I bumped into Kenson this morning. He is one of the orphans who is a skilled heavy machine operator. He is especially good at operating the loader. Kenson was performing maintenance on the semi so it could go to the border today to pick up a container of much-needed medicine. But he was wearing a...
Life in Haiti is brutal, and every member of the family must work to survive. Your heart will break as you watch children walk barefoot across rocky terrain looking for something to eat, while other children crush a handful of food, meant to feed themselves and their siblings for the day, in a pilon. They...
“With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 Nothing is impossible with God! “When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade,” wrote Norman Vincent Peale, who published his best-known book, The Power of Positive Thinking, in 1952. It stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for 186 consecutive weeks!...
Look at this cute, chunky little girl with the “biggest smile anyone could have!” She is surrounded by her “sisters,” who are also getting their school backpacks! The first day of school is very important, and usually, all the Haitian churches will have a big “prayer service " for all the children before they go...
The employees here at Love A Child have some perks to the job. Today all of the workers received a box of food. In addition to receiving regular food allotments for their families, we feed our employees breakfast, lunch, and dinner for those who live here on the compound. In the midst of all this...
“Man Up!” We are living in a generation of Christians, many of whom are always complaining, doubting, and whining even though the Lord has sent us “ the “Comforter,” the Holy Spirit. It is not hard to live for Jesus, even if we are “made fun of,” or “treated unfairly.” That's part of “taking up...
We received word from security personnel at the main road that a young lady was being driven our way for emergency medical care. Thank God in the middle of all this gang violence, the Love A Child Clinic is still open. This morning she was on her way to this area on a motorcycle. Her...
We have some great pictures for you today! Our photographer, Dieuferly, grabbed some pictures of our Haitian children from our orphanage, who were working hard! It is "super hot" in the warehouse, packing this amount of food! This will be the "third food distribution" for Ganthier families. This food is going to "2,000 hungry families"...
Don’t pass by on the other side… I love the story in the Bible that speaks of loving your neighbor and the Good Samaritan. You know the story… “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And...
I can remember the day her aunt brought her and two other siblings to our Love A Child Orphanage here in Haiti. Their aunt explained that their parents had died when their small boat capsized while trying to get to the United States. We have had Bianca and her siblings ever since. Bianca has always...
