Haiti Through Our Eyes

This is the view from the balcony at the Love A Child Orphanage in Fond Parisien. As you can see, Haiti is a beautiful country. When you see a picture like this, its hard to believe that this is a country which is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. It's also pictures like this that make us so excited to be moving to Haiti and living there on a full-time basis. We're ready to move into our little house at the Love A Child compound and we're ready to jump into action and do our part to restore a hope and a faith to a country which has none.

Here are a few more random photos from our last trip.

This is Roberta, helping some of the little girls to try on dresses that were made for them by the ladies of a church here in the U.S.

The kids at the Love A Child Orphange are happy and they truly do realize how blessed they are to be under the direct care of Bobby and Sherry Burnette.

And just because, our daughter, Jill, is so completely enamored by Moses and begged us to hide him away in our luggage, we're posting another picture. He truly is a heart-breaker!


We are currently trying to raise our monthly support for our move to Haiti. We are going to need to raise approximately $3,000 per month. To us, that seems like an enormous amount of money BUT we serve a God who knows no boundaries. We are believing that God will supply all of our needs and our faith and trust is in Him and Him alone.

Hurricane Ernesto

Remember to keep Haiti in your prayers as they were hit earlier by Hurricane Ernesto. It's important to know that even a minimal storm can wreak havoc on an economically under-developed nation like Haiti. Most people live in shacks or small grass huts which are no match for the torrential mud slides that often occur when Haiti is hit with large amounts of rain. So please, remember to say a prayer for Haiti and of course for every other individual out there in the path of Hurricane Ernesto.

Moses

Meet Baby Moses Burnette. His start in this world wasn't one that most babies experience. Moses' mother couldn't care for him when he was born so she dumped him down a Hatian toilet. A Hatian toilet is a hole in the ground. Fortunately, someone found baby Moses and he eventually ended up at the Love A Child Orphanage where the main focus became keeping him alive.


This is Moses when he arrived at the orphanage.

And this is Moses Burnette now


We are so anxious to get back to the orphanage to see Moses as well as all of the other children. Everytime we leave Haiti, we leave a portion of our hearts behind. Sometimes those pieces of our hearts have a name...such as Moses.

It Began With A Scripture

Greetings:

The month of October 1999 will always stand out as an important time of our lives. We were living in the Washington, DC area, when the Holy Spirit burned a Scripture upon Randy’s heart that has changed our lives forever. “But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes and hidden in houses of bondage. They have become a prey, with no one to deliver them. A spoil with no one to say RESTORE THEM!” Isaiah 42:22 Amp.

For the next three years Randy could not grasp the meaning of this verse, as just what God was trying to get him to understand. In late September 2002 we made our first trip to the Nation of Haiti. At once this verse became alive to us and upon thirteen additional trips to Haiti even more clarity came. We can now say we have seen those robbed, plundered, those taken prey and made a spoil. Yes here they were just an hour and a half flying time from America.

Upon that first trip we knew that this is where God was calling us to take His gospel. The past four years we have learned so much about this tiny nation of Eight million people. Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere and the third poorest on this planet. One in every five children dies before their fifth birthday. The national life expectancy is only fifty years of age, 80% of the population lives in abject poverty for every 15,000 people there is only one doctor and most of the doctors are poorly trained. The vast majority of the population never sees a doctor their entire life. Almost all children and adults are consumed with worms and other parasites, due to the polluted water. Over 4 million people practice VooDoo (an African form of witchcraft). “Jesus said the thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly”. John 10:10 KJV

Someone once said, "If we stopped the food aid overnight…. the population would be cut in half .... the rest would starve to death." It has also been said by leaders from many different Governments around the world that the only thing that keeps Haiti from completely imploding on itself is the Christian Missionary. There are many missionary groups in Haiti proclaiming the Gospel but few are those who have stepped to the front to become mightily used of God. One of those being mightily used is Love A Child ministries. God is pouring out His favor on Founders Bobby & Sherry Burnette. Love A Child is getting the job done, all Praise to God.

Upon our last trip we came into fellowship with Bobby and Sherry and have become Love A Child missionaries. We will be full time missionaries working under Bobby & Sherry living in Haiti. So you can better understand just what Bobby and Sherry are accomplishing in Haiti, we urge you to check out the Love A Child web site. We will be greatly involved with everything that you see on this website. You can also watch the Love A Child television program on the following networks: Sky Angel, Day Star, Word, Direct TV, World Harvest and the Inspiration Network.

If you would like more information on how you can help to sponsor our work in Haiti and be a part of God's work and plan for this nation, please contact us at

Randy & Roberta Arnold
P.O. Box 1072
Dundee, FL 33838

Email: rrhaiti at aol dot com