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Two Little First Graders

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Laura Arrow House 92

He’s the little boy in blue and she’s the little girl in pink. They are both as cute as can be and both are in need of sponsorship for the 2015-2016 school year.

Lovensky and Laura will both be entering first grade and for only $300 per year you can give them an education, school uniform, shoes, backpack, books and quality dental care!

Let me tell you a little bit about these two little ones. . .

Lovensky’s favorite color is yellow and his favorite food is cereal and milk. He loves to color and one day, when we grows up, he would like to become a pilot.

Laura likes to play with dolls. Her favorite food is the common Haitian dish of rice and beans and her favorite animals are birds. Laura’s mom takes her to church, and she especially likes the song book with hymns.

Both of these sweet children are very poor and their parents need help to send them to school. If you can help or know someone who can, please let us know. We would love to tell them they have a sponsor when we see them in June!

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You can mail your donation to the following address or donate online here. Make a note on your donation, send us a message, or message us on Facebook to let us know you would like to sponsor Lovensky or Laura and we will assign them to you. Thank you!!

Mercy International
2734 Harvest Creek Lane
Boerne, Texas 78006

The Medical School Didn’t Want Her To Leave

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Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity. Hippocrates.

Her name is Emilienne Jean-Pierre. She’s the one in the light pink printed t-shirt in the back row. Last year she became one of the estimated 2% of Haitians who graduate from high school. Now, she is 22 years old and has a heart for medicine.

This week we found out that she has more than a heart for medicine – she also has a brain for it. Emily did so well on the medical school entrance exam that the medical school didn’t want to let her go home!

Emilienne — also known as “Emily” — lives in the Merci’ de Dieu (“Thanks to God”) Village with her parents and six younger siblings. They moved into the village after living in the terrible conditions of a tent city. Both of her parents are Believers and one of her sisters just gave her life to Christ in November.

On our most recent trip to the village in November, Emily spent time in the clinic helping to care for her father’s severe leg wound. Jean — the team member who was helping — reported that although others would not be able to handle caring for such a gruesome injury, Emily handled herself with ease.

Because Emily did so well on her entrance exam, the medical school has given her permission to begin midway through the semester.

She needs $2500 to pay for tuition, books, uniform, and a small stipend (for transportation and food) by Monday, December 15. Overall, Emily will need $5000 per year. It will take her 6 years to complete her studies.

Our village clinic doctor, Dr. Whistler, also received sponsorship through Mercy International to attend medical school. He completed his degree earlier this year and now invests part of his time back into the ministry by serving three times a week in the village clinic. He has also helped to train the men and women of the “Barefoot Doctor” program in rural Haiti.

Haiti has a high demand for physicians and we love seeing Haitians trained up to help their own country. Becoming a physician is about the only way you can be assured of employment upon graduation in Haiti, even over nursing.

If Emily is able to receive sponsorship for medical school, she will have a completely different future than what might be expected from her background. From living in a tent city, to being given a house in the village, to possibly medical school. Amazing!

If you feel led to give toward Emily’s tuition, please let us know. We would love to help her, but know the Lord has to provide the funds for her.

Merry Christmas!

Thirteen People Living In A Tent

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Three brothers standing outside of what once was their only shelter.

During our last team we went to see a family living in a tent. Actually, it is better described as sticks wrapped in tarps in which thirteen people lived. Samuel, the father, was outside trying to dry his birth and marriage certificates and other important documents as it had rained the night before and the tarps leaked badly.

Through the kindness of a donor, we were able to build them a small, four bedroom home. Pastor Etienne hired a “boss” to build it after our team left in early May and when we arrived in July the project was completed.

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The growing family of 14 now has a home for shelter on their land.

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The new home, beside what once was their only shelter.

Today we took a four-wheel drive up the mountain to the home and talked to Samuel. He was using a stick as a cane and said that he had hit his foot with a pick axe. It’s really hard for a family when the main bread-winner is out of commission.

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Samuel, pictured left, is so thankful for his new home.

Samuel was so thankful! He really just hung his head trying to come up with the right words to say to express his gratitude. He then took us inside to show us his beautiful home and also a surprise. One of the aunts living there had a new baby, two days old, so now it is a home to fourteen.

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Ellen, one of our team members, holding the two-week old newborn…the 14th member of the household.

The change in their countenances and the joy on their faces showed just how blessed they were feeling. It is pure joy to help lift a family up who has been beat down by circumstances beyond their control and I look forward to continuing my relationship with this sweet family.

In Christ,

John Leininger

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“For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat” Isaiah 25:4

 

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