This is the time of year all of us gardeners enjoy so much… the time to harvest. Wilner and the Agricultural Training Center (ATC) staff are having big harvests about every other day now. Here are pictures of a recent harvest from the large Verger garden that supplies the Children’s Home as well as the other kitchens at Love A Child Village. Just as the Bible says, “we will reap what we sow,” our staff of sustainable gardeners know they will have a great harvest from the seeds they have sown into their prepared ground. We thank Dave Balsbaugh of Hope Seeds International for supplying the appropriate seeds throughout Haiti, and we also thank Joe Perkins and Ron Lusk of Sustainable Food Production for getting us started with the indispensable shade houses they erected at the Agricultural Training Center and also at Love A Child Village. Thousands of Haitians are benefiting from these sustainable gifts toward development for sustainability.
The boxes of food that Love A Child delivers to the suffering throughout Haiti are more than simple meals; they are a means of survival, reprieves from suffering, and beacons of hope. Entire villages celebrate with joy when we come bearing food, women of all ages walk several miles to secure a box of sustenance, and children give delighted thanks when they receive a meal that satisfies their hunger pains. The work you support us in is not small, together we’re providing them with hope, and the Haitians say that “hope makes us live.”
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“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee, he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)
“Be strong and of a good courage.” (Deuteronomy 31:7)
This week you are not alone, the Lord is with thee. You will win and have the victory!
The Kenyans and the police arrived around 3:00 p.m. with backup to stop the gangs from coming our way! The small military is working with them. People are in the streets rejoicing! PTL! At one point today, the gangs were only about 10 minutes from us. The Lord delivered us today!! God bless all the brave men who fought and are still fighting right now. We thank you!
This is one of our older boys, Jonas. He turned 20, and we are so proud of him. Jonas helps us so much with “food distributions” and much more. He loves soccer!!
Years ago, we had a Mobile Medical Clinic in the mountains of Demesseau, Haiti. When the clinic ended, we got into our truck to head down the mountain. But before we could back up, a poor mountain farmer came to us with “a baby in his arms and tears in his eyes.” He explained that his wife had died in childbirth, and he had six kids to feed. He begged us to take the baby. I felt sorry for him, as tears ran down his face. I told him in Creole to “bring him to our orphanage on Monday.” (We had so many kids that I knew Bobby wouldn’t recognize another baby.) We squeezed him in, and we are so glad we did!
Jonas wants to be a mechanic. He is learning from the “best!” We are so proud of him!
This morning, the military told us that by noon today, more police will come along with the Kenyans for backup! They said this was confirmed. We are praying they will come. Thank you to everyone who has been contacting the right people.
Praise the Lord!
This morning, early, the food truck left for the interior to give out 76,600 Feed My Starving Children meals to the poor families who have been drinking sugar water from the dirty river to stay alive. Three military members came along for protection. Everyone told Sherry and me they did not think we should come along due to the possibility of activity in the mountains.
PTL! Mission accomplished! Everyone is back safe and sound.
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8
We must be wise this day. The devil is our adversary and wants to destroy you and me. He is seeking us to devour us today. Satan moves through people, even sometimes your friends, those whom you may think are the most loyal to you. Jesus looked right at Peter and said these words, “… Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.” (Matthew 16:23) There was a spirit behind Peter causing him to say things to Jesus that he should not have said. The Bible says, “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7)
I found out some important information from a big security meeting today. Someone came by our office and shared with us after the meeting. The 400 Mawozo has been in control of the police station which they burnt during their attack on Sunday at 2 AM. The 400 Mawozo is in control of Ganthier. The military (about 12 members) did go yesterday to Ganthier to fight the 400 Mawozo. They did not take the police station back. They did hide in the area watching all their movement.
The head of the 400 Mawozo “Lamo Sanjou,” which means “Death Without Days,” stood by the burnt-out police station yesterday saying he took over Ganthier and now he will take Fond Parisien, and blood will run down the streets. Something big will happen tonight, but I can not say what it is. Everyone pray… I can’t go into it, but there is a lot of corruption behind the scenes.
We are in extreme danger. We are facing life and death. Within two days, we may be attacked here at Love A Child.
Please, anyone reading this, we need more police, military, Kenyans, and armored vehicles here to help the military fight. No Kenyans have come to help us. No help has come! Unbelievable, yet I know why. I can’t tell you right now.
This is an emergency! We need your urgent prayers… ASAP!
Yet I believe the Lord will watch over us and protect everyone here.
Yolanda is now 16. She is a great student! She is my “helper,” at the orphanage. She loves to cook and she loves to jump rope. (How many young teenage girls in the States would say that!)
Her mother died shortly after she was born in the mountains of Covant. Haiti. Her father was not able to care for her. She is really involved in “praise dances!” She is my little “helper,” and we are so blessed she has come into our lives!
