๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ, โ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป.โ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ๐ต:๐ญ๐ฐ
๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป: ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ‘๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
Valentin entered our care at age 10. He grew up in a family of five children with two hard-working parents. His father was a brick mason, and his mother sold goods in the market. Unfortunately, a financial crisis in Haiti left Valetin’s parents unable to find work. As his family’s plight grew dire, the mental health of Valentin’s mother declined, and she started severely beating her children. Fearing his kids might end up on the streets โ or worse โ Valentin’s father took him to an LSM interview. In tears, he told us he loved his son but could no longer care for him. Our interviewers quickly noticed that Valentin scored well on problem solving tests. Today, Valentin ranks among our top students and plans to become an engineer!
๐๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ: ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ
Lucia’s father died when she was young, leaving her mother to care for eight children all by herself. In those dark days, Lucia’s sisters abused and beat her. She was likely to become a slave or die from starvation and abuse. Thankfully, through your support, God made it possible for Lucia to join an LSM Home of Hope. Today, with the help of her new, loving HOH sisters, Lucia is excelling in her studies and working hard to fulfill her God-given potential. Lucia’s favorite Bible verse is Psalm 37, which reads in part: “Soon the wicked will be no more. But the meek will enjoy peace and prosperity.” With your help, Lucia wants to become a doctor so she can help vulnerable and abused kids!
๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒฬ: “๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ, ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐!”
Andrรฉ grew up in southern Haiti with his mother and six siblings. Even though the family worked hard on their small farm, a terrible economy drove them into poverty, and the children slowly began to starve. Andrรฉ had often retrieved drinking water for his family, but as his energy slowly depleted, these journeys became difficult. Andrรฉ was in danger of starving or becoming a slave to survive when LSM family sponsors made it possible for him to join a Home of Hope. Andrรฉ’s mom told us he has a bright mind and said she was glad that he’ll receive an education. Today, Andrรฉ has a loving family and is studying hard to help his country. The boy who was once too weak to retrieve water now tells us his favorite Scripture is Psalm 23, and he says, with the Psalmist, “my cup overflows!
๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ผ๐ฒฬ, ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐!
Meet Zoรฉ, a radiant young lady who lives in one of LSM’s Homes of Hope in Haiti. Unlike her sisters, Zoรฉ is a biological daughter of the home parents. But as adoptive and foster parents know well, she is cherished and cared for the same as her sisters. We thank God that Zoรฉ was spared the poverty and abuse that harmed many of our other children in their early years. Much like us here in the United States, God has called Zoรฉ to help bear the burdens of those who have been hurt. For Zoรฉ, that starts with the sisters in her own Home. Let’s thank God that Zoรฉ’s path has been a little less rocky than many of our other HOH children and that she has this chance to be a joy and a source of healing within her family!
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