THE POOR: “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.” Proverbs 19:17 The Lord pays a better interest than the bank! When we give and help the poor, it touches the very heart of God. In Psalm 41:1-3, the Lord has given us...
Our Love A Child girls “are something else!” They can scrub floors, cook, mop, take care of kids, and do anything… they work hard! When given a job, you don’t have to worry about “will they do it?” This is the same for our “Bianca.” Just look at her with her little headband after working,...
Here is Mark Ostrander's crew building for the future! John Eddie is the head of our Haitian crew, and we are building rooms to house future mission teams to come into Haiti. Due to all the gangs, riots, kidnapping, etc., we have not been able to any have teams in now for two years or...
Haiti is a country with many problems, especially the lack of security. There are so many gangs on the streets, and even when there are not gangs, there are roadblocks! Yesterday, as some of our workers were coming in, they had rocks being thrown, fire at roadblocks, etc. With the instability, the danger is everywhere......
The Love A Child team was the first and only team on the ground in several areas after Haiti’s earthquake. Your heart will be moved as you witness the destruction and hear from some survivors. A woman who lost her leg in the 2010 earthquake, and her livelihood in this one, holds on to gratitude...
"Fish guts and seaweed… the price of disobedience." All of us have "missed the mark" sometime during our life. I don't believe there is a person alive, a Christian, who can say that they "never disobeyed the Lord." We have all done it, and as soon as we do it, we know we have messed up! The case of...
When a mother dies and leaves a child behind, the Social Affairs Department of Haiti can consider this child an "orphan." A poor father cannot take care of a baby... He will try to "give it away," or take him to Social Services, or give him to family to become a "restavek slave." When Job's...
Another warm tent story of a family (along with other families) receiving a tent in the earthquake zone. Giving out all of these tents has really touched our hearts deeply. Cannot thank everyone enough who helped with these tents. So far we've given out 1,500 tents in the Department de Nippes. Very soon 500 more...
With all four corners of the country in Haiti in "lock-down," many of the clinics have closed their doors. This could be due to gang violence all around the clinic or hospital, or it could be because people are afraid to travel on the streets because of the gangs. Some Haitians said, "When they enter...
BROKEN FOCUS: “Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.” 2 Peter 1:10 So many things come up in our lives that try to break our focus from what the Lord has called us to do. Some of these things may be a...
