In Haiti, when a mother dies from a poor family, the child is automatically considered an orphan because the father cannot care for the child. His reason, if he is poor, is to work in the garden, or carry things for someone else to make money, or to sell something. Since his family was poor,...
What to do with our enemies? Here is a very difficult scripture, yet we must obey the word of God. His love within us will help us do what the Lord is telling us to do. “But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,...
George... His real name is "Georges," named after Hurricane Georges, which struck Haiti in 1998. George’s mother had a large family and couldn't care for another child… but she was pregnant. She had told some ladies who worked in a large pharmacy that she was going to abandon the baby at the General Hospital and walk...
Two of the 17 missionaries have been released. I have been told that the two that were released were very ill and had to be released. The 400 Mawazo gang (Papaya Gang) still have the 15 missionaries. We cannot begin to imagine what those poor missionaries are going through, including their children... must be a...
"Face to the Wall." There comes a time in the life of every one of us, where we are facing a problem that seems "insurmountable…" a mountain too high to climb. We have faced that several times in our lives. I can remember when Bobby had a doctor's appointment and the doctor had "bad news."...
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 we felt even then that...
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 today when the rocks and...
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 shortage in Haiti, among the...
"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 in Haiti now must fight this...
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 "everything matches!" He is always...
