Thursday, March 25, 2010

Miles of Smiles :-)

Orly, the La Yaguita Children's center posterchild had to evacuate his home last month. His 16-year old uncle stabbed a guy after a drug deal. The victim's family retaliated by destroying Orly's house and all its possessions although the house was leaning on a neighbor's house for support. Orly and Lenny escaped the carnage by only a few minutes. Orly now spends all day at Ramon’s.

The other day, I visited Pastor Ramon, While praying for me, he said, “Thank you for Bob and Judy who help us feed the kids here at the center.” When Ramon said that, Orly looked up at me with the biggest smile on his face! That snapshot—precious!

We thank you for praying for and helping us support the Children’s center at La Yaguita.

Prosper, Valerie's dad, continues to do ok; he did have a slight seizure a couple weeks ago. You will recall that he survived the earthquake; his wife perished. She was the breadwinner in the family and had returned to Haiti to care for him after his stroke. I talked to Prosper about Christ last week. He stated that he knows that Christ died for him on the cross and that he believes in Christ. Valerie told us that this is the first time he has ever said anything like that. So we praise the LORD for this recognition.

Today I went by to see him. We had purchased two single beds for them. The beds look good in their room, and Prosper sleeps better. Both pairs of hand-made shoes that we had purchased for him now fit nicely. We thank you for your prayer and financial support that enables us to help Haitians displaced by the quake. And when I walked in the door to visit him, he greeted me with a big smile and said, “Where have you been?”

Thank you for these above smiles!!