Keep updated with the progress of our ministry in Haiti.
We now have 23 children in the IDADEE orphanage. We are including photos and birth dates for them.
First is Ester. She was born on February 16th, 2009. She was brought to us from the Port au Prince area. Her mother is mentally sick. The father has 4 children, with Ester being the youngest. With his wife mentally unstable, he cannot care for Ester.
Next is Evnel. His birthday is November 19th, 2010. He is from here in the north. His father does not care for the child at all, and the mother has no way to care for him without help, so she gave him up.
This next photo is of the whole orphanage. The children, the workers and the committee. We will try another time to get individual photos of the workers. But this gives you an idea of how many we feed and care for.
We were able to get some school desks and chairs through MFI. Someone had donated them, and we were blessed to receive some of those for the orphanage. Now the children can start learning some of the basics.
We have had a lot of rain lately. Roads are in pretty bad shape all over. Ruben has been hauling rocky fill for the road approaching IDADEE. That has helped a lot.
Well, until next time, God bless and please keep praying for IDADEE, for Haiti, and for all of our children. Thank you!
Greetings,
We have progressed quite a bit. The children are doing really well. We are praying to be able to start school with them very soon. We are working with them now, on colors, numbers and words. They really like school and we want to encourage them to continue.
They also like going to church. We are VERY happy with that. Our only problem with this is finding shoes for all the children. We don't have church shoes for them. Please pray with us for that need.
Our workers are doing very well. They all work so good with the kids. God blessed us with the right people for those jobs.
We are working on the chapel. The roof is on, and we are plastering the inside now. Pray with us that it will all be finished soon and we can start using it for God's glory.
Our generator runs from about 7 to 10 every evening. With the time change it is lighter out later, so we can cut down on the time needed. This is also when we get the washing done. We have 2 washing machines and things can go fast. The ladies come in the morning to hang the clothes out and finish up whatever wash is needed.
Our watchman and yard man are doing a great job of keeping things in order.
We are still doing evangelism. Once people accept Jesus, if they can't read, we are starting literacy classes for them, so they will be able to read their Bibles. In our Bible studies with people, we have had some who were raised in the church setting, but never understood what being saved meant. They have now come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
We also have 7 couples who have been saved, but they are not married. Pastor Saint Ange Monestime has been doing a seminar for them, and they all plan to be married. We will have a ceremony for them in the near future.
We found out today that we may be getting another child. The mother is mentally unstable and cannot care for her. We don't have all the information on this child yet, but will let you know when we do.
We have a few photos to share with you. Our workers feed three of the children by hand, but the rest all eat at one table. (You can see the workers in the far back feeding them). And they DO eat, they love their food!!
This photo is of Vladimyr. We hadn't posted his birthday, but now have it. He was born on July 27th, 2009.
Wakenson
Dieulene
Makinlove
Modeléne
Frandjina
Anderson
Gaëlle
Amy
Emmunella
Claude
Efrayim
Jhon Peter
Wacky
Ruth
Loveka
All of the kids love playing and having fun, like normal kids. And we are thankful that they are now happy and healthy. Please keep praying for us and for the children. We want to raise them up in a Godly setting and with God's love for them at the front of all we do. Thank you!
We know it's been a while since we've posted, but things keep moving at a speed we can't believe. Things change and move along at a pace that we didn't expect. But we know God is in it and His hand is guiding us.
First, we were sad when the parents of Sheridane came and got her. We had to go through the court to release her back to them. We are sad, yet her parents must want her, for them to return to get her.
We now have hired several workers to help us out. Since Vilbrun and Wengley left, we knew we needed to get more help with the children. We now have 3 "mothers" who are doing a really good job with the kids. We also hired a lady to help with the wash. Although we have washing machines, we needed someone to hang up the clothes, take them down and care for them. She also helps clean the orphanage. We hired a woman to help Leah in the kitchen. Cooking for so many was a huge job and she needed help. Finally, we hired a guard/gate man. Security is a primary thing, and we needed someone to be there for us. So, you can see a lot has changed in the area of helpers, and we are SO very thankful for them.
We also have a huge change in children. We have taken in 5 more little ones. There are so many needs. Her are our new additions and the situations they came from.
Luphenson Leagard ~ His mother has 14 children, with another on the way. There is no father in the picture. Luphenson is just over a year old and her youngest. We take all the children in to the doctor for a preliminary check up. Luphenson has a very severe case of malnutrition. He was given many medications to help him overcome his problems.
Gaëlle Ducasse ~ Gaëlle is also suffering from malnutrition. Her mother has 5 children and Gaëlle is the youngest. There is no way the mother can care for any of the children, and they are suffering. She will look for a place for the others, maybe with some family member. There is no man in the house.
Ruth Louimé ~ Ruth came to us from the town of Plaine du Nord. Her mother passed away and there is no father.
Jephtey Louis ~ His mother was the youngest of 8 children. She became pregnant at the age of 14. She knew she could not care for the baby boy, so gave him up.
Kindy Desir ~ Kindy is the youngest of 6 children. The father went to work in his garden and when he returned, the mother had left...and left all 6 children in the house.
You can see each of these children have had a different, but sad situation they came from. And of course, being given away was hard on them. But they are adapting with all the other children at IDADEE.
We have to apologize for the quality of the pictures...scanner is not working properly. But in going through all of these, we also found that we had not listed one of the boys. His name is Vladimyr Ficien. Checking for birth date on him now.
Here are a few pictures of some of the kids we had before. They have adjusted really well, and are being cared for. All it takes is a little food and lots of love, and they are getting that now.
Here is Claude (who is now walking)...
And Efrayim...
This is Makinlove...
And Kerby...
Jhon Peter...
Vladimyr...
Please continue to pray for us and for these children. They have all had a hard start in life, but we are praying they will adjust and become the productive people the Lord wants them to be.
Would you like to be a part of a very special Christmas present for the IDADEE Orphanage??? We have had a couple of requests for things that might be a good idea for Christmas for the orphanage. Instead of thinking of the individual children, or workers, we thought something that would last and benefit everyone would be good. You could be a part of that in several ways.
You could:
Buy a CHICKEN for about $ 4.50 US. (Chickens would mean eggs, and eventually chickens to cook.)
Or you could buy a GOAT for about $ 50 US. (One male and one female would produce MORE goats. Goats would mean milk and food...eventually).
Or, on a larger scale...a COW which would be about $ 250 US. And there again, milk and eventually meat. (and with a male and female, more cows).
Any of the above would be a blessing, and would make the orphanage more self sufficient in many ways. It would also be a way to teach the children how to care for livestock, and how that can benefit the children themselves.
These are just suggestions, but we know there are those who have asked and this is what we came up with. Pray with us that the Lord will guide and direct anyone wishing to help in this area. We want to move forward, and this is one way we can do that.
We thank you for your concern for IDADEE and for the children we have taken in. Please be in prayer for the daily workings of the orphanage and for the workers who are dealing with these children.
As always, we pray God will bless YOU for your prayers on our behalf. Thank you for being a part of our ministry of helping the helpless in Haiti.
This is probably the fastest we have gotten on to post a second time. But we wanted to share with you all the work that is going on now.
First is the children, of course. These are most of the kids sitting down, ready to eat. Takes a lot to get all of them seated and ready to eat. And, DO THEY EAT!! No problem here getting them to eat.
And now the work site. First is the depot/generator house. Today they put the roof on it. You can see it takes a lot of workers to get it done. A couple mixing cement, some putting cement, sand, gravel, and some putting water, and then those who actually do the mixing. Then...getting the cement up to the roof. Don't think you would see this in the states. All of those on ladders pass the 5 gallon buckets up (and of course, the fellow on the ground has to get it to the ladder, then catch the buckets they drop back down). Then the crew up on the roof, doing the hauling, pouring, and the troweling, and then those who level it all off. And you end up with a few....overseers...like the little guy there. Takes a lot just to get the roof poured.
And the work on the chapel continues, too. You can see the foundation, floor and offices are about done. Now a metal roof will go on it.
Keep us in prayer as we continue to work toward the completion of the vision given to us. We can't do it without you behind us praying. Thank you for being there for us and for the children. We're praying for you, too!!
Time has flown by, and many things are going on at the IDADEE compound. Tomorrow we will finish putting the roof on the new depot. This will also house our generator. We needed the security for that. We are so thankful to have gotten this finished.
We have also started building the chapel on the compound. The foundation is completed and we are hoping to get a roof on that soon, too. We will not put walls around it. It will be much cooler with it open to the air, but covered.
We will try to send pictures of both of these projects in the next few days. A lot of work has gone on and kept us busy.
We now have three new children. We are putting photos here of them. You will see two photos of each child. The first is when they came...about 3 weeks ago. And the second one is just yesterday. There is a marked difference in their countenance. We now have 17 children living with us. It was to have been 19, but circumstances had us hold off on 2 of those.
Here are the new children.
All of our kids are VERY active right now. Keeps everyone at IDADEE running here and there and doing all sorts of jobs. Keep us in prayer as we face constant situations that bring us to our knees.
We do covet your prayers in all areas. Not only IDADEE, but the whole of Haiti to see the moving of the Spirit of the Lord in all areas. Pray for us and pray for the people here. Thank you for your concern and prayers.
Another milestone today. Yesterday, Vero and Smith went to Ti-Goave to pick up three more children. We wanted to share their photos with you, so you can pray for them, and for us.
Kerby and Makinlove were both abandoned. One mother was only 18 years old. The other mother was 19. Anderson was taken in because his mother has 7 children and cannot care for them. She is also a very young mother.
Kerby is very sick and we are not sure we can keep him. We think he may need more help than we can give him.
We also wanted to share a photo of the new doors on the orphanage. Aren't they beautiful?
Please keep praying for IDADEE and for the Lord to guide and direct in all we do.
