Enclosed is a map of southern Haiti, where we have distributed tents for the earthquake victims. On Monday, we distributed 140 tents in Plaisance de Sud. Today 240 tents will go to Arnaud.

So far, we have distributed almost 1,200 tents. One picture you will see here is of the Haitians being taught how to put up a tent.

Thank you, Hubert, to you and all your crew for all the hard work each day.

This coming week Sherry and I will be traveling to Jeremie to distribute several hundred tents through Mayor Yvrose.

Thank you!
Missionary Bobby Burnette

This is Kristela! She is hard-working but mischievous! She helps me quite a lot in the depot and she will do any “dusty, dirty, or heavy work” there is. And this time, she’s wearing “Poppie’s hat!” She and the other girls help a lot in the Children’s Home and with other projects. It is her responsibility to be the “first kid up at 4:30 am,” and turn on the Christian music to wake up the kids. The first song is “Every Praise,” by Hezekiah Walker. She turns it up “full blast,” and all the kids get up and get cleaning and working! We work hard and “play hard!”
Kristela is funny, happy, and just a sweet girl! She is in 10th grade! There’s no telling what she will be or do in life! We met her mother years ago in a Mobile Clinic! Her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother were all Voodoo. We are so glad we rescued her when her mother died. We all love Kristela! – Sherry

This little Grandma touched our hearts. When the earthquake happened all of her children and grandchildren who lived with her left Grandma to travel and live in Port Au Prince when their house was destroyed. Her tent was put up just before it started raining.

She was so thankful and happy. All-day today and this week tents will be given out to families deep in the interior.

The forgotten places. Thank you to all of our friends who made this possible.

This week I may be giving a special update on something that I believe the Lord is laying on our hearts.

We have given food and now hundreds of tents. What do we do with the poorest of the families who will not have the money to build back a small house? This would be a big step.

We love you…
Bobby and Sherry

Our Love A Child girls are beautiful! Esther, left, is the youngest and in high school. She wants to be a vet when she finishes school. She is the sister of Widlene who is in college.

Dimelia, in the middle, is preparing to go to college, but in the meantime, she volunteers at our Birthing Center and does the sonograms. She wants to be a doctor. She may be going to college in Jamaica, Lord willing.

Fabienne is in college to be a Dental Hygienist. She has one year to go. When she finishes, she can work at our Love A Child Dental Clinic, inside our Jesus Healing Center. All our Haitian children have a dream. They struggle to fulfill their dreams in the midst of gangs on the street, and the constant fear of kidnappings. (The husband of one of our workers, was just kidnapped and not returned yet).

We ask everyone to pray for our children “every day.” Haiti has no security, and the gangs outnumber the police. But, our lives are in “His Hands,” and that’s the best place to be!!

Sherry

The earthquake that struck South Haiti, didn’t care if it affected the crippled, the children, the blind, or the elderly. The earthquake struck the most vulnerable, anywhere and everywhere. While we were giving away the tents that you, our friends and partners purchased, it was such a joy to give tents to the elderly widows and grandmas, whose houses were destroyed.

Here, we found a grandma that was blind. When the earthquake struck, she was terrified because she was by herself in her house, and the fear of being left behind almost gave her a heart attack… but, thankfully, her little granddaughter rescued her. The other sweet grandma was also by herself and nearly made it out as the house was collapsing. These three little frail widows, grandmas, are just some of the sweethearts you have given a new “temporary home,” to. You are keeping them out of the rain and when the weather changes, they will be out of the cold night air.

If it “were not for you,” these little widows would be sleeping each night under sticks, or pieces of palm branches, pieces of ripped tin, or torn clothing. We were talking to the last little grandma when the rain began to pour down… so, we opened the flap of her tent and helped her inside. She sat down, very thankful to be out of the cold, windy rain.

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” James 1:27.

I believe James loved his Grandma as much as we love these.

Sherry

This is what one lady said to us, as they welcomed us to their village, destroyed by the 7.2 earthquake that shook southern Haiti, August 14th! Up until now, many of the earthquake victims had felt that they were forgotten… but the Lord had not forgotten them. After spending many days in the heat of sun, moving away debris, and finding nearly everything gone, they finally had “hope!” Because of you, our generous partners, we were able to give tents to areas where the earthquake hit hardest… in areas such as “Petit Trou de Nippes, Lierve, and Lazile and tents are going to many other areas besides these!

We give special thanks to Hubert and his team, who went to each family in each area; first they checked on the families and then gathered information on the need for tents, name of families, how many children and people, the ID number of each family member and cell phone number, etc. So, each “village” had a huge spreadsheet of facts, before the tents arrived!! If it had not been for Hubert, this job would have been “nearly impossible.” Special thanks to Joel who helped with the logistics and how to vet each family.

We were thankful to Jesse, who has been helping Hubert and the team to set everything up ahead of time. And thankful to “Casimi,” our container driver, who made two trips through the most dangerous area in all Haiti… Martissaint!” He blew through that area like a cloud of dust, with our precious cargo of tents!! (I think the Angels were hanging on!!)

Philemond, our own driver, has been with us all the way! Our team got up early each morning and we had “villages” scheduled throughout the day. So far, we have distributed “family-sized tents” to 791 families, spread out in all directions, over dangerous mountain roads! But, we still have more to go. Tomorrow, we will be sharing some precious stories of families who received tents, especially the elderly.

During a disaster like this one, and the earthquake of 2010, the one thing that sticks in our minds that the victims have said, “You didn’t forget about us!” One lady said, “we are not forgotten!” As long as we know “help is on the way,” we can survive!! “You” are the help that God has sent to these people! We thank you with all our hearts, more stories tomorrow, Bobby and Sherry