kids

I want to post a few profiles of kids in our program. Brian recently sent these to me and they will be included in our next newsletter, but you, dear blogreader, get a sneak peek! Here are two of them:

Lilia was born in the Dominican Republic to Haitian parents. She is 8 years old and cannot attend the school because her mother could not get the proper paperwork when she was born. She does not know her father and lives with her mother and another older women who is not related but has helped raise her and does most of the childcare. They live in a tin house that is smaller than most living rooms in the United States. She faithfully attends the educational program that we are running in her village. She is a very hard worker and very intelligent. She excels in math, particularly for someone who has had no formal schooling. This may be the case because she sells avocados in a nearby town with the woman she lives with. She speaks Spanish and Creole.

Felix was born in Port au Prince, Haiti. He has seven siblings and lives in Villa Ascension, a development built by missionaries to improve conditions of Haitians living in the sugar cane villages. The houses are made of cinder block and while small, are very clean and sturdy. He lives with his father and mother. His father works on a farm attending to cattle. The family attends the church in Villa Ascension. He enjoys playing baseball in the field adjacent to the school in Caraballo where he is in 3^rd grade. He is 17 years old.

Please be praying for these kids. Sometimes the need is overwhelming, but God has given us the ability to help address some of them. Who wants to come down and help out?