“Only One Small Candle…” “Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.” Matthew 5:15 – For the first three years we lived in Haiti, we had practically no electricity. We lived by candlelight. We were so poor we could not afford even a...
This young man is Mikael Antoine, though sometimes we call him Ti Mikael (Little Mikael). He came to our Love A Child Children’s Home when he was a toddler. His mother Marie Pheta Julien died shortly after his birth. His father, Jean Marcel Antoine, was so poor he couldn’t take care of Ti Mikael and his older...
Each month, we must bring in eight "40-foot containers" of food to feed the children and families we help here in Haiti. Our friends at Feed My Starving Children donate this delicious food. It costs us a minimum of $10,000 per container to truck the food from Minnesota to Miami. Then it is shipped to...
There is a food crisis in Haiti, more now than ever before. We know we cannot feed “all the children” in Haiti, but we can feed all of those that the Lord puts on our hearts. Food is like gold in Haiti. We struggle to feed our children each month, but we have learned that...
“Who Gets the Short Straw?” Since Bobby and I have moved to Haiti, we have had years of “near death” episodes. In 1996, Bobby was diagnosed with Stage Three Melanoma Cancer and given only a short time to live. God healed him! We lived three years (1991-1994) with no electricity, and there were violent crimes...
Our little “Pillsbury Doughboy.” Surely you all remember Jameson from our Love A Child Children’s Home! Jameson came to us covered in horrible sores all over his body. We actually gave him treatment and sent him back to his “Mud Hut Village” across the lake! Within a week, he was back completely covered in sores...
We love "Joker," our Love A Child mechanic here in Haiti! He usually has a pile of "junk cars," "our heavy equipment," our trucks, and everything else you can think of underneath the shade trees in back of our carpenter's shop! Joker and his brother Tony, are from the Dominican Republic. They have several other Haitians helping them, but...
Are You Tired of Being the Tail? “And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God…” Deuteronomy 28:13 – Are you tired of being the tail? Get ready;...
Can you guess who this is? Ha! This young girl is Ti Mika (Little Mika) from our Love A Child Children’s Home! Ti Mika is a mess!!! Haha! She is the funniest person to be around and is always so full of JOY!!! I have never come across anyone with as much energy as her!...
We had so much fun with our friend Anneice Loudermilk from NC. We went to Old Letant! The kids are so sweet. We had to make them sit on the ground to give them Tootsie Roll Pops! But, they were already dirty, so they didn’t mind! Ha! It’s amazing what a little candy means to a poor...
