“Foubi.” This Haitian word means, “scrub!” When we tell our kids at our orphanage to “get their mops and brooms” ready, it means everyone will “foubi,” or “scrub!!” It is not work to our children, because they “turn the music up,” sing, dance, and scrub! The big guy in the[…]
“Dear Big Boss! (Bobby), We hope God always keeps our health strong. Today, which is Friday, April 19, 2024, we had practical work with the agroecology students at the Agriculture Training Center (ATC) at Love A Child. Today, we worked in the sweet potato plantation. We associate sweet potato plantations[…]
“The Blessings of Helping the Poor…” “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.” Proverbs 19:17 This is a precious scripture that shows how much the Lord loves the poor. Just as in the story of[…]
Jackson is having a better day today. He had a rough time yesterday. We decided to get out to take a long walk by the water. We have been walking up and down the boardwalk area here in Santo Domingo for hours. Jackson is soaking up some much-needed sunshine and[…]
Emergency: Please pray I just wanted to bring you up to speed on things. Jackson is in the ER in Santo Domingo. I was at the airport in Santo Domingo, getting ready to fly back to the United States. The girls have athletic events tomorrow. The plan was to leave[…]
Struck by crisis and torment, Haiti’s situation continues to deteriorate, deepening into poverty. The gangs are expanding their influence throughout the country, casting a shadow of poverty over the land. Listen to the story of a young girl forced to care for her six siblings while struggling to find food,[…]
“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.” Isaiah 1:19 — I met Bobby in an old-fashioned tent revival in Orlando, Florida. I was 17 and he was 18. After the service that night, Bobby shook hands with my mother and me. He told[…]
Stephano has been in bed sick with a very high fever for over a week. Because of the swelling of his jaws and his high fever, the doctor thought he had the mumps. I was afraid he had drunk some bad water. He is so sick, with swollen glands and[…]
Here is Pastor Mark Ostrander this morning with his dream Haitian construction team. Pastor leaves this afternoon for the Dominican Republic and then into Florida tomorrow. Mark is on our board of directors and has traveled here around 600 times!!!! He is a genius in construction. Works very hard! They[…]
This was one of my mother’s favorite scriptures that I would hear her talking about on the phone. She always had a scripture ready for anything and everything. This one is saying that “if you cannot stand when things are not too bad, then you won’t be able to stand[…]
