Jameson and Jonas are two of my favorite boys! They are always happy, sweet, smiling, and funny! Jameson came to us because he had such a horrible skin condition that was inherited from his mother. Oftentimes his mouth and other parts of his body will be broken out attacking certain areas of his body. Then he has to be scrubbed down with soap and betadine. He had suffered a lot. He cannot be in dusty areas and with the change of weather, he gets worse but always, always, has a smile!

Jonas, the one in the blue, is a rescued slave child. We put him in school with the kindergarten kids because he is just now learning his letters and numbers. Nothing bothers him or upsets him. He smiles 24/7! We just love these two little guys so much!  When God made them, He did some of His work!!

Sherry

Stories depicting the desperate circumstances of the marginalized in Haiti are brought to Bobby and Sherry’s attention in this week’s program, “The Widow’s Mite.” A 14-year-old boy, tired of watching his sister sleep in the elements, puts his young body to the task of building her a mud hut. Your heart will be touched as you witness a mother desperately trying to provide for her children, yet they are still hungry, their bodies covered in sores, eyes dull from sickness. But God’s bounteous love knows no limits, as even in these forgotten corners of the country lives are being changed.

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Love is something you do!

Not in “That” Dirty River!”

Well, you asked for it… But, “how bad do you want it?”

The story begins in II Kings 5. “Now Na-a-man, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valour, BUT, HE WAS A LEPER.”

People loved him! They adored him! Little children threw roses in the streets in front of him, women danced in front of his chariot… but, “he was a leper.” There was no way out for Na-a-man. It is sad to have “everything” and yet, you have nothing. It is sad to be loved by all, and yet, you are the loneliest person in the world!

But the Syrians had brought back slaves and a little Israelite girl felt sorry for her master. She told her master that the man of God in Israel, Elisha, could cure him of his leprosy. So, now, the king of Syria is writing a letter to the king of Israel, and sending him a man, his captain, full of leprosy, and asking the king of Israel to heal him! They search out the prophet Elisha and Na-a-man expects Elisha to come out and “lay hands on him,” and heal him! And Elisha is thinking, “how bad does he want to be healed?” He sends word to Na-a-man to “dip seven times in the river Jordan!” The filthy river Jordan!

Na-a-man says, “Not in that dirty river!” Send me to a clean one… send me to the rivers in Damascus. Na-a-man is just like us. We want God to do something, but we want it on “our terms.” God is saying, “How bad do you want it? If you really want it, start dipping!” Na-a-man didn’t want to, but he got down in that dirty river, and on the seventh time, he came up clean!!

You may be praying about something, and the Lord says, “I will heal you or I will do this, if you will do this.” It will probably be something you “don’t want to do,” because your pride won’t let you! So, when you are asking the Lord for something, be sure to say, “Lord, which way to that dirty river?” Obedience is better than sacrifice!

Blessings, Sherry

Moses… We cannot believe he is in the 8th grade this year. It seems like yesterday, the children’s hospital was calling us to “come and handpick up a baby who had been dropped into an outhouse!” Apparently, his mother might have had too many children and didn’t want another one. Instead of taking him to Social Services, she tried to kill him! By the Hand of God, an old man heard his cry and tied a rope around his waist and went “down into the outhouse,” and pulled up the baby in a bucket! We brought him back to our small and overcrowded orphanage we had rented, and began to bring him back to health! When a few years went by, we all moved into the “big orphanage.” Moses loves sports and he is “very intelligent!” He is now in the 8th grade! This story always reminds me that God sent His Son, Jesus, down into the abyss of a world full of sin to save us. There is no telling what Moses Burnette will do in his lifetime! God has a plan! Sherry

Cornelius: A HEART FOR THE POOR

READ ACTS 10:1-8, 25-34

There are three kinds of giving: tithes, offerings, and alms (which means giving to the poor). God blesses all of these, but I believe there is a special place in God’s heart for those who go the second mile and give to those who cannot give back.

In Acts, we hear about a man named Cornelius. He was a Gentile, a Roman centurion, a believer in and follower of the Jewish God, and a giver of alms. It was in his giving of alms that God saw his heart. He sent Peter to preach to Cornelius so he could now become a follower of Jesus.

Cornelius was “a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which give much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.” (Acts 10:2) And God said to him, “Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.” (Acts 10:4) Because of Cornelius giving to the poor, the Lord put him in the book of Acts! Our giving to the poor will come up as a memorial when we stand before God. This I do believe…

Missionary Bobby Burnette

I cannot believe our little Daniella is now in her last year of high school! She and her brother, Daniel, were supposed to be “triplets,” but their mother died in childbirth with the “third baby.” Daniel, her brother, has always had health problems. We didn’t think he would live… We later found out that he had an “eye infection” that he inherited from the day he was born. Daniella has had some problems, but not as bad.

Daniella just got glasses! Kids in Haiti love glasses, so Daniella is happy! Notice that the children here in Haiti wear uniforms, and they are proud of their school uniforms. They have been given a chance in life that many Haitian children do not have… The chance to go to school and be what they want to be. Daniella wants to be an eye doctor, and she wants to specialize in “diseases of the eyes” because her brother has suffered so much in his life with his eyes. Daniella’s dream is to help children who have had serious eye illnesses, like her brother.

We are so, so proud of her wanting to “give back” to the children of Haiti! We love this beautiful young lady, Daniella!

Sherry