It is hard for us to comprehend the suffering, despair, and total desperation of those who have been through this earthquake in the southern part of Haiti. We are here in Jeremie, one of the areas affected by the earthquake. Yesterday, the workers began unloading the boat of rice (6,000 sacks), cooking oil, beans, and...
“What’s Love Got to Do With It?” Tina Turner sang that song and made a hit record. Yet, she never understood that love, the “real love,” or the lack of love, has everything to do with everything that affects the whole world. In fact, you can sum up the crime problem by saying, “it starts...
What a great kid he has turned out to be!!! When I think about the first time we saw Nelson, it still brings tears to my eyes... His Voodoo parents were so mean to him... setting him on the ground in the hot sun, with no water, and this poor child was not able to...
This is Jesse Ostrander in the yellow hat in Lasile, near the Nippes area. He arrived yesterday with a small team and today, he and the team have been distributing rice, beans, cooking oil, and milk. We have split our teams so we could work in two areas at one time. Jesse said, “The need...
Good news for tents! Update on the housing needs caused by the earthquake: Praise the Lord—we have had an anonymous donor offer to purchase two family-size tents for every one purchased by other donors! The tents we need cost [about] $180 each. Each tent will house one family for up to a year while they rebuild...
“God Always Has A Backup Plan.” We read in the Book of Judges Chapter Six, that the children of Israel had done such evil in the sight of the Lord that He turned them over to the evil Midianites. These people were so evil that it caused the children of Israel to hide in caves....
The first time we saw Jovanie, was when she was just a young girl. A Haitian lady in our neighborhood told us about her. At that time, Jovanie had red hair from malnutrition and it did not seem that her mother was caring for her. We told her that we could take care of Jovanie....
Thank you for your prayers. Casimi with our semi-tractor caring a forty-foot container of rice left this morning before daylight in the darkness to travel through the gang-infested and controlled Martissaint. PTL! He had no problems! Behind our semi container was our staff in another vehicle following. Jesse Ostrander, Philimond, Garneir, and Carlos. Just right...
This day belongs to the Lord! “This is the day the Lord hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118: 24 Today is Sunday and no matter what comes our way today, I will rejoice and be glad in it. The Lord made this day just for us. The best is yet to...
Casimi had our rice loaded today in our 40-foot container. We had him park the container. No one knows where for security reasons, or when he will take off with our 20 tons of premium rice. He must travel through a very dangerous area. He will be taking a 5 to 6-hour drive tomorrow to deliver our rice for distribution. Thank...
