Please join us in praying for 10 year old Elbi who has been missing for 10 days. We have known Elbi for about 6 years . We first met his mother and the 5 children on our very first family mission trip. His mother Jinette had aids and died after returning to Haiti hoping to find a cure. Her youngest son also died of aids and Jinetta, her youngest daughter was left in the care of an excellent orphange called Danita's Children in Haiti. My son Dave and I found Jinetta 2 years ago on one of our Haiti trips.
The Project has been supporting Elbi and his older brother Jason for about a year now. They live in a "shack" and barely are getting by. Elbi is a very "energetic" young boy and would be deserving of a nick name similiar to James and John in the New Testament, "Son of Thunder". We care deeply for Elbi and believe that God does even more. He has not been seen for 10 days. We are greatly concerned for his well being. We do take great comfort in the fact that "God Knows". Rosvelt is going to the hospitals and police stations to look for him. Yes, you would even look for a 10 year old boy in the police station in the Dominican Republic. He has previously spent a day in jail because of his "energetic nature".
Elbi is also the "student" mentioned in an earlier blog at Omar's "school". After being kicked out of the Dominican school for being to much trouble, The Project employed Omar to patiently teach Elbi to read and write. It was only a little more than 2 weeks ago that Debbie and I sat in the classroom with great joy as Elbi went up to the black board and showed off his math and reading skills. We were so proud of him and thankful for Omar's patient teaching skills.
So now I will ask again that you please pray for Elbi. God knows. It is a very dangerous world for a 10 year old orphan boy to be wandering in. I will keep the blog followers up to date with any word I get from Rosvelt.
Thank you for joining us in prayer.
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Praying for him :)
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