This is Berry Limose. He and his three sisters, Julianne, Sheline, and Jonise, were the “first four children” we took in to start our orphanage. They were all born in a poor village in L’Estere, Haiti, in a mud hut.
Their father died, and soon after, their mother was on her death bed. She called me and made me promise that “if she died,” we would take care of her four children. We never intended to start an orphanage; it just happened.
When their elderly grandma handed over the four small children, she said, “I’ll give you three good ones and one bad one…you’ll have to beat Berry every day!” Ha.
Well, we had our “ups and downs” with Berry. He got into trouble when he was a teen, but we believe in a “second chance.” Berry has now been working for Love A Child for many years and doing a great job! His job is handling all the food distributions, some of which are in dangerous areas.
Yesterday, after doing a food distribution, he was driving our big food truck back, and just before he got to our gate, a guy on a motorcycle yelled, “You better give me some food, or I’ll shoot you!” Berry yelled back, “I don’t’ have any food to give you,” and Berry kept on driving. Right before he got to our gate, the man on the motorbike shot twice at him! Berry just made it inside our gate! We were all so thankful for his life!
Later that night, Berry was running around here inside Love A Child, in the dark, and fell and broke his toe! (You can see Dr. Barthelemy in the ER with Berry.) He was thankful for the great care our clinic gave him.
There is a Creole Proverb that says, “When you pass through sickness, you will know the medicine.” Berry, you’re a tough young man!
We all love Berry!!!
