We are still here :)

 My excuse for not blogging-see picture above 🙂  We are so excited to have Casey with us for a week.  Love that little brother so much. We have had 5 kids die in the past week.  It has been a hard time for us.  We have one of the twins

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Where there is a need, fill it

My mom,  Lori, and I started taking in kids in 1999.  From our early years of family ministry (late 1980’s), our motto was always, “Where there is a need, fill it.”   We saw kids that were burned, sick, and malnourished and thought maybe, with a little help, they could

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Kettema is doing great!

    Kettema first came to us in January of 2009.  She weighed 17 pounds 9 ounces and was 20 months old. She was one of the first children on the Medika Mamba program and she did very well.  She gained weight quickly. She stayed in the Rescue Center until

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Anika needs our help

Being HIV & TB positive is not easy in any country, but here in Haiti there are not many options for our patients.  Would you consider helping with transportation cost for Anika to travel to Partners in Health to begin her treatment for both of these illnesses. The cost is only

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They ate the Mamba and they got chubby…new grads!

To read more on this locally made fortified peanut butter called Medika Mamba see the Meds & Foods for Kids website here. Valancia’s lowest weight while on Medika Mamba was 15lbs. She graduated at 20lbs. Renista was swollen with Kwashiorkor and lost 5lbs of water weight which put her at

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Guest Blogger-Roberta V. from Aritist for Hope

Have you ever heard the term Holy Discontent? I hadn’t heard this term until my pastor preached about finding a cause to be passionate about. I realized quickly that I had experienced Holy Discontent about 3 years ago, but I didn’t realize it had a name. It happened one evening

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