Yesterday, a young mother named Madamn Silien, age 20, came to our Birthing Center to give birth to her first baby. The baby was born with deformed legs and weighed 2 pounds and 4 ounces. The mother was so grieved, that she did not want to hold her baby… at first. (Many times, when a...
“He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.” Proverbs 22:9 This is a short and simple scripture, but so powerful! “A bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor!” When we remember others, the Lord will remember us. Be...
I know you all remember Jean Edwouard from here at our Love A Child Children’s Home! Jean Edwouard has come so far since we found him. When Love A Child found him, he was working as a “restevek” which is a child slave. He was cooking and cleaning for several families and was not in...
The poor in Haiti have such a miserable life! It is always a choice between "food and healthcare." For most Haitian mothers, they will not go to a clinic or see a doctor, because that money must be for food. As a result, many mothers have ill-health. When their babies are born, they have to...
We just unloaded thousands of seeds from Hope Seeds! Thank you, David Balsbaugh - CEO of Hope Seeds! Wilner, the Director of our Agricultural Training Center (ATC), who is in the picture with me, just took off to start planting seeds! It’s amazing what comes from just one little seed!!! Bobby Burnette
"The Potter's Hands.” "The Word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying, "Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words… Then I went down to the potter's house: and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.” "And the vessel that he made of...
Look at this yummy corn!!!! Our kids here at our Love A Child Children’s Home love this corn from Farmer Johns!!! I asked them what they wanted with their corn, and they said: “no we just want to eat all the corn!” Haha! Thank you, Farmer John, for the great corn! Our children loved it...
You won’t believe this story, but it happens all the time. Up in the mountains, when a woman has a baby, the local ladies who deliver the baby don’t "wait on the baby to come!" Instead, they make the mothers drink a strong tea, which tears their stomach up and too often, causes death. This...
“And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these three is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 The Lord gave me this thought several years ago. Faith is not something you just talk about, but faith is something you do. Love is not something you just talk about, but love is something you do! A...
Look at these girls doing a good job! Here we have Mikalange, Yolanda, and Daphline from our Love A Child Children’s Home! In Haiti, you learn at a young age how to iron and do laundry! This weekend we had so many clothes in the laundry room that these girls had to show off their...
