This is one of our orphans named Jackson. He was seven-years-old and suffering from Kwashiorkor malnutrition when we found him while conducting a Mobile Medical Clinic in Savaan Pit. This type of malnutrition is caused from not eating the right kinds of food. He had only eaten things like rice[…]
Last night, the boys from our orphanage worked late to pack food bags to go to the “regions beyond.” We received word that the people and children in Savaan Pit are so hungry that they are drinking boiled salt water and that is all they have for food. Lack of[…]
Upcoming Projects: In the next few months, Love A Child will have several large projects to build here in Haiti. There is to be a new church, which will also serve as a school, in Peyi Pouri. A new church will be built in Savaan Pit, as well as remodeling the[…]
We just got back from the mountains of Greffin and Savaan Pit. This trip is four hours by four-wheel-drive each way! We received this video of Baby Elijah and wanted to share it with you. It will bring tears to your eyes! Remember, Baby Elijah was abandoned at our front[…]
By the time you read this post, Sherry, Philemon, Oriol, others and I will be en route to Greffin and Savaan Pit deep in the mountains of Haiti. This will be a very difficult route and an eight-hour round trip drive today. The little mountain children will have a new[…]
Early this morning Bobby, David George, his friend Jay, our driver Philemon, and our Haitian daughter Julanne, all left at 6:00 AM for the mountains of Savaan Pit (pronounced Savaan Pete), Haiti. You can see in the photograph that they are traveling to the “Regions Beyond.” Our Love A Child[…]
Apostle Paul said, “To preach the gospel in the regions beyond…” 2 Corinthians 10:16 – Please pray for Pastor Mark Ostrander and me today as we travel five hours one way deep and high in the mountains of Savaan Pit, Haiti. We will be traveling on very dangerous roads. We[…]
Sherry, Mark Ostrander, Carlos, Durkje de Vries, and Philemon are all leaving this morning for Peyi Pouri, which is located high up in the mountains. They will be carrying supplies and preparing the area where our camping tents will be set up. They will be taking care of all the[…]
We welcome Dave Balsbaugh and Mark Ostrander to Love A Child this evening. They made their trip through “blockades” and piles of rocks in the streets due to the Haitians “manifesting” over gas prices. We had to send our ambulance to meet them at the road where there were blockades.[…]
Do you remember Jackson, the little boy we found during our last Mobile Medical Clinic in Savaan Pit? At seven, he was suffering from Kwashiorkor malnutrition, and his stomach, feet, legs and face were all horribly swollen. This type of malnutrition came from not eating the right kind of foods.[…]