Daily Archives: August 26, 2018

It has been a very blessed weekend for us here. Ludwica and Mathilda were accepted into the Catholic Church and received their First Holy Communion. They have been preparing for this moment during this past year, desiring every day to participate at the Table of the Lord. Over the summer, they had some intense preparation as the day became closer.

On Friday, August 24, everything was ready for their Baptism in our convent chapel. The water, the holy chrism for Baptism, the candles. Dressed in their white dresses, made by Madam Omanie, they were ready to enter the sanctuary of the Lord. Father Samson presided at the Mass and preached boldly what their Baptism means for them and the Church: their call to be priest, prophet and king, now to be a living witness of their lives with Jesus Christ and His Church. Ludwica and Mathilda were ready to answer loudly the questions asked: DO YOU BELIEVE…? YES, I BELIEVE…could be heard by all.

After the celebration, a small receptions was given with Soup Jamou (pumpkin soup) and two cakes. The joy of the Lord is our strength!

We never know when someone comes to the door what their need might be. One day, within that one morning, we received two little babies. One, you may remember his story, was Jamesly. When he came to us last year, just a month or two old, he was nearly dead. Malnourished and sickly, he did not have the strength to feed at his mother’s breast. Today Jamesly, who we see monthly, is a healthy year-old boy, getting ready to walk. Jamesly gives us such joy when we see his progress.

Right after Jamesly left, another mother arrived. This one we had not seen before. Her child was lifeless at first and also a year old. What a difference from Jamesly!

Both the child and her mother looked so sick and so hungry. The mother gave us a story that the child had been in the hospital and received blood, but she was still in bad shape. We gave her some pedialyte, powdered milk, diapers and some clothes. We encouraged her to see our doctor in the Mother Angela Clinic.

And, as always, we prayed over them for healing…

Here at the Felician Haiti Mission, August means preparation for the the new school year. Felician backpacks with school supplies need to be prepared, and uniforms need to be made…