Julia, one of our Love A Child children, died last night while giving birth at a hospital near Croix des Bouquet. (She had to have a C Section.) Julia was one of the first “eight children” that we started our orphanage with. Her siblings are Franceau, who is studying for Ministry; Yolanda, who teaches at...
The Lord has the best benefits! “Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.” Psalm 103: 2 & 3 Every morning I speak this scripture out loud. We bless his Holy name... The Lord forgives us of all of our sins. The Lord knows how to heal our...
227 prisoners received a hot meal today! As a result of the gangs blocking the roads to the south from Port-au-Prince, food deliveries to the prisons in the south of Haiti have been cut off. The Love A Child team in Anse-à-Veau heard of the need and responded by getting up at 3:00 a.m. to...
When his mother died, his stepfather could not take care of Wilguens (Jacque) and his sister, Fabiola. Many times, they were left alone while his stepfather went to look for work, to buy food. The children became severely malnourished. Their stepfather decided to take both children to Social Services and they brought the children to Love...
Of all the things we do in Haiti, we feel that "feeding hungry children," is our most important job. Unless you have lived here for many years, as we have, and seen the tears of the mothers and heard their stories of how hard it is every day, to feed their children, we cannot possibly...
“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...
