When the controversy broke recently about the Baptist missionaries who were trying to take Haitian orphans across the border into the DR, our hearts grieved. On both sides of the issue, no matter where you stand, people are hurting.

The Baptist missionaries were not affiliated with BHM, nor were we aware of their actions until the story broke in international news. But we soon learned that many of the children involved in the controversy were from Calebasse, a very poor, rural community in the mountains behind our mission headquarters.

"Most of the children came from the quake-ravaged village of Callebas, where residents told The Associated Press that they handed over their children to the Americans because they were unable to feed or clothe them after the earthquake. They said the missionaries promised to educate the children and let relatives visit." -Frank Bajak, Associated Press Writer

When we heard conditions had gotten so bad in Calebasse, we sent a relief team with food to our partnering church in the rural community. They delivered bags of rice and beans as well as plastic tarps for shelter to everyone in the church.

When they were finished, there was food left over. So the church leaders gave families an extra bag of food and asked them to give it to someone they know who is need. Neighbors serving neighbors. This is the gospel in action that we long to see. This is the gospel in action that people like you make possible.

Desperate poverty leads to desperate action, and that's why BHM partners with local churches and community leaders to develop strong schools and provide a hopeful future. We want parents to be able to keep their children and raise them in a loving, Christian home. Through your prayers, financial giving, and child sponsorship, you help keep families together, giving them a future of hope and possibility.

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