THE LORD GOD WHO IS THE FATHER OF THE FATHERLESS is building a wonderful work in one of the 'ravine neighborhoods' of Port au Prince, Haiti. It is called My Father's House Haiti, and through this little spot of color and cleanness and food He is providing care for a number of orphan children. We were enabled to start My Father's House Haiti over the course of the last year. We have taken in twenty-five children (sixteen boys and nine girls) and have begun to affect the neighboring community in a powerful way. There are many orphan homes in Haiti because there are many orphans from hunger and disease, natural disasters and political upheaval. We are the only work for a series of neighborhoods surrounding us with perhaps fifty to hundred thousand people. At the end of January our staff distributed food to a hundred families who did not have enough to live. A small but vital ministry. We will do more as enabled.
The Lord has enabled us to buy eight more bunk bed sets and to add sixteen more children to our family. Praise God! Part of our community effect is that we employ seven staff, at the home, and five teachers at the little church school that our children attend. We recently bought books for this school and the teachers now do not teach hungry.
We have instructed Predestin and the staff to begin preparing a nursery for the little children we expect to receive shortly.
I believe we have saved some of our children from traffickers, and I feel that we can become more and more involved in stopping the sale-for-abuse of children in Haiti.
We are developing a five year vision and a long term vision for this work. We'll communicate these vision statements to you soon. You are with us in the pure work of God and we praise God for the involvement of you all. It could not happen without God's people allowing themselves to be stirred by the Holy Spirit to do the works of compassion He has designed for us to walk in.
