Today Mayor Yvrose is still distributing meals all over—into the forgotten areas. Thank you… we were able to ship and go with tons of food for the surrounding areas of Jeremie.

Mayor Yvrose is a strong Christian woman of 69 years old. For the days that Sherry and I were there, I never saw her sleep. One time she laid some cardboard on the ground by the food to lay down. She worked nonstop, always going to distribute the rice, etc.

She had control over anywhere between 30 to 50 security guards at all times. She had to control at least 150 workers, mostly people who did not have jobs. This was a blessing to them. Thank you to our friends for paying for all of this. The mission is being accomplished!

Mayor Yvrose is tough… I will never forget when she had 250 pastors come from the mountains to pick up food for their area.

I told Sherry, some of these guys are lazy. Oh Lord, Mayor Yvrose came right by me with a switch in her hand. She told the pastors, “You are a lazy bunch. If you don’t pick up your rice, etc., and help load the trucks, I’m going to beat every one of you!!”

You have to understand Haiti; it’s one crazy place. Sherry said, “this is my kind of woman!”

Hubert works and lives in the area hardest hit. This is where Jesse Ostrander and our Haitian team worked with Hubert distributing meals all over, Lasile, the epicenter area of the earthquake.

Thank you–we shipped tons of rice, beans, and oil out there.

As of yesterday, we ran out of food…

Good news update tents!!

Today we have a donor family who will overnight $85,000 for 472 tents (with an average cost of $180 per tent)! Plus, as you know, we have another donor family who will match double every tent bought… this alone will mean we have 1,416 tents!! David George will overnight today $9,000 for tents! Our goal was 1,000. We have others giving small amounts, one tent or more. Several are giving more… Every tent counts!!  Today will be the last day for double-matching the tents.

Urgent: Very soon, the rainy season will start in the mountains in the earthquake areas. We are needing tents!!

Please call today to our office and let them know what you can do… 239-210-6107

Love A Child
12411 Commerce Lakes Drive
Fort Myers, Florida 33913-8664

Please give online: Go to our website: https://loveachild.com/ways-to-give/

Thank you… We love you.

Bobby and Sherry

They are the “little ones” who suffer the most because they are too small and helpless to fend for themselves. They live under pieces of ripped tents due to an earthquake, or in a straw hut made from dried grass. They never complain about anything because they are too hungry and weak. Every day when they wake up, they have one goal… find enough food to make the hunger go away “today.”

They have faced hurricanes, earthquakes, and mudslides now and then, but they face hunger “every day.” There have been times that those from a large family have seen a brother or sister “go away with their mother,” and not come back. They just never realized that a sibling had been sold for food, or even given to another family to work as an indentured slave.

Looking into the eyes of these children leaves a great pain in our hearts. These are the ones that the Lord has called us to feed. We are always looking and seeking “that tiny village” that is forgotten. You and I can be an “answer to their prayers.” Thank you, for helping us feed the children of Haiti. – Bobby and Sherry

Last week and all this week, we’re still giving out rice, cooking oil, beans, and condensed milk.

We have seen unbelievable desperation. The people have desperate needs for a tent to put their families in while they rebuild.

We have a friend, her and her husband will give the money for two tents for every tent bought.

So one tent purchased would be matched by two more tents!!! PTL!

An average tent for a family of 10 costs around $180.

You can order through Amazon or call the office at 239-210-6107 or send your offering in the mail.

Love A Child, Inc.
12411 Commerce Lakes Drive
Fort Myers, Florida 33913

Thank you.

We love you!
Bobby and Sherry

Her orphanage family of kids call her “Krapo,” which means “frog.” (All our orphan children have nicknames for each other.) They call her “frog” because she has big eyes! And she does!

Bianca is a quiet young girl who loves to study. Here, she is helping fix a treat for one of her sisters, Jovanie. Bianca and three of her siblings came to stay with us because as we were told, her parents had died on a small Haitian boat, en-route to the states. Bianca is beautiful and “girly,” but loves sports too! She loves church and “dressing up!”

She will be in her last year of high school here in Haiti. She had one goal in mind, to be a surgeon! She had been “cutting up and sewing up dolls,” with thread when she was small. Bianca loves to cook!! We love her so very much!! She can be anything she wants to be, because she sets her mind to it! We love her so much!

Sherry

We returned late Thursday afternoon from Jeremie, south Haiti, exhausted and emotionally drained. Mayor Yvrose and her team are still giving out meals all over in their section of the country. They will continue probably for two more weeks at least. Out where Jesse Ostrander and his team were in south Haiti, Hubert and his team are still giving out food. He left this morning for the interior with another big load of rice, beans, and cooking oil. Sherry and I cannot thank everyone who has helped and continues to help. Your hearts have been so full of love.

When Sherry and I left south Haiti on Thursday, seeing the children and their parents who have lost their houses broke our hearts. Everyone, by the hundreds, has been asking for tents to live in. The Lord has put a heavy burden on our hearts to help. I could barely sleep last night thinking about them, especially the children. Please pray…

We have a friend, she and her husband told us they will match two tents with every tent bought! If you purchase one tent, they will match by providing two more tents. So, one tent will end up being three tents!! PTL!

Sherry and I, along with the families of Haiti, are so thankful. Please let the office know in Fort Myers of every tent you will bless a poor family with. Love A Child phone number: 239-210-6107

12411 Commerce Lakes Drive, Fort Myers, Florida 33913

We are praying!

Missionaries Bobby and Sherry Burnette