11-month-old Kervensley is another product of the hunger that is circling Haiti each and every day. There are three children in Kervensley’s family, with a father. Kervensley’s mother, Madamn Mialine, is one of those mothers who sit in the rocky river bed and “chop and break” large rocks into smaller rocks. She and some of her children come early in the morning… the sun always gets so hot, and with no water to drink, they cannot work as they should.

The people in this area, especially mothers, say that it is easier to sit in the hot sun and break rocks each day than to see their children go hungry. They sit on “sharp rocks” and as the sun beats down, with no food in their stomachs, they take a hammer or anything they can find in one hand, and with the other, beat rocks into smaller tiny rocks! It is a horrible job! There is no water, so they will sit in the hot sun all day long and come home, dehydrated.

In addition to the fact that Kervensley’s siblings have no food, they also do not go to school. Kervensley was brought to our Jesus Healing Center Clinic this morning with severe malnutrition. After a thorough check-up, our doctors determined that we had to send him to our Malnutrition Clinic to save his life. He will stay with us until he reaches his desired weight. In the meantime, a box of food was sent home with his mother to feed her other children. We do not know how long Kervensley will have to stay, but his life has been spared.

The Haitians have lots of Creole Proverbs… and one of them is this, “The rock in the water does not know the pain of the rock in the sun…” It means those of us who are blessed or have plenty of food, medicine, etc., do not understand the horrible pain of those who have nothing. You and I are “the rock in the water!” Have a great day.

Sherry