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>> OKAY, HERE WE ARE.
WE'RE ON THE WAY TO COTIN TO
PASS OUT SOME MEALS TODAY,
SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF MEALS
AND OUT THERE IN COTIN,
WE'RE ALSO DOING A CHURCH
AND A SCHOOL.
GOD BLESS DEBRA GEORGE.
BUT OUT HERE IN THE AREA,
YOU KNOW, THEY GROW SUGAR CANE
OUT HERE.
THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING THEY
GROW OUT HERE, BUT IT'S A VERY
DRY AREA OUT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S A VERY DRY
AND DUSTY DAY.
BUT THERE'S NO JOBS OUT HERE.
THERE'S NO FACTORIES OUT HERE.
THERE'S NO WAY TO MAKE MONEY
OUT HERE, JUST, YOU KNOW,
A LITTLE TROWEL AND THEN SOIL,
GOT A LITTLE GARDEN
OR SOMETHING, BUT THERE'S
NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SUCCESS.
>> AND BOBBY, ON THE SUGAR CANE,
THESE BELONG TO WEALTHY
LANDOWNERS SO THE POOR PEOPLE
WORK THERE FOR THEM.
THEY DON'T REALLY OWN THIS LAND.
THEIR JUST WORKING MAKING JUST
A FEW DOLLARS A DAY TO CUT IT,
TAKE CARE OF IT OR WHATEVER.
BUT WHEN WE GET INTO COTIN,
IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THIS.
IT'S JUST REAL DRY AND DUSTY,
LITTLE MUD HUTS.
>> YEAH, YEAH, IT'S MUCH
DIFFERENT THAN THIS.
WE'RE PROBABLY 2 OR 3 MILES FROM
COTIN RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE FOLLOWING
ONE OF OUR TRUCKS HERE
AND WE'RE FOLLOWING THE FOOD
TRUCK IS IN FRONT UP THERE,
WHICH IS INSIDE A BIG CAGE TO
PROTECT IT AS WE GO ALONG.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HAITI IS JUST
IN A CRISIS OF FOOD.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE COME TO US
EVERY DAY FOR IS FOOD.
"PLEASE GIVE ME FOOD."
AND IT JUST RIPS YOUR HEART OUT,
ESPECIALLY FOR THE CHILDREN WHEN
THEY'RE HUNGRY.
BUT WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO COTIN
RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY
VILLAGES THAT WE SUPPORT EVERY
MONTH ON A CONSISTENT BASIS WITH
FOOD EVERY MONTH ON A CONSISTENT
BASIS.
AND SO GOD BLESS YOU FOR ANYONE
WHO PARTNERS WITH US.
THANK YOU BECAUSE WE'RE DOING
THIS TOGETHER TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN HAITI, ESPECIALLY
FOR THE CHILDREN.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, BOBBY, I LOVE
THAT SCRIPTURE IT SAYS, "IT'S
THE GOODNESS OF GOD THAT LEADS
MEN TO REPENTANCE."
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WITCHDOCTOR
IN THIS VILLAGE, WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON HIM A LONG TIME AND,
YOU KNOW, SHARING FOOD WITH HIM
AND REALLY GAVE HIM A GOSPEL
CASSETTE IN CREOLE ABOUT THE
BIBLE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING, WORKING,
WORKING, PLOWING THE LOVE OF GOD
AND ONE DAY WE'RE GONNA BELIEVE
THAT HE'S GONNA BECOME A
CHRISTIAN.
BUT IT'S THE GOODNESS OF GOD
WHEN WE SHOW GOD'S LOVE, IT'S SO
MUCH EASIER TO WIN THEM TO THE
LORD.
IT'S ALL PART OF OUR
EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH TOO.
>> NOW WHEN IT RAINS,
THIS LITTLE DIRT HERE TURNS TO
PURE MUD, AND YOU CAN'T MAKE IT
OUT OF HERE.
YOU HAVE TO BRING THE FOOD IN ON
TOP OF PEOPLE'S HEADS, YOU KNOW?
SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN IT
RAINS BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S DRY.
WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH RAIN LATELY,
WHICH HAS REALLY AFFECTED HAITI.
>> YES, SO MUCH.
WE'LL BE THERE PRETTY SOON.
>> WE'RE ON OUR WAY
INTO THE REGIONS BEYOND.
[MUSIC]
>> SEE PEOPLE, I MISSED MOST OF
THEM, BUT THEY'RE STILL RUNNING.
PEOPLE ARE STILL RUNNING TO COME
GET FOOD AS THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING
QUITE OF A DISTANCE.
LOOKY HERE.
I'LL TELL YA, PEOPLE ARE
DESPERATE FOR FOOD IN HAITI.
AND THANK YOU ALL OF YOU WHO'VE
BEEN PARTNERING WITH US AND
MAKING GOOD THINGS HAPPEN FOR
THE HAITIAN PEOPLE AND
ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
COME STAY AND WITH ME, OKAY?
[MUSIC]
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
SEE, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR
LOVE A CHILD FOOD CARD
TO RECEIVE THEIR BOX OF FOOD
FOR THE MONTH, SO IT'S HIGHLY
ORGANIZED.
IF THEY DID NOT HAVE THIS,
THERE'D BE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
OUT HERE TODAY.
THERE'D BE TOTAL CHAOS.
BUT ONE PERSON PER FAMILY
COMES FOR THEIR FOOD.
JUST ONE PERSON COMES FROM THE
FAMILY, NOT NOBODY ELSE AND THEY
GET THE FOOD FOR THE WHOLE
FAMILY.
OH, THEY'RE STARTING TO SING.
PRAISE THE LORD.
THEN IT'S MARKED OFF EACH MONTH.
BUT THIS IS HOW THE LOVE A CHILD
FOOD CARD LOOKS LIKE.
IT WILL BE ORGANIZED.
WITHOUT THIS CARD, THEY CAN'T
PICK UP THEIR FOOD THIS MONTH.
[SINGING]
>> HOW ARE YOU, MR. BOBBY?
>> I'M FINE.
HOW ARE YOU?
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
>> SEE HOW WELL--HE SAID HE
LOVES THE FOOD VERY MUCH
AND HE LOVES JESUS TOO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE COME
AND THEY STAND IN THE HOT SUN.
LET ME TELL YOU THIS IS HOT
TODAY HERE IN HAITI, BUT THEY
STAND, YOU KNOW, CHEST TO CHEST,
BACK TO BACK FOR THE FOOD
'CAUSE THEY LOVE THE FOOD.
IT'S EVERYTHING TO THEM.
[MUSIC]
>> MALE ANNOUNCER: BOBBY
AND SHERRY BURNETTE
NEED YOUR HELP IMMEDIATELY
TO CONTINUE FEEDING STARVING
BABIES AND CHILDREN IN HAITI.
$24 WILL PROVIDE 648 MEALS
FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE
NOTHING TO EAT.
$120 PROVIDES 3,240 MEALS.
$1,000 PROVIDES 27,000 MEALS.
AND IF THE LORD HAS BLESSED YOU
OR YOUR BUSINESS,
YOU CAN SPONSOR AN ENTIRE
40-FOOT CONTAINER
OF 270,000 MEALS FOR A GIFT
OF $10,000.
YOUR MONTHLY GIFT CAN BE
DEDUCTED AUTOMATICALLY FROM YOUR
CREDIT CARD AND YOUR GIFT IS
URGENTLY NEEDED NOW.
THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN
ARE IMPOVERISHED.
MOST HAVE MALNUTRITION,
MANY ARE ABANDONED,
AND ALL OF THEM GO TO SLEEP
HUNGRY EACH NIGHT.
THEY ARE WAITING TO RECEIVE
THIS FOOD, BUT YOUR GIFT IS
DESPERATELY NEEDED NOW.
REMEMBER,
$24 PROVIDES 648 MEALS,
$120 PROVIDES 3,240 MEALS,
$1,000 PROVIDES 27,000 MEALS,
AND YOUR GIFT OF $10,000
PROVIDES 270,000 MEALS
FOR THESE HUNGRY CHILDREN.
PLEASE GO TO LOVEACHILD.COM,
CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER,
OR WRITE TO THE ADDRESS
ON YOUR SCREEN AND SAY,
"I WANT TO HELP."
THE LORD WILL BLESS YOU
ACCORDING TO HIS WORD IN
PROVERBS 28:27 WHICH SAYS,
"HE THAT GIVETH TO THE POOR
SHALL NOT LACK."
IN OTHER WORDS,
GOD TAKES CARE OF THOSE
WHO TAKE CARE OF THE POOR.
ON BEHALF OF THE STARVING
CHILDREN IN HAITI,
THANK YOU
AND MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU.
[MUSIC]
>> MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A WORD FROM
THE MISSION FIELD HERE IN THE
COUNTRY OF HAITI IN A VILLAGE.
AND WITH ME IS TWO LITTLE
BUDDIES TODAY THAT YOU AND I
HELP FEED EVERY DAY AND EACH
MONTH WITH LOVE AND FOOD.
WE GOT LITTLE MADAME ZWEET
HERE, ZWEET HERE.
THAT MEANS LIKE LIZARD IN
CREOLE, MAYBE, OR SOMETHING
SMALL.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
AND THEN WE GOT LITTLE
MAKLADEE HERE,
LITTLE MONSIEUR MAKLADEE.
HE'S A SWEET LITTLE GUY.
HE'S INTO SOMETHING ALL THE
TIME.
BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU
A WORD FOR THE MISSION FIELD
TODAY.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN JAMES
THE 2ND CHAPTER, VERSE 15:16,
LET THIS WORD ENCOURAGE YOU
AND LET GOD USE YOU.
"IF A BROTHER OR SISTER BE
NAKED, AND DESTITUTE OF DAILY
FOOD, AND ONE OF YOU SAY UNTO
THEM, DEPART IN PEACE, GO YE,
BE WARMED AND FILLED;
NOTWITHSTANDING YE GIVE THEM NOT
THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE NEEDFUL
TO THE BODY; WHAT DOTH IT
PROFIT?"
LET ME READ ONE MORE HERE FOUND
ON THE BOOK OF PROVERBS.
IF I CAN JUST TURN TO IT HERE,
THE BOOK OF PROVERBS,
THE SECOND CHAPTER--
WELL, ACTUALLY
THE THIRD CHAPTER, VERSE 27.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "WITHHOLD NOT
GOOD FROM THEM TO WHOM IT IS
DUE, WHEN IT IS IN THE POWER OF
OUR HAND TO DO IT."
SO THE WORD TODAY FROM THE
MISSION FIELD IN HAITI HERE IS,
YOU KNOW, IF WE SEE SOMEBODY
WARM AND DESTITUTE OR THEY'RE
COLD OR THEY HAVE A NEED AND
THEY'RE DESTITUTE OF DAILY FOOD,
THE BIBLE SAYS DON'T SAY, "WELL,
GO YOUR WAY AND BE FILLED, YOU
KNOW, OR COME ANOTHER DAY."
THE LORD WANTS US TO HELP MEET
THAT NEED TODAY.
AND THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT IN THE
BOOK OF PROVERBS, YOU KNOW,
IF IT'S IN THE POWER--
EXCUSE ME, I BROKE MY WRIST.
IF IT'S IN THE POWER OF OUR HAND
TO DO IT, LET'S NOT WITHHOLD.
LET'S HELP MEET THE NEED.
AND SO SHERRY AND I HERE IN
HAITI AND WHEREVER YOU MAY BE A
MISSIONARY OR WHERE ALL YOU HELP
IN THE WORLD TODAY HOW GOD USES
YOU, BUT IT'S IN THE POWER OF
OUR HAND TO HELP PEOPLE HAVE
FOOD, MEET ANY NEED, THOSE
DESTITUTE OF DAILY FOOD.
LET GOD USE YOU AND THE RESULT
IS YOU'LL BE BLESSED UPON THE
EARTH, ACCORDING TO PSALMS
CHAPTER 41, VERSES 1, 2, AND 3,
SOME OF MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES
IN THE BIBLE.
BUT TODAY WHEN WE SEE SOMEONE
DESTITUTE OF DAILY FOOD LIKE
THESE CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY HERE
IN HAITI WHERE SHERRY AND I
LIVE, MATTER OF FACT, PROBABLY
10 MINUTES FROM HERE.
LET GOD USE YOU.
WHEN YOU LAY YOUR HEAD DOWN ON
YOUR PILLOW AT NIGHT,
YOU'LL FEEL GOOD.
GOD BLESS YOU
FOR YOUR HEART OF LOVE.
GOD BLESS.
[MUSIC]
>> WELL, HERE WE ARE, WE'RE
ALMOST NEAR THE END OF THE LINE,
A LONG LINE HERE FOR FOOD THAT
PEOPLE ACTUALLY RAN.
THEY SEEN A TRUCK, THEY RAN TO
COME AND RECEIVE THEIR FOOD.
THEY HAD THEIR FOOD CARDS IN
THEIR HAND.
BUT FOOD IS A CRISIS
HERE IN HAITI.
IT TOUCHES--IT TOUCHES OUR
HEART.
SHERRY AND I LIVE HERE.
I THOUGHT I'D BE USED TO IT BY
NOW, BUT I KNOW I'M NOT AND
SHERRY'S NOT.
>> YOU KNOW, BOBBY, IT TOUCHES
MY HEART TOO.
I JUST SEE THE--I CAN LOOK INTO
THE FACES OF THESE MOTHERS, AND
I JUST DESPAIR BUT YET I SEE
HOPE AND JOY WHEN THEY KNOW THEY
CAN GET IN LINE AND THEY'VE GOT
A BOX OF FOOD.
AND YOU KNOW, BOBBY, JUST LIKE
YOU AND I WERE TALKING, IT'S THE
GOODNESS OF GOD THAT LEADS MEN
TO REPENTANCE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT HERE TO HIT
THEM ON THE HEAD WITH THE BIBLE
AND TELL THEM HOW BAD THEY ARE.
WE'RE HERE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS
AND THESE MOTHERS STRUGGLE
SO HARD.
I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND
STARE AT FOUR OR FIVE HUNGRY
CHILDREN AND THERE'S NO FOOD IN
MY HUT.
BUT THEY SAY, "THANK YOU, JESUS"
WHEN THIS FOOD ARRIVES.
>> YOU KNOW PLEASE,
YOU CAN HELP.
THIS FOOD HAS BEEN DONATED,
BEEN DONATED BY
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN.
IT ACTUALLY COST THEM $65,000 ON
THEIR END FOR THEIR CONTAINER OF
FOOD, ALONG WITH 700,000
VOLUNTEERS TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
BUT OUR PART, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR
THE TRANSPORTATION TO GET IT
FROM MINNEAPOLIS,
MINNEAPOLIS TO CHICAGO,
DOWN TO MIAMI,
MIAMI 17 DAYS ON THE BOAT,
THEN INTO HAITI,
THEN CUSTOMS.
SO THAT'S $10,000 ON OUR PART,
BUT FOR $10,000, YOU AND I CAN
RECEIVE A VALUE OF $65,000 VALUE
OF FOOD.
OH, MY.
WHICH ALL BOILS DOWN TO US, FOR
WE PAY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION.
$24 WILL PROVIDE 648 MEALS.
$120 WILL SUPPLY 3,240 MEALS.
FOR A GIFT OF $500
WILL PROVIDE 13,500 MEALS.
FOR A GIFT OF $1,000,
WE'LL PROVIDE 27,000 MEALS.
AND FOR A GIFT OF $10,000,
WHICH IS A CONTAINER,
40-FOOT LONG FULL OF FOOD
WORTH 270,000 MEALS,
IT'S ACTUALLY IN ALL REALITY,
272,000 MEALS ON BOARD
FOR $10,000.
SO WE CAN GET IT DOWN IN HAITI
AND GET IT TO THE PEOPLE.
PLEASE CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER
THAT'S ON THE SCREEN.
HERE'S HOW YOU HELP,
JUST CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER
ON THE SCREEN, AND PUT IT ON
YOUR CREDIT CARD.
DO IT NOW.
AS THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVES ON YOU,
WE NEED YOUR HELP,
THE HAITIANS NEED YOUR HELP,
THE CHILDREN NEED YOUR HELP.
SHERRY AND I, WE LIVE HERE IN
HAITI AND WE'RE GIVING OUR
LIVES.
NUMBER TWO, YOU CAN GIVE ONLINE.
ONLINE GIVING RIGHT THERE BY
YOUR COMPUTER, VERY SECURE,
JUST GIVE ONLINE.
OF COURSE, LOVE A CHILD
IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
GIVE ONLINE.
THEN THE THIRD WAY YOU CAN GIVE
IS JUST PUT YOUR OFFERING IN THE
LETTER, MAIL IT TO LOVE A CHILD
AND WE--EVERY WHICH WAY YOU
GIVE, WE'RE GONNA WRITE YOU
BACK, SHERRY AND I, A SPECIAL
THANK YOU LETTER WITH A PICTURE
OF THIS WEEK, MAYBE A FOOD LINE
IN A CERTAIN VILLAGE.
WE CAN TELL YOU THE VILLAGE THAT
YOU HAD PART OF AND GIVE YOU A
LITTLE REPORT ON THAT PICTURE IN
OUR LETTER.
AND WHEN YOU LAY YOUR HEAD DOWN
ON YOUR PILLOW AT NIGHT,
YOU WILL FEEL SO GOOD.
BUT ANOTHER WAY YOU CAN HELP,
WHICH MAKES YOUR GIVING EASY, IS
JUST AUTOMATIC DEDUCTION EACH
MONTH FROM YOUR CREDIT CARD,
WHETHER YOU WANT TO GIVE
$24 A MONTH,
$8 A MONTH,
$120 A MONTH,
A LESSER AMOUNT,
THE AMOUNT GOD LAYS UPON YOUR
HEART, THAT IT JUST BE DEDUCTED
FROM YOUR CREDIT CARD
EVERY MONTH AUTOMATICALLY
BY LOVE A CHILD.
BUT JUST LET US KNOW.
PLEASE CALL THE TOLL-FREE
NUMBER.
THAT WILL HELP SPEED UP THINGS.
GOD BLESS YOU.
PEOPLE ARE WAITING IN HAITI
FOR FOOD.
I'VE NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THIS
REALLY, SHERRY, ALL THE YEARS--
WE HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE 1991.
BUT PLEASE HELP.
YOU'RE WATCHING BECAUSE
I BELIEVE THIS IS ORDAINED
OF GOD FOR YOU TO WATCH.
THANK YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU.
[MUSIC]
>> TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BERLINE AWOKE
BEFORE THE SUN CAME UP.
IN FACT, SHE HAD BEEN AWAKE ALL
NIGHT, WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO
SHINE THROUGH THE CRACKS OF
THEIR LITTLE KAY PAY,
OR MUD HUT.
SINCE HER FATHER HAD DIED, THERE
WAS NO ONE TO WORK THE LONG,
HOT HOURS IN THE GARDEN.
THERE WAS NO ONE WHO COULD CARRY
THE HEAVY LOADS ON THEIR
SHOULDERS TO MAKE A FEW DOLLARS.
IT WAS UP TO BERLINE AND HER
MOTHER TO MAKE THE MONEY TO FEED
ALL FOUR OF THEM.
BERLINE AND HER MOTHER,
HER LITTLE BROTHER ROMAINE,
AGE 8; AND HER LITTLE SISTER
NADINE, AGE 6.
AT FIRST, MADAME EFFURT
WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE LAKE
AND WASH CLOTHES FOR THE OTHER
POOR FAMILIES, BUT SHE ONLY
MADE A FEW GOURDES
OR PENNIES.
IT WAS NEVER ENOUGH.
SOON WITH THE STRESS OF HER
HUSBAND DYING AND THREE HUNGRY
MOUTHS TO FEED, MADAME EFFURT
BECAME SICK AND WEAK.
SHE COULD NO LONGER SIT IN THE
HOT SUN ALL DAY LONG WASHING
CLOTHES.
SHE COULD NO LONGER CARRY THE
LARGE, HEAVY BUCKETS OF WET
CLOTHES ON HER HEAD, AND SHE
COULD NO LONGER BRING IN ENOUGH
MONEY TO FEED THREE CHILDREN
AND HERSELF.
SHE WAS JUST TIRED OF LIFE.
SHE WAS NOW LIKE THE LITTLE
WIDOW WOMAN IN THE BIBLE WHO
JUST WANTED TO LAY DOWN AND DIE.
BERLINE WAS ONLY 12,
BUT IN HAITI, SHE WAS NO LONGER
A CHILD.
SHE HAD THOUGHT OF ANOTHER WAY
TO MAKE MONEY.
SHE WOULD WORK EACH DAY
GATHERING STICKS AND SELL THE
STICKS TO SOMEONE WHO COULD MAKE
CHARCOAL.
EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS SMALL FOR
HER AGE, SHE FELT THAT IF SHE
WORKED LONG, HARD HOURS, SHE
COULD GATHER ENOUGH STICKS EACH
DAY TO MAKE A LIVING.
DAY AFTER DAY, SHE WOULD GET UP
EARLY IN THE MORNING AND GO OUT
TO THE BRUSH AREAS TO GATHER
STICKS.
SHE WOULD GATHER THEM IN HUGE
PILES.
SHE HAD LITTLE OR NOTHING TO EAT
ALL DAY, BUT AT THE END OF THE
DAY, SHE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH
STICKS TO SELL SO THAT SHE COULD
BUY A LITTLE RICE TO COOK FOR
HER MOTHER AND SIBLINGS.
BERLINE BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT
ROMAINE AND NADINE WERE BOTH NOT
LOOKING WELL.
THEY CRIED MUCH OF THE TIME, AND
SHE KNEW THEY WERE HUNGRY.
TOO MANY TIMES SHE HAD SEEN
THESE CHILDREN WHOSE HAIR HAD
TURNED FROM BLACK TO RED, THEIR
LITTLE TINY ARMS, THEIR SWOLLEN
BELLIES, THEIR LIFELESS EYES
WERE SIGN OF SEVERE HUNGER
AND MALNUTRITION.
IN THE AFTERNOONS, HER MOTHER
WOULD SIT ON A WOVEN MAT ON THE
GROUND AND STARE AT THE WALL
WHILE ROMAINE AND NADINE WOULD
SIT BE HER WITH NO ENERGY, NO
LIFE IN THEIR EYES, AND HUNGRY.
[MUSIC]
>> ANNOUNCER: BOBBY AND SHERRY
BURNETTE NEED YOUR HELP
IMMEDIATELY TO CONTINUE FEEDING
STARVING BABIES AND CHILDREN
IN HAITI.
$24 WILL PROVIDE 648 MEALS
FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE
NOTHING TO EAT.
$120 PROVIDES 3,240 MEALS.
$1,000 PROVIDES 27,000 MEALS.
AND IF THE LORD HAS BLESSED YOU
OR YOUR BUSINESS,
YOU CAN SPONSOR AN ENTIRE
40-FOOT CONTAINER
OF 270,000 MEALS FOR A GIFT
OF $10,000.
YOUR MONTHLY GIFT CAN BE
DEDUCTED AUTOMATICALLY FROM YOUR
CREDIT CARD AND YOUR GIFT IS
URGENTLY NEEDED NOW.
THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN
ARE IMPOVERISHED.
MOST HAVE MALNUTRITION,
MANY ARE ABANDONED,
AND ALL OF THEM GO TO SLEEP
HUNGRY EACH NIGHT.
THEY ARE WAITING TO RECEIVE
THIS FOOD, BUT YOUR GIFT IS
DESPERATELY NEEDED NOW.
REMEMBER,
$24 PROVIDES 648 MEALS,
$120 PROVIDES 3,240 MEALS,
$1,000 PROVIDES 27,000 MEALS,
AND YOUR GIFT OF $10,000
PROVIDES 270,000 MEALS
FOR THESE HUNGRY CHILDREN.
PLEASE GO TO LOVEACHILD.COM,
CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER,
OR WRITE TO THE ADDRESS
ON YOUR SCREEN AND SAY,
"I WANT TO HELP."
THE LORD WILL BLESS YOU
ACCORDING TO HIS WORD IN
PROVERBS 28:27 WHICH SAYS,
"HE THAT GIVETH TO THE POOR
SHALL NOT LACK."
IN OTHER WORDS,
GOD TAKES CARE OF THOSE
WHO TAKE CARE OF THE POOR.
ON BEHALF OF THE STARVING
CHILDREN IN HAITI,
THANK YOU
AND MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU.
[MUSIC]
>> ONE AFTERNOON, BERLINE CAUGHT
HER BROTHER AND HER LITTLE
SISTER EATING DIRT AND ROCKS
JUST OUTSIDE THE DOOR
OF THE HUT.
SHE PICKED THEM UP BY THE ARMS
AND DRAGGED THEM INTO THE HUT,
SCOLDING THEM.
HOW LONG HAD THOSE CHILDREN BEEN
IN THAT CONDITION?
NO ONE KNOWS.
BERLINE ALSO BEGAN TO GROW THIN
AND SICK.
NOW, SHE HAD TO CARRY HEAVY
BUCKETS OF WATER FROM THE LAKE
TO HER HUT, SHE HAD TO WASH
CLOTHES, AND SHE HAD TO GO OUT
AND GATHER STICKS TO SELL.
IT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO
THAT BERLINE BEGAN WAKING UP
EARLY IN THE MORNING TO GATHER
STICKS.
HER BROTHER, HER SISTER, AND HER
MOTHER HAD ALWAYS SLEPT ON THE
SAME MAT BESIDE HER.
AS BERLINE AND HER MOTHER WOKE,
THEY NOTICED THAT LITTLE ROMAINE
WAS NOT MOVING OR BREATHING.
THEN SHE AND HER MOTHER
DISCOVERED THAT ROMAINE
HAD DIED.
THEY BOTH CRIED IN ANGUISH.
IMMEDIATELY, THE MEN OF THE
VILLAGE CAME IN AND SAW THAT THE
CHILD HAD DIED AND THEN THEY
LEFT.
A CROWD FORMED OUTSIDE THE HUT.
EVERYONE HAD HEARD OF THE DEATH
OF THE LITTLE BOY.
THE MEN RETURNED WITH SOME
TWINE.
THEY TIED LITTLE ROMAINE'S FEET
TOGETHER, WRAPPED HIM IN A SHEET
AND CARRIED HIM OUT.
THE VILLAGE IS SO POOR THAT
DEATH IS NOT UNCOMMON.
NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT
HAPPENED.
THE ONLY THING THEY KNOW IS THAT
BERLINE CAME TO THE HUT ONE
AFTERNOON NOT LONG AFTER THE
DEATH OF HER BROTHER TO FIND HER
MOTHER CRYING HOLDING NADINE IN
HER ARMS.
BERLINE SAT OUTSIDE THE LITTLE
HUT SOBBING AND CRYING LOUDLY,
"IF ONLY I HAD GATHERED MORE
STICKS, I COULD HAVE BOUGHT MORE
FOOD AND MY BROTHER AND MY
SISTER WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY.
IT'S ALL MY FAULT."
WHEN I HEARD THIS STORY, A PAIN
WENT RIGHT THROUGH MY HEART.
WE HAD STARTED A FEEDING PROGRAM
IN COTIN.
THERE WERE MANY FAMILIES ON THE
LIST FOR MONTHLY FOOD
DISTRIBUTION, BUT I HAD NEVER
KNOWN THAT THIS FAMILY EXISTED.
BUT WHEN I HEARD THIS STORY,
MY HEART BROKE.
WE MADE SURE THAT BERLINE AND
HER MOTHER WERE ADDED TO OUR
MONTHLY FEEDING PROGRAM IN
COTIN, BUT THE FIRST THING I
THOUGHT WHEN I HEARD THIS STORY
WAS, IF ONLY I HAD HEARD THIS
STORY AND HELPED THEM SOONER.
>> YOU KNOW WHEN I HEARD THAT
STORY ABOUT LITTLE BERLINE,
IT JUST BROKE MY HEART.
I COULD NOT IMAGINE A LITTLE
GIRL FEELING SO MUCH GUILT FOR
HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS OR
SIBLINGS, AND SHE FELT LIKE THE
WEIGHT OF THE WHOLE WORLD WAS ON
HER SHOULDERS.
IF ONLY SHE HAD GATHERED MORE
STICKS, SHE COULD HAVE DONE
SOMETHING.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT BERLINE'S
FAMILY IS IN THE FOOD LINE TODAY
AND THEY'RE GONNA GET FOOD
TODAY.
ISN'T THAT A WONDERFUL BLESSING?
AND NOT ONLY TODAY
BUT EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
YOU KNOW, ONE DAY YOU MAY HEAR A
STORY FROM LOVE A CHILD FROM
SOMEBODY ELSE, AND YOU TOO MAY
SAY, "IF ONLY I HAD NOT TURNED
THAT PROGRAM OFF, IF ONLY I HAD
NOT TURNED THE CHANNEL, IF ONLY
I HAD SACRIFICED AND GIVE."
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE HERE,
YOU'RE LISTENING TODAY.
I'M GONNA GO FIND BOBBY
AND HE'S GONNA TELL YOU
HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THANK YOU.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
[MUSIC]
>> YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S COMING
AND GET THEIR FOOD.
LET ME JUST EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO
YA, INSIDE THIS BOX RIGHT HERE,
THERE'S 36 PACKETS OF THIS.
INSIDE THAT BOX IS 216 MEALS
AND THERE'S 36 PACKETS.
INSIDE THIS PACKET, YOU CAN SEE
THERE'S RICE, THERE'S SOY.
THERE'S CARROTS, THERE'S ONIONS,
PLUS THERE'S ALL KIND OF
VITAMINS AND MINERALS
AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER
INGREDIENTS.
BUT YOU JUST POUR THIS INTO
BOILING WATER, THAT'S ALL YOU
NEED, BOILING HOT WATER LIKE
RICE-A-RONI.
OF COURSE, THE RICE BOILS UP THE
SOY, THE ONIONS, THE CARROTS.
IT IS DELICIOUS, AND HAITIANS
JUST LOVE IT.
IT'S A HOT MEAL, ALL THE
VITAMINS YOU NEED.
INSIDE THIS PACKAGE IS ENOUGH
PROTEIN AS A CHICKEN BREAST.
SO THEY'RE RECEIVING THEIR
PROTEIN, THE VITAMINS AND IT'S
NOT A SOUP.
IT'S A MEAL.
I MEAN THEY STACK THEIR PLATES
FULL, BUT THIS IS HOW IT COMES
IN THE BOXES AND, OF COURSE,
I JUST WANT TO SAY,
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN,
THEY DONATE US THE FOOD.
GOD BLESS THEM UP THERE IN
MINNEAPOLIS, CHICAGO.
AND WE PARTNER TOGETHER AND THEY
GO OUT AND RAISE MONEY TO PUT
THE FOOD TOGETHER.
IT COSTS $65,000 FOR A CONTAINER
OF FOOD.
THEN WHAT LOVE A CHILD DOES, IT
COSTS US $10,000 TO GET IT TO
HAITI.
SO FOR $10,000, WE'RE RECEIVING
A VALUE OF $65,000 WORTH OF FOOD
WHOLESALE PRICE.
BUT ANYHOW, FOR $10,000, THEY
GET TO SEND A BIG CONTAINER UP
THERE FROM MIAMI TO MINNEAPOLIS,
CHICAGO, BRING IT BACK DOWN TO
MIAMI, PUT IT IN A BIG BOAT, GO
ACROSS THE OCEAN FOR 17 DAYS,
THEN THROUGH HAITI CUSTOMS THEN
OUT TO THE PEOPLE.
SO IT COSTS LOVE A CHILD
$10,000, BUT
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN HAD
TO RAISE 65,000 ON THEIR END
TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
AND WOULD YOU BELIEVE LAST YEAR,
AND THIS YEAR THERE'S MORE, IT
TOOK 700,000 VOLUNTEERS WORKING,
PUTTING THIS PACKAGING TOGETHER.
I'M NOT EXAGGERATING,
700,000 VOLUNTEERS.
SO WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER
BUT THE HAITIANS CALL IT
"JUST A LITTLE FOR US."
BUT THE PEOPLE,
THEY LOVE THE FOOD.
AND I LIKE IT.
I MEAN, IT'S DELICIOUS.
>> ANNOUNCER: YOU CAN SPONSOR
AN ENTIRE 40-FOOT CONTAINER
OF 270,000 MEALS
FOR A GIFT OF $10,000.
YOUR MONTHLY GIFT CAN BE
DEDUCTED AUTOMATICALLY
FROM YOUR CREDIT CARD,
AND YOUR GIFT IS URGENTLY
NEEDED NOW.
THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN
ARE IMPOVERISHED.
MOST HAVE MALNUTRITION,
MANY ARE ABANDONED,
AND ALL OF THEM GO TO SLEEP
HUNGRY EACH NIGHT.
THEY ARE WAITING TO RECEIVE
THIS FOOD, BUT YOUR GIFT IS
DESPERATELY NEEDED NOW.
REMEMBER $24 PROVIDES 648 MEALS,
$120 PROVIDES 3,240 MEALS,
$1,000 PROVIDES 27,000 MEALS,
AND YOUR GIFT OF $10,000
PROVIDES 270,000 MEALS
FOR THESE HUNGRY CHILDREN.
PLEASE GO TO LOVEACHILD.COM,
CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER,
OR WRITE TO THE ADDRESS
ON YOUR SCREEN AND SAY,
"I WANT TO HELP."
THE LORD WILL BLESS YOU
ACCORDING TO HIS WORD IN
PROVERBS 28:27 WHICH SAYS,
"HE THAT GIVETH TO THE POOR
SHALL NOT LACK."
IN OTHER WORDS,
GOD TAKES CARE OF THOSE
WHO TAKE CARE OF THE POOR.
ON BEHALF OF THE STARVING
CHILDREN IN HAITI, THANK YOU
AND MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU.
º WE CAN LOVE A CHILD ºº