at our Jesus Healing Center, Franceau and several other boys have started their own little restaurant, and Florence ended up with a partial scholarship in Italy studying Radiology. (Although, she is really good with physical therapy.)

Florence will now be graduating in November, as she has passed all of her tests, but she cannot stay in Italy. She will be looking for a host family in the States and finding a job at a nearby hospital until she get can get on her feet. Wherever she lands, she will do a great job! We are so happy for her!!! I remember the day I heard that her mother died, and I went inside my house and said, “Lord, if you want us to take in these four children, send her father to us.” And He did! These four children love the Lord, and all are married except Florence… Hmmmm. All of us love and miss her.

Sherry

Several months have passed since the last earthquake, but people in the Nippes region are still homeless, starving, and struggling. Your heart will break as you hear about the loss and devastation these people experienced in the August 2021 earthquake, and the hunger they’re still experiencing. Our team visited a prison to share the love of God and a meal, and quickly realized the desperate situation the prisoners are facing due to earthquake damage. We rely on your generosity to make this gift of food and hope possible for all those who are despondent. Thank you!

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