MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
December,
2008
Dear Friends,
A year
has gone by filled with good and sad events, but it’s a blessing to have
been able to live through it all. It is clear that when the storm has passed
we pick ourselves up again and move forward, trusting God for good things to
come out of the experience so we may grow.
Haiti certainly has justified our
motto…”Making a difference, one child at a time.” When thousands of
children are hurting everywhere, it seems practically impossible to do
much. Whenever we can, we provide love, shelter, food, and comfort; and
that is a help. At Foundation for the Children of Haiti we have always felt
that in order to remain focused in the midst of all the destruction, we must
focus our eyes on the eyes of ONE CHILD. We must find our sense of
satisfaction in having touched one life. We can then turn our attention to
the next child and work to provide for his or her needs.
As a result of the storms last fall, many
children are dying from malnutrition in remote areas of Haiti, and most of
the communities have lost their crops as well as their seeds for the next
planting. Food will not be growing for a while. As the president of the
Association of Humanitarian Actions, I was able to motivate many orphanages
to help in the rescuing of these dying children. Thank God, the response has
been overwhelmingly positive. With our focus on the children, we are going
to be able to bring over 50 new children into several orphanages while their
families try to recover from the hurricanes. Our children will be welcoming
new friends and are going to share their Christmas joy with them. What a
blessing that will be. Please continue to keep Haiti in your prayers as we
are far from rising above the disasters of the many hurricanes that swept
through Haiti in recent months.
One child at a time we are making a
difference, and you are such a great part in bringing new light to the eyes
of children in need. God has raised friends to come beside us to keep His
work going, and we glorify Him in his provision for the children of Haiti.
We do see the Lord shine through the eyes of each child and we rejoice in
that.
As we celebrate this holy season, we thank
the Lord for His goodness throughout the year. We thank you for your ongoing
love and support, and we move forward with HOPE for better days and for
continued blessings.
May the coming year be a year of renewal and
hope for a better future in the midst of pain and despair. We will continue
to keep you all in our prayers as you do the same for us. Together we will
continue to work with the children for their survival and for the survival
of Haiti.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
In Christ,
Gladys Thomas
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