When the earthquake hit, Greg and his son were sitting on the balcony at the orphanage they founded in Haiti. As the support gave way, they had to link arms to avoid slipping and falling to the driveway below. Greg immediately thought of the 33 orphans on the ground floor coloring in their books. He yelled, "Earthquake! Everybody out!". As he prayed, "Save us, Jesus!" the house straightened out again and they were able to run downstairs and get EVERY CHILD OUT ALIVE!
When Canadian missionaries Greg and Jasmine moved to Haiti a couple of years ago they did not have much of a plan. They purchased some land and lived on it while they built a shelter and figured out how they would help children in one of the poorest countries in the world. They found their calling in establishing an orphanage and caring for abandoned and orphaned children. Haiti had an estimated 380,000 orphans BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE and that number is estimated to have doubled now.
Operation Love The Children Of Haiti was founded in order to help some of these orphans. After the earthquake, 33 children had to sleep on the ground, in fields, under tarps. They were only able to get 2 meals a day for a while until help arrived. At the present time, they are housed in a combination of tents and temporary wooden buildings. One semi-permanent (will last 2-3 years) building is almost completed to get the youngest of the children out of tents. They are looking to build a permanent structure within 4-5 months on a new piece of land near by. They now have 41 orphans and could take more if they had the facilities and staff to help out.
Please take the time to look at their web page and consider helping them out:
1) Praying
2) Giving
3) Hands on help
4) Adopting a child (look at the profiles of the kids on the web page)
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