“How's That Foundation Coming?” Thirteen years ago, we built our Love A Child Children's Home. Bobby made sure it would be big enough for all the children to have plenty of space, because our first orphanage was a rented, small, ugly building, and we hated it. This building would be two stories, one for the...
The team just left for dinner. Look what they have done since arriving this morning! They can walk the dog! Five women and four men! Most are from the state of Washington. This Haitian heat is hard on them. Mark Ostrander is the team host. Tomorrow, he will give you their names and the churches...
Mark Ostrander just arrived with his work team. They will be building two houses in two days in Miracle Village. We are moving one family from the garbage dump on Friday! On Wednesday and Thursday, Mark and his team will be up at Madamn Adeline's working on the future church foundation. On Friday, hopefully we’ll...
“Be Not Weary in Well Doing…” Galatians 6:9 We all get tired of “well doing…” Sometimes, people don't appreciate it, or they take advantage of us. But, we must keep on. I grew up in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and we attended a country church. The Pastor was Ray Kauffman. Our family was poor (although we...
Dear Friends, Each month we share our food with over 90 other missionary organizations. This note came in from one of them, Confidence Health Center, up in the mountains. This is just one of the stories of those in need. Thank you, partners, for making this possible! Bobby & Sherry Thank you from Confidence Health Center,...
About two years ago, on a very hot day here in Haiti, I was sitting under a tree pondering why does God let so many children suffer and some die of hunger. Truthfully, I began to grow a little angry with God. The spirit of the Lord came upon me, and the Lord said, "You...
This poor lady Jan was almost passed out with hunger as she laid on the ground by our gate. Her name is Jan, and she is a widow with four children. Her husband died during the 2010 earthquake under a block layer and not long after she lost her home, and everything went from bad...
This is a note from our partner, David George who bought pizza for all the Love A Child children. “What a fantastic time we had today at the Love A Child Children's Home. I bought 30 large pizzas and 75 drinks and the younger children ate first and then the older children got in from...
"Do What You Can, To Get to Jesus!" Nothing is easy in life and when "bad things happen," we can either lie down and let it run over us or "do what we can, to get to Jesus." In Matthew 9:20, a woman with an issue of blood, fought her way through the crowd to "touch...
