An Open Letter

We are about to take an important "step of faith." This is the most difficult and yet the most rewarding thing we have ever done in our lives. We feel that God has called us into the "full-time" ministry with Bobby & Sherry Burnette, Directors of Love A Child.

As you may know, Love A Child is a well established missionary organization. While their headquarters is in Florida, their outreach is fulltime to the country of Haiti. This Christian Humanitarian is a 501(c)3 Organization and has a high standard of excellence. It is one of the top-rated charities in the States and is a member of the ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability).

Love A Child's vision is to share God's love with the people and children of Haiti through outreaches such as Medical Care, Christian Education, Schools, Feeding Programs, Crusades, Child Sponsorship and other outreaches. They also have a large two-story Orphanage, where the Burnettes live. New projects include a two-story Malnutrition Center and Food Distribution Center.

Since the outreach of Love A Child has grown tremendously, the work load has grown. Bobby and Sherry are now needing professional full-time missionaries to live and work in Haiti, helping on all of these projects.

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Only a small percentage of the people have access to clean water. Eighty percent (80%) are illiterate and un-employed. Disease is rampant. Half of the children die before their fifth birthday and twenty percent (20%) of all babies die in childbirth. There is virtually no medical care. Voodoo is the primary religion. Why would anyone want to leave the comforts of their own home and go and live in a country like this?

We have asked this question ourselves. We have made many "short term trips" to Haiti already. It is a country that burns within our hearts day and night.

As Bobby and Sherry say, "There is a difference between a "desire" and a "calling of God." We are "called". There are people who are bound by hunger, disease and poverty because of Voodoo. They will die unless someone is "willing to go".

Romans 10 declares, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent?" (Romans 10: 13-15)

We are "willing," but we need "you" to send us. Will you help us? Will you send us? We want to be "your personal missionaries" in Haiti.

Please pray about helping us become full-time missionaries in Haiti. We must raise all our own support for travel, housing, food and transportation. Please pray about helping us faithfully on a monthly basis. Your gift of $100, $50, $25 or whatever the Lord lays upon your heart would be a tremendous blessing. It would mean that when "we win a witchdoctor to the Lord," you have a part! It would mean that when "we feed a starving child," you are feeding him too.

Please prayerfully commit to helping us on a monthly basis or a one-time gift. You can mail your gift to the Florida Office using the address provided at the bottom of this letter and they will put it in a special account for us. After the Florida Office has written and thanked you, they will let us know that you have sent in a gift. We can even receive personal mail here in Haiti.

Please make sure that any funds which are sent to the Florida Office are distinctly noted with our names, Randy and Roberta Arnold. That way, we can be assured that your gift will come directly to us.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this letter and thank you in advance for supporting us.

May God Bless you from the Mission Field of Haiti,

Randy and Roberta Arnold

Love A Child -- Haiti
P.O. Box 11000
Naples, FL 34101-1000

Religion versus Relationship

In the 19th chapter of Luke we read the story of a short little man named Zacchaeus. All Zach wanted to do was to see this man called Jesus. He had to resort to climbing to the top of a tree, but he just had to see who was causing such a ruckus about town. Jesus is still causing a ruckus when he shows up today)

Jesus wanted more than just to see Zach, he wanted to seek him out in order to come into a relationship with him. You see, Zach was searching for religion while Jesus is always searching for relationship. "For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost" Luke 19:10.

Religion - man's attempt to find God

Relationship - God's finding and saving man

Think about it!

Jenny's Heart

This is Jenny
Jenny is staying at the Love A Child Orphanage right now although she is a special case. She is not an orphan. She has a very loving mother who takes very good care of her. Jenny looks like a very healthy and normal child but she's actually a very sick little girl. She has a hole in her heart and she's in dire need of surgery to repair it. Without this surgery, Jenny's health will continue to deteriorate. As it is now, she's only able to do minimal activity before she needs to stop and squat down and rest. Her mother comes and visits her every week at the orphanage and she loves her very much.

Love A Child is searching for a cardiologist that will agree to perform Jenny's surgery here in the United States. It's something that we all take for granted. Here in the U.S., if a child develops a health problem, there are doctors to handle the child's care. In the U.S., even the poorest of children can still receive medical attention through goverment assistance. In Haiti, a sick child has very little chance of survival. Without this heart surgery, Jenny will not survive.

If you are reading this and you know of anyone who could help out with Jenny's plight, please email us or leave a comment. We want to see Jenny go on to lead a very normal and healthy life and to be able to go home to her mother. She's such a beautiful little girl with an infectious smile. We need to make sure Jenny continues to smile.