LOVE IS SOMETHING YOU DO...

We moved to Haiti 31 years ago to continue our journey of faith and compassion to “help the poor.” For years, we had made many short-term trips to Haiti as visiting missionaries, and the overwhelming poverty we witnessed broke our hearts. But it was always the precious children that so deeply touched us. Our work in Haiti is focused on improving the lives of children who suffer under these extreme hardships. One night, I was in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, and it was raining heavily as I walked through the dirty streets. A little girl was squatting on the side of the street with her tiny arm outstretched. She clutched a few pieces of candy in her hand, which her mother had sent her to sell so she could buy some rice to feed her children. I reached down and put some money in her hand, and through her tears, she smiled and said, “Merci” or thank you in Creole.

“Feeding the poor” became the cornerstone of our ministry when we moved to Haiti. We would buy and give them whatever we could bag up – rice, beans, and powdered milk. We then started an orphanage and Christian schools. We loved that we could give children a Christian education and feed them at the same time! We also began reaching out to poor villages. We travel deep inside Haiti to the “regions beyond,” taking food and water to some of the most remote villages in the country. We have been blessed to receive wonderful, nutrientrich food from our friends at Feed My Starving Children. Last year, we distributed over 25 million meals with the help of our partners, who sponsor the transportation costs to get the food from the States to Haiti. We even share our food with close to 100 other missionary organizations that feed the Haitian poor.

Hunger is rampant in Haiti, and the little children suffer the most. Our feeding programs provide nutritious food to prevent illness, rehabilitate children from malnutrition, and offer hope in the name of Jesus Christ. Love A Child’s greatest joy is feeding hungry children, and as the Lord blesses, we want to increase the scope of our feeding programs. We’re always looking for new regions to serve… regions where the people feel like they’ve been forgotten and are struggling to survive on their own. We, as Christians, have not forgotten about them because “Love Is Something You Do!”