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♪ 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 ♪♪
OKAY, HERE WE ARE.
WE'RE ON THE WAY TO COTIN TO PASS OUT SOME MEALS TODAY,
SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF MEALS ACTUALLY.
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.
♪ WE CAN LOVE A CHILD ♪♪