{"id":761,"date":"2011-02-08T18:54:09","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T00:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justmercy.org\/WordPress\/?p=761"},"modified":"2012-06-23T23:51:39","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T04:51:39","slug":"of-brooms-and-lovenson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justmercy.org\/WordPress\/?p=761","title":{"rendered":"Of Brooms and Lovenson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill and I returned from Haiti this past week but I wanted to share some other things from our trip.\u00a0 We hope to return to Haiti at the end of the month.<\/p>\n

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Two of Yvrose\u2019s \u201cdaughters\u201d are Sonita and Roseline. 8 and 11 respectively.\u00a0 One day Bill<\/p>\n

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Bill with Bebi and Sonita and their new brooms<\/p><\/div>\n

saw them come out of the house, pick a palm branch, and begin \u201csweeping\u201d the porch and then the dirt \u201cfloor\u201d around the kitchen area. \u00a0\u00a0Bill saw a broom vendor and bought two brooms made of stick handles and tied reeds.\u00a0 When Bill gave them to those two little girls, they lit up like a Christmas tree!\u00a0 Such a small thing and yet in Haiti, simple things bring much joy!<\/p>\n

Pierre-Richard and Yvrose have just begun holding church services in one of the school tents on Sunday morning.\u00a0 The morning Bill and I came, there were several additional children and adults. \u00a0Because Yvrose can translate, Bill was able to share with them from the scriptures.\u00a0 Because many of them are so young, I read them a children\u2019s story by Max Lucado, The Crippled Lamb.\u00a0 With so many injured and handicapped people in Haiti, it had a wonderful message that God can use everyone and has a plan for their lives.\u00a0 The children loved it!<\/p>\n

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Lovenson<\/p><\/div>\n

I would like to share the story of one of Yvrose\u2019s \u201cchildren\u201d.\u00a0 Lovenson, \u201cVince\u201d, is 16 months old.\u00a0 Yvrose heard of him about six weeks ago.\u00a0 His mother had left the family and gone to the Dominican Republic.\u00a0 His father would set him in a chair in the village and leave him.\u00a0\u00a0 He sat there all day in his own waste and if someone in the village wanted to, they might feed him something.\u00a0 His father would return in the evening.\u00a0 Yvrose asked if she could take the baby and the father agreed.\u00a0 The first week he was with the family, if someone wasn\u2019t holding him, he would sit in a chair, not move, and never smile.\u00a0 After about a week, with the family\u2019s encouragement, he started moving around, trying to walk, and he started to smile a little.\u00a0 By the time I took the attached picture, he had been with the family over a month.\u00a0 Today, he is a totally different child!<\/p>\n

As you may recall, in my last update I told you we wanted to try to raise the money to have a well drilled for Yvrose and the community surrounding her home.\u00a0 A friend has told us he would match any donations we receive for that purpose up to $3000!!\u00a0 That means we only need to raise $3000 from everyone else to have the money for the well!\u00a0 Please prayerfully consider helping with this project.<\/p>\n

One of the things that so blesses us about Yvrose is that she is such an example in her community.\u00a0 She loves the Lord and is teaching her children to do so.\u00a0 She gives and gives in so many different ways.\u00a0 If you possibly can, please help us with a donation for the well to bless her and her community. \u00a0Thank you so much.<\/p>\n

May we all have hearts that yearn to be faithful.\u00a0 God bless you.<\/p>\n

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