We brought our first four children home from a mud hut in the village of “Babylon,” (L’Estere), in the L’Artibonite area. The next four came from Petionville… Julia, Dana, (Yolande), Florence and Franceau. These four children were sick and brought by their mother to our house in the mountains, and[…]
PTL! This is blind Grandma Mersilla praising the Lord for the construction beginning of her Gabion house! I will never forget the day when we were all there giving her a tent to live in because she lost her house in the earthquake. Oh, she praised the Lord… just like[…]
Madamn Lagarde sat on the tap-tap (public transportation) with her baby Cilenska. She had used all her money for the tap-tap from a village called Balan. She had two other children at home, but her little baby girl, 8-month-old Cilenska, was “near to her heart.” However, due to the food[…]
“The Missionary’s Prayer” The “spirit of fear” is a very real and strong spirit. It will “play with your mind” and make you fearful, afraid, and you may even want to go into hiding. It will make you withdraw from people and those you love because it is a spirit. We missionaries that live[…]
When Kenson was born, his mother died, and his father brought him to our Love A Child Orphanage. He loves soccer and basketball and gets along well with the younger children. He is quiet and has a good personality. When he goes to Church, he tries to make sure that[…]
“God Gives the Cows Tails to Shoo Away the Flies” – A Haitian Creole Proverb Warning: Graphic Photos We had 150 patients waiting to see the doctors… All the patients had checked in and were waiting to see a doctor when we got the news that there had been an[…]
The recent earthquake in Haiti killed hundreds and injured thousands, leaving them with no food or shelter, suffering in the elements while a tropical storm ravaged what was left. The Love A Child staff spread out to hard-to-reach areas to provide thousands of bags of rice and beans to these[…]
Steadfast, unmovable, always abounding: “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 15:58) We must be steadfast, unmovable in the work of the Lord. All our work for him is[…]
All our children here at Love A Child “work” and do chores, but some of them work, “just to be working!” Mikael is a good example. Mikael “looks for work!” He is one of the teenage boys that are always “looking for work.” When he is at home, he usually[…]
This is the story of a little 17-month-old baby named Sawensley. He is from Peyi Pouri, far in the mountains… He is living with his mother and father, but his father is a farmer and the soil cannot produce anything… there is nothing to eat or sell. This is a[…]
