I asked God to show me his heart... He showed me His hurt.

The horrors of poverty tear into the core of who I am.

However- I love the howevers..
Those tears are being wiped away, right off of their cheeks and hearts are smiling again-

with the help of one local Floridian, Danita Estrella, and her Orlando based ministry- Danita’s Children.

So the story goes a little something like this:
In 1998 Danita visited Haiti for the first time on a short trip to Dominican Republic as a language interpreter. When the trip was over she went across the border into Haiti. Within a year of her return home, she moved there, with nothing but a yearning in her heart and the imaged embedded into her spirit of the young children digging through trash cans for food. She rented a small house and eventually brought 14 children to come live with her there. Now, 10 years later, Danita has established 3 Orphan homes, school for over 600 Haitian children, a church, a feeding program, and a medical clinic for the community. Currently Danita is in the process of planning a new orphanage for the children that she rescued from ground zero of the earthquake in Port-Au-Prince.

Danita speaks about the early days of her initial move to Haiti on her website:
“I spent the days volunteering at different schools and churches in the area, and at night I would sit quietly before the Lord. There was no electricity in the village, so I would read my Bible by candlelight. There were times I felt so desperately alone; yet God’s presence was always real. He had given me a promise: ‘Go, and I will be with you’.”

The work of Danita’s Children is made possible by a limited staff in the US offices in Orlando, Florida, in the field in Haiti, a team of seven full-time missionaries, some mid-term and short-term missionaries, and a 55-member staff comprised of Haitians, Dominicans, and other nationals.

However- o yes, another however-
Danita is always looking for those with a willing heart and the desire to use their skills and gifts for the kingdom of God.

$29 a month gives one of Danita’s Children:
clothes
3 meals a day
shelter
an education

...every spiritual, educational, and physical need met.. for only $29 a month. Go ahead, be the answer to their prayer.

Luke 10:2- “..The harvest is great, but the workers are few..”


There is an entire list of needs that Danita is praying for her children, from blankets and towels, to generators and missionary staff, read the list.

Most of all, pray.

Pray for Mamma Danita’s children.
Pray for their safety and the safety, discernment, and wisdom of Danita’s staff.

If you dont, who will?!

Read more of Danita’s Children’s stories and find out how you can help at:
http://www.danitaschildren.org/

Be The Answer.