Jelensky

Three month old Jelensky from Barbancourt first came to us Saturday night.

Like most who come to Lifeline to receive help, he was brought first on a tap-tap then on a motorcycle. Immediately we thought he was badly burned. His skin seemed to be peeling from his flesh.

His mother said he was not burned but she didn’t know what was wrong with him. He had been like that since Tuesday and was only getting worse. The poor baby screamed out in pain as we tried to help him.

Lifeline took him to the burn clinic close to Port-Au-Prince. Turns out precious Jelensky had a really bad case of staff infection. The doctor said he could have died from it.

Praise God we were able to get him some help in time. Since Saturday we’ve gone back everyday to clean his wounds, give him more medicine, and fresh bandages.

We’ve seen much improvement already! This much loved baby is going to be just fine.

Adopt a Wall

Sometimes we need to take things one step at a time or one wall at a time in this case. Lifeline currently is using two rooms of our trade school to store love bundles and food. We’re trying to build a new warehouse to free up the classrooms for their intended purpose but funds are tight. We even have a few containers coming in soon and we really need the space! We had enough funds for the foundation, that’s what the pictures are of. But we need your help to finish the floor and then the walls. Purchasing an entire warehouse may seem scary but we can take it one wall at a time. Maybe you can consider adopting a wall to help out! Your kind gifts will go to helping store the love bundles and food for these children who so desperately need it. If you’d like to help, go to childrenslifeline.com.

Walley Mercius

This is Walley Mercius. He is about to be two months old and he weighs no more then three pounds. His mother has a disease and was very sick when she was pregnant with him and had to have an emergency c-section at only 6 ½ months. He barely survived. His mother is still sick. She has no milk for him.

Walley is the youngest of four children. The oldest child is six years old. His family used to live in Port-au-Prince but after the earthquake they lost everything. They now live in Williamson. They rent one room for their entire family. Imagine a family of four living in one tiny room!

Walley’s aunt knew that Lifeline could help her nephew. She brought him to us today via tap-tap. It took her 30 minutes in the hot, sticky, packed full tap-tap then she had to come another three miles on the back of a bumpy motorcycle. Can you imagine a woman driving on a motorcycle with a baby just to bring him here for food?

Today we were able to send Walley back to his mom with, formula, baby food, a love bundle for him and a love bundle for his mother. Because of support from people just like you, Lifeline is able to take care of sweet babies like Walley on a regular basis!

Lifeline's School Bus

When you barely have any money for food, the last thing on your mind is paying for your child to go to school. In Haiti there are no school buses that drive your children to school for free. The only free option is walking. Other then that you can pay for a tap-tap or a motorcycle. And both options have their problems. In Haiti you may sometimes see five people on one motorcycle! It's very dangerous. If that wasn't bad enough, the roads here are awful. Many people come to us with wounds from a motorcycle accident. Tap-taps are crammed full of people as well. So getting to school is a problem for many children in Haiti.


Lifeline decided to do something about the problem. We now pick up about kids and take them to their schools in our truck. Free and safe! The parents are so grateful we're able to help. They now know that their kids are going to be safe and they also now are able to save their money for other things such as food. Praise God for safety!

The World Cup

We all know how important Super Bowl Sunday is to most people in the United States. Everyone throws a huge party and we all gather around the TV to cheer for our favorite team (go Colts!). Now imagine no one in your city being able to watch the game. You long to see it with your own eyes because it’s just not the same hearing about the game. We want to watch it ourselves! Haiti’s equivalent to the Super Bowl, or the World Series, or the NBA Championships is the World Cup. Boy they sure get excited about it! The problem is, most people don’t have access to watch the games because no one has electricity. In an effort to fix that problem, Lifeline set up a TV so people in our village can enjoy watching the games.


We had to run an extension cord from the guard house to the hill so the TV works. The Haitians cut trees and used tarps in order to shade the TV so they could see it. This is a perfect example of one of the things we take for granted in the US. Just a simple thing like setting up a TV takes lots of work in Haiti. It’s a joy for us to give them the pleasure of watching the games. By the way, in Haiti, their favorite team is Brazil. They have flags posted everywhere. They all wear their team’s shirts. The Haitians all crowd around eagerly to cheer on their team. Even when we’re up in the mission house, we know when someone has made a goal because of their loud boisterous cheering!

Christmas in July

The old saying, “It’s better to give then to receive” really is true and today was another time of proving that.

We went to Barbencourt today and were blessed to give out the things we’ve been working on. It was practically Christmas in June with everything we were able to give! We gave them ten school benches, 105 needs buckets that doubled as water filters, and 380 love bundles.

It was heartwarming to see the children and their parents so grateful for everything. It makes me so happy to see their faces light up with joy.

We also fed 168 school children and about 380 children who can't afford to go to school.For only $20 a day, you can make it possible for one of those children get an education, feed them, and help take care of their medical needs. These precious children need our help!

Guidance

Today was another great day serving with Lifeline. It started off with a wonderful church service. I was so blessed by the words that were spoken about God guiding you. After church the day got very hard. We went to one of the tent cities in Titanyen and handed out 27 tents to people who were very deserving. It broke my heart to see all the people there who had literally nothing! Their tiny make-shift tents were made up of sheets that had holes in them. It's hard to believe that the earthquake happened five months ago. There's still such a great need!




One thing that surprised many of us was the order that they had there. Never was there a time when we felt unsafe. A man named Jonas was their leader. Amid all the chaos of homelessness, there was peace. The little children looked after one another. The adults all joined together to help build tents for each other. They seemed to have become like a close knit family.





When we finished we gathered together for a time of prayer. A lovely woman came forth and sang the song "The Love of God." It brought tears to my eyes as I heard her sing the lyrics "Oh love of God, so rich and pure. How measureless and strong. It shall forever more endure the saints and angels' song." Her trust in God's guidance was inspiring. She doesn't know where her next meal is coming from or when she'll have a house again or if she'll ever have a house again, but she trusts in God's love and his guidance. What a lesson to learn. Oh for grace to trust him more!