From Joel Trimble: "Meresianne Sainger is 74 years old and lives day to day growing and harvesting castor beans to produce castor oil, which she sells in the local open-air market. Meresianne lost her house during the earthquake nine months ago and now has a new house built and paid for 100% by Love A...
Here is Mark and Jesse Ostrander with our Haitian “dream team” working on our future team and visitor housing. We are planning and working for the future. Right now, the gangs have taken over many areas, robbing, kidnapping, and shooting everywhere. With the fuel shortage, Haiti is in chaos. We claim Haiti for Christ! This...
"The Spirit of Discouragement." We are living in a time of our life, when many, many are discouraged. It is an overwhelming force that overtakes you, even when you come to church. You can try to hide it with a dress, or makeup; you can try to hide it by "leaving" when you should be staying....
It is very difficult for the poor in Haiti to survive, but it is even more difficult for a person with a disability. They are considered “worthless,” and many times they sink into despair. When the 2010 earthquake hit, it damaged and destroyed orphanages. One of these was for handicapped children. A few days after...
“With patience, you will see the navel of the ant." (A Haitian / Creole proverb.) Haitian Superstitions Endanger the Lives of the Unborn... Every day at our Birthing Center, all pregnant women are trained on precautions to take, and on things they should not consume during pregnancy. But Haitian mothers are stubborn and stick to...
Wilner Exil is the head of our Agricultural Training Center (ATC) Sustainability Program. He and his crew, along with the students in our ATC program, are producing an abundance! The Lord is blessing our seed sown! Wilner wrote me this little note below... Yum, cabbage, tomatoes, spinach, and papaya for our children. Good work Wilner...
“Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” Joshua 1:9 — The Lord spoke this to Joshua, preparing him for the great work, which was ahead. I just feel so strong in my heart early this morning that this...
We call her "pi-wi-li," which means "lollipop!" She was born in Croix des Bouquets, a couple of hours drive from us. When her mother died, her father was unable to care for her. He had a small job repairing bicycles in Port-au-Prince, in order to hire a woman to take care of her. But, jobs...
Little did Djonsly's mother know that he had cancer hiding behind his right eye, pushing the eye outside the socket! Like the widow woman with an issue of blood (Luke 8:43-48), she went from doctor to doctor... only the doctors in Haiti would not "even look at him." They had no compassion for him at...
Madamn Jacqueline Maçon lost her left leg when her business in Port-au-Prince fell on her in the earthquake of 2010. After the trauma of losing her business and her leg, she moved to her house in Lazile in the south of Haiti to escape the aftershocks and the fear of another quake in Port-au-Prince. In...
