“But when thou makes a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.” Luke 14:13-14 Our greatest blessings come on us when we give to those who cannot give back. Sherry
We had been so excited about returning to Haiti after our family Thanksgiving vacation. We promised all our kids in our Love A Child Children's Home that when we came back that "Christmas presents" would be coming with us! (Smile.) We had never seen the boys, especially, on such good behavior! They picked up trash and did their chores,...
Hannah, also known as Anna, is quite a young lady. Anna turned 17 in September. She is now in the 10th grade. She loves to sing and has a beautiful voice. The beautiful thing about her is that she loves to help people. She is always "looking for work" and wanting to help some of the...
Kensly Vil, a little baby about a year old, is from the village of Bwaleje. He is with his mother, Rosemitha Sama. His father is Jeral Vil. Madamn Rosemitha used to do some small things to make money, like selling oil in small cans and selling small cans of rice (ti marmot cans). Because her...
Peyi Pouri, Haiti, is a huge area in the mountains and not far in distance from Love A Child. But, because of the dangerous mountains, it can take hours to get there, when the roads are good. Inside Peyi Pouri are many smaller villages. The families here are poor, very poor. The majority of the...
The "other side" of the door… How many times have all prayed and asked the Lord for "an open door?" Bobby and I used to pray many years ago for "a great open door." Well, we got it. God called us to Haiti, but we never knew what we were in for. The Apostle Paul said,...
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...
