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♪ HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS ♪ ♪ FEEDING THE STARVING ♪
♪ CHILDREN ♪ ♪ CHANGING HAITI FOR THE LORD ♪
♪ WHERE ALL CAN BE RESTORED ♪ ♪ WE ARE LOVE A CHILD ♪
♪ WE ARE LOVE A CHILD ♪ ♪ TEACH THEM, FEED THEM ♪
♪ REACH THEM ♪ ♪ LOVE A CHILD ♪♪
WELL, HERE WE ARE AT ONE OF THE MANY LOVE A CHILD SCHOOLS.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN OUR LOVE A CHILD FOND PARISIEN
SCHOOL.
MATTER OF FACT, SHERRY AND I, WE LIVE HERE ON THE SAME PROPERTY.
BUT WE HAVE MANY SCHOOLS ALL OVER HAITI.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE CHILDREN HAVE ON
THE LOVE A CHILD BLUE AND YELLOW UNIFORM,
THAT MEANS THEY ARE SPONSORED.
THEY'RE RECEIVING FOOD, GREAT EDUCATIONS AND HEALTH
AND THEY'RE BEING BLESSED.
BUT THERE'S SO MANY CHILDREN IN HAITI AND OTHER VILLAGES
THAT DO NOT HAVE SPONSORS, AND THEY'RE WAITING TO GO TO SCHOOL.
SPONSORING A CHILD WILL CHANGE HIS OR HER LIFE FOREVER.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN ALL AROUND THIS
VILLAGE RIGHT HERE AND THE VILLAGES
ALL THROUGHOUT HAITI.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR A SPONSOR.
THEY WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL, BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT TODAY, YOU CAN MAKE IT POSSIBLE.
BONJOUR, BONJOUR, BONJOUR.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
WOW, SO THIS IS WILNER--
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
WOW, HE'S FINISHING PLASTERING THE INSIDE OF
HIS MUD HUT FOR HIS DADDY.
THAT'S HIS JOB.
HE'S 12 YEARS OLD AND HE CAME OUT.
HE WAS COVERED WITH MUD.
I JUST FOLLOWED HIM INSIDE TO FIND OUT WHERE HE LIVED.
TWELVE YEARS OLD AND HIS DESIRE IS TO GO TO SCHOOL.
NOW LOVE A CHILD PROVIDES EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN THROUGH
OUR CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMS.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE TO.
AND WITH CHILD SPONSORSHIP, WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE A CHILD
OUT OF A WORLD OF DARKNESS, A CHILD WHO'S PLASTERING MUD
ON HIS LITTLE TWO-ROOM STRAW AND MUD HUT.
HE WANTS AN EDUCATION, BUT HE CAN'T GET THERE
UNLESS HE HAS A SPONSOR.
CHILD SPONSORSHIP OPENS A WORLD OF DARKNESS AND LET'S THE LIGHT
SHINE IN BECAUSE WITH CHILD SPONSORSHIP, EDUCATION
IS THE MAIN FOCUS.
YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ONCE SAID WITHOUT AN EDUCATION,
YOU'RE LIKE A BLIND MAN WALKING AROUND IN THE DARK.
THESE CHILDREN WILL NEVER EVER HAVE HOPE UNLESS
THEY HAVE AN EDUCATION.
THIS LITTLE BOY MAY NOT BE LIKE OTHER LITTLE BOYS IN THE STATES
WHERE YOU'D HAVE TO WAKE HIM UP OR WHIP HIM OR FORCE HIM
TO GO TO SCHOOL.
HE WANTS TO GO TO SCHOOL.
HE WANTS TO LEARN HOW TO WRITE HIS NAME ON THE BLACKBOARD.
HE WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO OPEN UP A BOOK AND READ THAT BOOK OR
READ THE BIBLE.
HE WANTS TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF HAITI.
HE WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO DO ADDITION AND HOW TO WRITE
NUMBERS ON THE BOARD.
HE WANTS TO KNOW HOW HE CAN SING SONGS WITH THE OTHER CHILDREN.
WE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT ON THE PLAYGROUND AND SWING AND
HAVE FUN AND JUST BE A CHILD.
THAT'S WHAT EDUCATION DOES.
OUR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLTEACHERS ARE SO QUALIFIED AND THEY'RE SOME
OF THE BEST SCHOOLTEACHERS IN THE COUNTRY OF HAITI.
A CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, A WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN
SCHOOLTEACHER MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
FOR A CHILD WHO LIVES IN A MUD HUT IN THE POOREST COUNTRY
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, HAITI.
ANNOUNCER: THE LOVE A CHILD CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
IS CHANGING LIVES FOREVER IN THE COUNTRY OF HAITI.
FOR A GIFT OF $24 PER MONTH OR $288 PER YEAR,
YOU CAN JOIN HUNDREDS OF OTHERS IN BECOMING A CHILD SPONSOR.
CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROVIDES ACADEMIC AND SPIRITUAL
EDUCATION AS WELL AS NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO
DEVELOP A LOVING RELATIONSHIP WITH A BEAUTIFUL HAITIAN
BOY OR GIRL.
PLEASE WRITE TO THE ADDRESS ON YOUR SCREEN OR CALL
THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER TODAY AND BEGIN YOUR CHILD
SPONSORSHIP WITH A GIFT OF $24 PER MONTH OR $288 PER YEAR.
YOUR GIFT CAN ALSO BE DEDUCTED MONTHLY FROM YOUR CREDIT CARD.
DECIDE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR A BOY OR A GIRL AND
BEGIN NOW TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF KNOWING YOU ARE HELPING TO
CHANGE A CHILD'S LIFE FOREVER.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
I JUST RAN INTO THIS ON THE WAY OUT.
THIS IS VENYE, FOUR-YEAR-OLD VENYE.
FOUR-YEAR-OLD--THREE-YEAR-OLD, EXCUSE ME, THREE-YEAR-OLD VENYE
HAS SORES ALL DOWN HER BODY.
LOOKS LIKE SHE NEEDS WORM MEDICINE AND PROBABLY GOT
BAD IMPETIGO HERE TOO ALL OVER HER BODY.
SO HER SISTER'S HERE ASKING US FOR MEDICINE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING ABOUT CHILD SPONSORSHIP
PROGRAM IS THAT WE, THROUGH OUR CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM,
WE PROVIDE DEWORMING TO ALL THE CHILDREN.
THEY'RE DEWORMED TWICE A YEAR, WHICH KILLS WORMS.
AND THEN WE COME INTO THEIR VILLAGE AND WE PROVIDE
MOBILE CLINICS, AND WE CHECK THE CHILDREN AND THEY RECEIVE
ALL THIS MEDICINE FOR ALL THESE SKIN SORES
AND ALL THESE INFECTIONS.
IF A CHILD HAS TO GO TO A HOSPITAL, HAVE A SURGERY,
WE FIND OUT ABOUT THIS CHILD, EVEN THEY'RE FAR AWAY
IN THE MOUNTAINS.
THIS IS PART OF WHAT THE MEDICAL OUTREACH OF
CHILD SPONSORSHIP DOES.
IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR ALL THESE CHILDREN.
YOU KNOW, YOUR GIFT AND YOUR HEART'S CRY
CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR HEALTH TODAY.
CHILD SPONSORSHIP, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE BLESSING, NOT ONLY
FOR THE CHILDREN BUT FOR YOU.
TWENTY-FOUR DOLLARS A MONTH IS JUST ANOTHER OUTREACH
OF WHAT CHILD SPONSORSHIP DOES.
GOOD MEDICAL CARE FOR THE CHILDREN THAT YOU CARE
FOR AND LOVE SO MUCH.
THINK ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU.
ONE PART OF CHILD SPONSORSHIP, OF COURSE, IS FOOD
AND BEFORE I TALK TO YOU ABOUT FOOD AND HOW VITAL IT IS TO PLAY
A PART IN CHILD SPONSORSHIP, I JUST GOT TIME FOR TWO LITTLE
FRIENDS HERE IN THIS VILLAGE.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
I ASK HER DOES SHE GO TO SCHOOL, SHE SAID NO.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
NO, THEY DON'T GO TO SCHOOL.
AND THE REASON THEY DON'T GO TO SCHOOL, MATTER OF FACT THIS
WHOLE VILLAGE, NOT ONE CHILD IN THIS VILLAGE WHICH IS ONE OF
THE MANY VILLAGES CLOSE TO OUR ORPHAN'S HOME WHERE SHERRY
AND I LIVE, NOT ONE OF THESE CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL.
THE REASON WHY THEY HAVE NO ONE TO SPONSOR THEM.
AND ONE PART OF CHILD SPONSORSHIP, YOU KNOW, THESE
CHILDREN HERE IN THIS VILLAGE, THERE'S NOT EVEN CLEAN WATER.
SHERRY AND I, WE'VE GONNA AHEAD WITH YOUR HELP,
WE'VE DUG FIVE WELLS.
WE'VE HIT SALTWATER EVERY TIME.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A WELL.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE WATER IN THIS VILLAGE.
THEY CAN'T GROW ANYTHING IN THE VILLAGE.
THE SOIL IS NO GOOD.
SO THEY HAVE BIG PROBLEM.
THEY'RE HERE AND THEY JUST GOT PROBLEM.
THEY LIVE--SHERRY CAME BACK YESTERDAY CRYING
TO OUR ORPHAN'S HOME.
I SAID, "WHAT'S WRONG?"
SHE WAS CRYING.
SHE SAYS, "THEY HAVE NO SPONSOR.
NONE OF THE CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL THERE.
THEY'RE NOT EATING.
THEY'RE BEGGING FOR FOOD."
SO TODAY AT 4 O'CLOCK, WE'RE GONNA GIVE OUT FOOD TO EVERYBODY
IN THE VILLAGE AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE PLENTY OF FOOD.
BUT IF THEY WENT TO SCHOOL TO ONE OF OUR LOVE A CHILD SCHOOLS,
THEY'D BE HAVING A NICE UNIFORM ON, BLUE AND YELLOW
LOVE A CHILD UNIFORM.
THEY'D BE HAVING A HOT, BIG PLATE, I MEAN RICE, ONIONS,
CARROTS, BEANS, A GOOD HOT MEAL EVERY DAY DURING SCHOOL.
AND THE FOOD HELPS THEM THINK.
IT HELPS THEM, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE NO MORE HUNGER PAIN.
FOOD CHANGES THEIR LIFE FOREVER AS YOU KNOW.
AND CHILDREN, I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THESE CHILDREN,
THEY SUFFER.
THEY'RE HUNGRY IN THIS VILLAGE.
THEY DO NOT GO TO SCHOOL IN THIS VILLAGE.
BUT WITH YOUR HELP, THE NEXT TIME WE COME OUT
HERE AND YOU CAN COME WITH US, THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE IN SCHOOL
BECAUSE WE'RE BELIEVING GOD AND PRAYING FOR YOUR HELP.
YOU'RE THE ARM OF GOD.
GOD USE YOU TO SPONSOR ONE OF THESE CHILDREN
HERE IN THIS VILLAGE.
YOU CAN LAY YOUR HEAD DOWN ON YOUR PILLOW AT NIGHT
AND FEEL GOOD.
FOR THESE CHILDREN, YOU'RE THE FUTURE OF HAITI.
THEY WANT A GOOD, HOT MEAL OF NOURISHING FOOD.
GOD BLESS YOU.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A WORD FROM THE MISSION FIELD TODAY.
BUT WHEN I CAME IN HERE TO THE VILLAGE, THIS IS ONE OF
THE VILLAGES, ONE OF THE MANY VILLAGES, THAT'S NEAR OUR
ORPHAN'S HOME WHERE SHERRY AND I HAVE LIVED.
WE LIVED IN HAITI FOR 22 YEARS NOW BUT NOT IN OUR ORPHANS' HOME
BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE VILLAGES NEAR WHERE WE LIVE
AND HERE IN HAITI.
BUT I ASKED FOR A CHAIR AND I WAIT ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND
THE ONLY THING THEY BROUGHT ME WAS THIS CHAIR RIGHT HERE.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
THIS CHAIR GOT A HOLE IN IT, GOT A FISH YET AROUND IT.
IT'S--IF I SIT IN THAT, IT WILL BE NO MORE.
BUT I ASKED IS THERE ANYMORE CHAIRS.
AND SHERRY SAID SHE LOOKED ALL OVER.
SHE SAYS, "BOBBY, THIS IS THE ONLY CHAIR
IN THE WHOLE VILLAGE."
CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS IS HOW POOR THEY ARE IN THIS VILLAGE.
ABOUT TO SHARE YOU A WORD FROM THE MISSION FIELD HERE.
SO THEY GOT ME A BUCKET AND A BUCKET IS AS GOOD AS A CHAIR.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
BLESS THE LITTLE CHILDREN FOR SUCH IS A KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
OKAY, I WANT TO READ YOU A WORD TODAY FROM THE BOOK OF MATTHEW,
19TH CHAPTER AND 13TH VERSE.
"THEN THEY BROUGHT TO HIM LITTLE CHILDREN, THAT HE SHOULD
PUT HIS HANDS ON THEM, AND PRAY: AND THE DISCIPLES REBUKED THEM."
IN OTHER WORDS PEOPLE BROUGHT LITTLE CHILDREN TO JESUS SO
HE COULD BLESS THE CHILDREN AND PRAY FOR THEM.
THE DISCIPLES SAID, "GET THEM OUT OF HERE.
DON'T PRAY WITH THESE KIDS.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS."
BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, "BUT JESUS SAID, SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN
AND FORBID THEM NOT, TO COME UNTO ME FOR SUCH
IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."
THE 15TH VERSE, "AND HE LAID HIS HANDS ON THEM,
AND DEPARTED THENCE."
THESE KNEW THAT THE LITTLE CHILDREN, THEY WERE THE FUTURE
OF ISRAEL, LIKE THE CHILDREN BACK IN AMERICA OR WHERE YOU ARE
IN WHATEVER COUNTRY YOU MAY BE WATCHING RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE
THE FUTURE OF YOUR COUNTRY.
THESE HAITIAN CHILDREN, THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF HAITI.
AND SHERRY WAS IN THIS VILLAGE YESTERDAY AND SHE CAME BACK TO
OUR ORPHANS' HOME WHERE WE LIVE, AND SHE JUST STARTED SOBBING
IN OUR LIVING ROOM.
AND SHE TOLD ME, SHE JUST GOT BACK FROM THIS VILLAGE AND NOT
ONE OF THESE CHILDREN ARE IN SCHOOL, NOT ONE GOES TO SCHOOL.
SO SHE BEGAN TO TALK AND WHEN I CAME BACK TODAY TALKED TO THEM,
AND THE REASON THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY
DON'T HAVE A SPONSOR.
BUT WE DIDN'T REALIZE THIS VILLAGE WAS LIKE THIS.
WE WAS IN SHOCK AND SHERRY JUST SOBBED AND WAS SO,
WAS SO SHOOK UP ABOUT IT.
SO NOT ONE OF THESE LITTLE CHILDREN, NOT ONE OF THEM,
NOT ONE OF THEM.
THIS IS LITTLE JESSICA HERE.
LITTLE-- I KNOW SOME OF THEM.
THEY'RE PRECIOUS BUT NONE OF THESE CHILDREN, NONE OF THEM
GOES TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A SPONSOR.
BUT THESE CHILDREN, THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF HAITI.
THEY'RE THE VERY FUTURE AND JESUS TOOK TIME
FOR THE CHILDREN.
SO LET GOD USE YOU TODAY IN OUR PROGRAM.
LET THE CHILDREN OF HAITI WHERE SHERRY AND I LIVE--THIS IS
WHY WE MOVED HERE 22 YEARS AGO.
THE CHILDREN STOLE OUR HEARTS.
GOD BLESS YOU.
TAKE TIME FOR THE CHILDREN AND BLESS THEM
AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU.
ANNOUNCER: THE LOVE A CHILD CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
IS CHANGING LIVES FOREVER IN THE COUNTRY OF HAITI.
FOR A GIFT OF $24 PER MONTH, OR $288 PER YEAR,
YOU CAN JOIN HUNDREDS OF OTHERS IN BECOMING A CHILD SPONSOR.
CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROVIDES ACADEMIC AND SPIRITUAL
EDUCATION AS WELL AS NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO
DEVELOP A LOVING RELATIONSHIP WITH A BEAUTIFUL
HAITIAN BOY OR GIRL.
PLEASE WRITE TO THE ADDRESS ON YOUR SCREEN OR CALL
THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER TODAY AND BEGIN YOUR CHILD SPONSORSHIP
WITH A GIFT OF $24 PER MONTH, OR $288 PER YEAR.
YOUR GIFT CAN ALSO BE DEDUCTED MONTHLY FROM YOUR CREDIT CARD.
DECIDE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR A BOY OR A GIRL AND
BEGIN NOW TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF KNOWING YOU ARE HELPING TO
CHANGE A CHILD'S LIFE FOREVER.
YOU KNOW, CHILD SPONSORSHIP MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE
IN CHILDREN'S LIVES.
AND TODAY ON THE PROGRAM, YOU'RE GONNA MEET THE VERY FIRST
PERSON, THE VERY FIRST CHILD THAT BOBBY AND I EVER SPONSORED
WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO HAITI.
COME RIGHT OVER HERE.
I WANT YOU TO MEET ABIJAS.
WE CALL HIM TOUGH.
HE'S NOW WORKING FOR LOVE A CHILD AND ABIJAS,
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN MADAME SHERRY PAID SCHOOL FOR ME.
MY FATHER DIED.
MY MOTHER DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SEND US ALL TO SCHOOL.
THANKS TO MADAME SHERRY PASTOR BOBBY WENT TO SCHOOL.
OH, I LEARNED HOW TO READ.
I LEARNED HOW TO WRITE.
AND THAT MADE ME SO VERY, VERY HAPPY.
AND SO TODAY I'M VERY HAPPY BECAUSE NOW I'M REALLY WORKING
FOR LOVE A CHILD AND I'M WORKING WITH MADAME SHERRY.
HE SAID, "THANK YOU SO MUCH."
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
HE SAID, "MADAME SHERRY'S A GOOD PERSON.
SHE'S GONNA SEND ALL THE KIDS TO SCHOOL."
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO WONDERFUL TO SEE SOMEBODY WITH
SUCH A SPARKLE IN THEIR EYE.
WE DIDN'T SEE ABIJAS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AFTER HE HAD FINISHED
HIS SCHOOLING, BUT HE FINALLY ENDED UP HERE AT LOVE A CHILD
JUST WHEN WE NEEDED HIM THE MOST.
WOW.
THERE'S SO MANY SUCCESS STORIES.
YOU CAN CHANGE A CHILD'S LIFE TODAY, AND THEY CAN BECOME
A SUCCESS BECAUSE OF YOU.
THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, IF VENYE WOULD HAVE HAD A SPONSOR, SHE WOULD ALREADY
HAVE BEEN IN OUR LOVE A CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM IN A GOOD
SCHOOL WITH REGULAR CHECKUPS, DEWORMING, IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS
THAT COME TO THE MOUNTAINS IN MANY PARTS OF HAITI.
BUT MORE SO THAN THIS, HER LITTLE EARS, HER LITTLE,
INFECTED EARS ON BOTH SIDES LIKE THIS AND ALL THESE SCABIES
AND IMPETIGO, THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THIS FAR BECAUSE
WE'D HAVE ALREADY CAUGHT THIS IN TIME.
LET ME SEE THE OTHER SIDE.
DON'T EVEN WANT TO TOUCH IT, IT'S SO BAD.
OH, LOOK AT THIS RIGHT HERE ALL OVER.
POOR LITTLE BABY.
IT'S ALL OVER HER LEGS RIGHT HERE, ALL OVER HER LEGS,
ALL THE WAY UP.
SINCE SHE'S NOT ONLY GOT WORMS, SKIN SORES, IMPETIGO, BUT SHE'S
GOT NOW SHE'S GETTING RED HAIR ALSO FROM MALNUTRITION.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT ALL TIES IN TOGETHER.
CHILD SPONSORSHIP IS JUST FOR THE WHOLE CHILD.
IT'S SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO FOR HELPING A CHILD,
BUT THE MAIN THING ABOUT CHILD SPONSORSHIP IS THAT IT
LETS THESE CHILDREN KNOW THAT SOMEBODY CARES.
DO YOU CARE?
THIS IS MY LITTLE FRIEND DARLENE.
I COME OFTEN TO THESE LITTLE VILLAGES HERE IN HAITI
AND SEE THE CHILDREN.
I LOOK IN THEIR EYES.
I SEE JUST A SPARK OF HOPE THAT SOMEDAY MAYBE THEY
COULD BE SOMETHING.
DARLENE IS JUST LIKE ONE OF THE MANY CHILDREN IN THIS
VILLAGE WHO REALLY HAVE A DREAM AND HAVE A LITTLE HOPE,
BUT SHE FEELS LIKE SHE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET THERE.
SHE HAS A DREAM THAT MAYBE ONE DAY SHE COULD ACTUALLY
GO TO SCHOOL.
SHE'S JUST GOT A LITTLE, RAGGED DRESS ON.
SHE'S BAREFOOTED.
SHE HAS A DREAM THAT ONE DAY SHE COULD HAVE A UNIFORM.
SHE COULD HAVE SHOES.
SHE COULD WALK TO SCHOOL.
SHE COULD LEARN TO READ AND WRITE, AND HER DREAMS ARE
IN HER HEART AND BUT THEY SEEM SO FAR AWAY IN THE FUTURE.
RIGHT NOW THE ONLY THING THAT SHE HAS TO LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY
DAY IS NOTHING BUT HUNGER.
SHE NEEDS TO BE IN A CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM.
SHE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE HER VILLAGE TO WALK OUT OF HERE
TO GO TO A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN ARE SINGING AND DANCING
AND PLAYING AND LAUGHING.
SHE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO BE A LITTLE CHILD WITH A BIG DREAM,
THAT SHE CAN BE SOMETHING SOMEDAY, THAT SHE CAN LEARN
HOW TO READ AND WRITE.
BUT FOR DARLENE, THOSE DREAMS WILL NEVER, NEVER, NEVER COME
TRUE UNLESS SOMEBODY LIKE YOU CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT'S EASY TO DO.
PLEASE, PRAY ABOUT SPONSORING A CHILD HERE IN
THE COUNTRY OF HAITI.
CHANGE A LIFE AND MAKE A DREAM COME TRUE.
YOU KNOW, WILNER, HE WANTS TO GO TO SCHOOL.
HE WANTS TO CHANGE HIS LIFE AND CHILD SPONSORSHIP CAN DO IT.
ONLY $24 A MONTH IS GOING TO TAKE HIM AWAY FROM HIS JOB AT
PLASTERING HIS MUD HUT AND PUT HIM IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WITH
WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.
IT WILL CHANGE HIS LIFE.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROGRAM.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND CHILD SPONSORSHIP.
LOVE A CHILD AND SHERRY AND I, THIS IS OUR HEART.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS SHERRY AND I LIVE HERE IN
THE COUNTRY OF HAITI.
BEFORE SHERRY COMES, LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW IT WORKS, $24
A MONTH WILL SPONSOR A CHILD AND THEY WILL HAVE FOOD EVERY DAY
IN SCHOOL.
THEY'RE HAVING EDUCATION AND THEY WILL HAVE HEALTH CHECKUPS.
AND WE'LL BE CHECKING THEIR HEALTH AND TAKING CARE OF
THE LITTLE CHILDREN.
SO $24 A MONTH OR YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE A WHOLE YEAR AT A TIME,
$288, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST INVESTMENTS
YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN A CHILD'S LIFE.
IT WILL LITERALLY CHANGE A LIFE OF A CHILD FOREVER.
WITHOUT AN EDUCATION AND A CHRISTIAN EDUCATION,
THESE CHILDREN WILL NEVER STAND A CHANCE.
AND SHERRY AND I WE LIVE HERE.
I'M TELLING YOU, THEY'LL NEVER STAND A CHANCE.
WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM AN EDUCATION.
AND IN THIS VILLAGE RIGHT HERE AND MANY MORE VILLAGES
LIKE THIS VILLAGE, THEY DON'T GO TO SCHOOL AT ALL.
THEY HAVE NO SPONSORS.
WE'RE PRAYING TODAY THAT YOU'LL CALL THE TOLL-FREE
NUMBER AND SAY, "GIVE ME A LITTLE BOY OR A GIRL.
SEND ME THE INFORMATION.
I WANT TO SUPPORT.
HERE'S $24 RIGHT NOW OR SEND ME THE INFORMATION."
I JUST PRAY YOU GIVE TODAY AND HELP.
AND WHEN WE HELP A CHILD RIGHT AWAY, IF NOT WE SEND THE
INFORMATION AND IT WILL CHANGE THE LIFE OF A CHILD FOREVER,
LITTLE BOY OR A GIRL.
GIVE YOU THE WHOLE HISTORY, THE CHILD, THE FAMILY,
ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING.
PLEASE CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER RIGHT NOW OR GO AND
LOOK UP ONLINE BY THE COMPUTER OR JUST WRITE IN BUT PLEASE CALL
RIGHT NOW THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER THAT'S ON THE SCREEN, SHERRY.
YOU KNOW, THESE CHILDREN ARE SO VERY, VERY, VERY CLOSE
TO OUR HEARTS.
WE COME TO THESE VILLAGES.
WE SEE THEM, WE VISIT THEM.
WE FIND CHILDREN WHO ARE SICK.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR HEARTS BREAK BECAUSE THESE CHILDREN ARE
OUR NEIGHBORS BUT THEY'RE ALSO YOUR NEIGHBORS.
THEY'RE YOUR NEIGHBORS.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD THINK THAT MY HEART WOULD BE SO
HARDENED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF LIVING IN HAITI,
BUT I SEE THESE CHILDREN AND THEY'RE JUST SO PRECIOUS.
THEY NEED TO COME OUT OF THE WORLD OF DARKNESS.
THEY'RE SO LOVING AND SO KIND AND SO HUGGABLE AND SWEET,
JUST SWEET CHILDREN.
AND THEY WANT TO TOUCH YOU AND THEY WANT TO HUG YOU
ALL THE TIME.
AND THEY LIVE IN A WORLD OF DARKNESS AND WHAT THEY REALLY
WANT IS AN EDUCATION.
THEY WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL.
THEY WANT A HOT MEAL EVERY DAY.
AND JUST ONE MEDICAL CHECKUP, YOUR CHILD SPONSORSHIP
CAN DO ALL OF THIS FOR THEM.
IT CAN CHANGE THEIR LIFE.
JUST MAKE THAT FIRST STEP AND SAY, "I WANT TO MAKE
A COMMITMENT TO SPONSOR A CHILD."
CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER AND LET GOD CHANGE YOUR HEART TODAY
AS YOU CHANGE THE LIFE OF A CHILD.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO ADD, YOU MAY SAY,
"WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SPONSOR A CHILD EVERY MONTH."
BUT YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE A ONE-TIME GIFT TODAY.
SAY, "I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HELP THE CHILDREN IN THE VILLAGE
I SEEN TODAY ON TELEVISION OR ANY CHILD IN HAITI,"
OR YOU CAN SPECIFY WHICH VILLAGE OF THE PROGRAM YOU SEEN.
"I WANT TO GIVE A ONE-TIME GIFT," WHETHER IT'S LARGE OR
SMALL, EVERY PENNY COUNTS.
BUT I JUST FEEL LED OF GOD YOU MAY WANT TO CALL A TOLL-FREE
NUMBER RIGHT NOW, GIVE A ONE-TIME GIFT ONLY
OR GOD, GIVE BY ONLINE.
IT'S VERY SECURE, OR WRITE IN.
AND I PRAY YOU WILL SPONSOR A CHILD,
EITHER A LITTLE BOY OR GIRL.
YOU MAY WANT TO SPONSOR MORE THAN ONE.
I KNOW ONE LADY, SHE SPONSORS 25.
LET GOD USE YOU.
THEY'RE PRECIOUS.
CHANGE THE LIFE OF A CHILD FOREVER.
GOD BLESS YOU.
♪ BRINGING GIFTS OF FOOD ♪ ♪ AND HOPE TO BOYS AND GIRLS ♪
♪ LOVE A CHILD ♪ ♪ LOVE A CHILD ♪
♪ THE WORLD WILL FEED HIM ♪ ♪ WHEN WE LOVE A CHILD ♪
♪ IF ONLY WE CAN LOVE A CHILD ♪♪
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