Dieubon is one of our favorite kids. He is quiet, but he is a "rascal!" When he was a small child, he had horrible "club feet" and spina bifida. He had successful clubfoot surgeries and back surgeries. He has a rough time in school so we don’t know how far he will go, but he...
Today, Doug and I went over to check on Pastor Claude’s Children’s Home and the construction of the new showers, toilets, etc. Look at how clean everything is! The beds are all made up, and the floors were mopped and cleaned. The cooks were preparing the afternoon meal. Notice all of the Moringa tree leaves....
This is fact: This morning, Farmer John, who has the slaughterhouse inside Gwo Maché Mirak (Grand Miracle Market), had a driver who was coming to the market. He passed by the bad area that I spoke about in my post yesterday morning. John just told me, 15 minutes ago, that the gangs came and tried...
"Be kind to your enemies…" "Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink […] Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:20-21 For me, personally, it has been the hardest lesson to learn. Our biggest enemy in Haiti has been the man who donated all of...
This is Samuel. He is four years old. He was brought to us by the Department of Social Services when he was about one. He is in preschool and is very quiet. He will sing with one person, but not by himself. He lost his two front teeth when he fell and now, he is "waiting...
Today, our Haitian girls, Fabienne, Widlene, and Dimelia, went to Old Letant with Jessica Lackey, Stanley, and me. We took new clothing, baby hats, dresses, and blankets!! Just look at the knitted baby hats from Michelle Boulder and the dresses and blankets from our friends at Lutheran Missions Attic Workshop. The people and children were hard to...
Wouldn’t you know it… One pregnant lady’s placenta broke and blood gushed out! Even though we have wonderful midwives and a doctor on call, this was an emergency! Because of the roadblocks and burning tires, they had to put the pregnant lady in the back of our truck with a nurse, trying to hold the IV...
We are praying that things will get better for Haiti. Yesterday, I heard that The Core Group met with the government. Some other meetings happened yesterday that I don’t want to go into. I’ve heard today that things are better in some locations and worse in others. The bottom line is that the opposition is...
Sometimes we are in the valley, sometimes on top of the mountain. Some of you are in the valley and have been there for some time. Others receive criticism… Your family does not understand why you are serving Christ. Others may laugh at you and talk about you. Some of your friends may be against...
This is one of our oldest girls, Roselyne. We have had her since she was a young girl. Her legs were very, very, crooked and we thought she would have to have surgery or braces. But, as she grew, her legs straightened up! She has excelled in school and studies every book she can...
