This was a great day for Jonas! Instead of working in a garden in the heat of the day with no food, from sunup to sundown, this sweet lovable little boy will be putting on his school uniform, shoes, backpack, and going to school for the first time in his life! Jonas was a restavek slave child. His parents died leaving no relatives to care for him, so a lady who owned a big field took him in as her slave. He was working in the heat of the day in the gardens, alongside adults, since his parents died.

When we brought him here to our orphanage, he did not even know how to hold a pencil in his hand. He tried to hold it with both hands as one would hold the heavy Haitian garden tool called a “wou!” Now, thanks to generous sponsors, he is eating three meals a day, sleeping in a bed, taking two showers a day, and going to school! He is happy, lovable, and adorable!! He never had a “hug” before in his life! Imagine that! We love you, friends, and partners because you love these children as much as we do!

Sherry

I never understood this Creole Proverb until we moved to Haiti. We had made many trips for years, going back and forth to Haiti, until one day, God told us to move to Haiti. Since then, we have seen the strength and resilience in the Haitian people and their children. Adults who face horrible situations each day, trying to find food for their families… they always try to put on a brave face. But the children especially, who are so sweet, even though they are hungry, will try to find joy in the smallest of things, even though they have never had a toy, a doll, or a truck. Sometimes, when visiting an extremely poor village, we will see little children sitting in front of a mud hut, laughing and giggling only to find out they haven’t eaten yet today.

“A Haitian Laughs When He Should Cry…” We love the children and people of Haiti! We are so honored that God would call us here! – Bobby and Sherry

Bass Pro Shops called the office in Fort Myers yesterday saying our tents which we bought from Bass Pro Shops in the state of WA, will be delivered on Friday in Fort Myers. (These tents were bought directly from the manufacturer who makes them for Bass Pro Shops).

On Monday we will have a container ready to load the tents for Haiti. And, next week the container will leave for Haiti! Soon families who lost everything in the earthquake will have a shelter while they try to rebuild. Thank you, we paid for 2,066 tents…

Plus, we thank the many of you who bought tents through Amazon and had them delivered to our Fort Myers office. All those tents were delivered here in our container last Friday.

Please pray: The gangs are controlling the port areas where the big fuel tankers come in. They are not letting anyone pick up fuel to deliver to gas stations or anywhere. So far no diesel trucks have been able to come this way to bring us fuel. We are in a critical situation here. Plus, it takes a lot of fuel to deliver fuel to all the areas we travel to. So many people have been asking us for food today.

One man who was so skinny was asking for food for his village. I could see the pain in his eyes. I told him to return tomorrow, and I will try to make it happen.

Thank you for your prayers and support… They are needed now more than ever.
Missionary Bobby Burnette

Due to political unrest in the country, and the recent earthquake disaster, we have been unable to conduct any Mobile Clinics. We have been “packed and ready to go,” but there were always problems in the way… one of them being the number of gangs in many areas of Haiti. For some time now, Haiti has been a “Level Four,” which means “Do Not Travel!” This has greatly hindered our work because we could not bring in teams as we have before. However, now we are preparing for our next Mobile Clinic and we have several areas that need help and have asked us to come. Even though we may not be able to bring in teams from the States, we can take some of our doctors and nurses from our Jesus Healing Center and leave a smaller crew at the Clinic, and they can work longer hours.

The need is great. People in the mountains cannot afford to go to a Clinic, and they cannot even afford to pay a small amount to travel by “tap-tap” (local transportation). Fuel here is really scarce. It is difficult to find fuel and these public “tap-taps” are hard to find. There are some villages that will not travel to a clinic at all… they prefer to use things they have used before… such as putting dirt, eggshells, and cobwebs on a horrible burn from boiling water! That’s why our Mobile Clinics have to come to them. A lot of work must be done ahead of time. All medicines must be labeled and organized. It is a lot of work, but very rewarding. We will be sharing with you, where and when, the next Mobile Clinic will be. As always, Jesus is the Great Physician! God bless you, Sherry

Haiti is in the worse food crisis we’ve ever seen. This is due to economics, gangs in the streets, fear, great political instability, and much more… An over 85% unemployment rate, the earthquake, and the list goes on. The children suffer the most. Our hearts are torn out with sadness.

We are thankful to “Feed My Starving Children.” Last month, they gave us 11 containers (each container has 272,160 meals onboard). Mark Crea, the Executive Director/CEO of Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), told me they would be giving us three extra containers per month for the rest of the year. The Haitians call the FMSC meals “ti pa nou,” “just a little for us.” The Haitians absolutely love their ti pa nou. The Haitians even write and sing songs about how they love their ti pa nou!

Here is how it works. FMSC must raise $65,000 per container to purchase all the ingredients. FMSC then donates the container of food to Love A Child. Then it cost us around $10,000 to have the container shipped from Minn. down to Miami, then put on a ship then shipped into Haiti. Then, we must move it through customs, paying all the different costs. Then we must pull the container here to the Love A Child “Kingdom Connection Food Distribution Center” and then distribute it into the many different areas where families are desperately waiting for their meals. We are doing this through all the chaos of these gangs and other obstacles.

We need your prayers for the safety of all the food deliveries to the many different locations.

When you have 14 or 15 containers, sometimes less, coming in per month, costing $10,000 per container, the burden grows heavy.

Faith doesn’t know we don’t have all the money!

We have support for about 35% of the containers which arrive. Thank you for your prayers.

Missionary Bobby Burnette