Daphline is now 12 years old and in the 7th grade. She was born in the mountains of Savaan Roche, very far from here. When her mother died, right after childbirth, her father took her to live with her aunt (the sister of her mother). However, that woman's husband had just been shot and killed....
Florence and her three siblings, Yolanda (nicknamed Dana), Franceau, and Julia all came to us when Florence was one year old. Her mother had died, leaving four children and a father that could not afford to care for them. Yolanda teaches pre-school at Love A Child, Julia is a lab tech at our Birthing Center,...
Be not weary... “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Galatians 6:9 When we do good, helping the poor, trying to hold your family together, always going the extra mile of the way, it's easy to be weary and just give up at times. The...
Rodna is 11 years old and in 5th grade. When she was born, her mother died. Her father borrowed money for the funeral from a very evil man. He couldn’t pay, so the kidnappers kept her siblings. Sadly, the man never returned with the siblings. Her father, fearing for her life, brought Rodna to us....
Our Love A Child kids don’t mind work at all! We can give them any job, and all ages, down to three-year-old Kenny, “get the job done!” Sunday is a relaxing day, going to church, studying homework, etc. but all the kids know, “mom’s not happy when kids work!” Ha! They usually “crank up the...
"For We Walk by Faith, Not By Sight." II Corinthians 5:7 How often have we quoted this scripture and yet, not realized what it means? When I first met Bobby under a Gospel tent, and we began to date, he explained to me that God had told him to go on a long fast... on...
Kristela ”Zo Kiki.” Kristela is 19 years old and in 9th grade. Her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother were Voodoo! Her mother (pregnant with her), came to our Mobile Clinic in Savaan Pit. She was dying but we prayed for her and she became a Christian! 12 days later, her mother died after childbirth and her...
Good news! I’m told that the police yesterday arrested many from the Papaya Gang down the road from us, who have been causing havoc and terror! Thank you for your prayers... The best is yet to come! Bobby Burnette
At about 5:15 a.m., The kids at our Love A Child Children Home started pounding on our door (we are on the top floor, near the girl's dorms). I had just gotten out of the shower and so Bobby ran to the door. I heard so much screaming and "hollering," I really thought someone had...
Leviticus 23:22 – “And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger…” No matter what kind of job we have...
