MISSION:

     Haiti Comfort is dedicated to providing care and prayer for children that have been born of HIV/AIDS,  serving the community and teaching them all of God’s love and salvation through Jesus Christ.
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        The latest and greatest news from us is that one week before Christmas, we took in two absolutely beautiful baby twin boys named Mason and Michael, who at four months old lost their mother to an AIDS related illness.  The story is of a young girl, who packs off to the Dominican Republic with a few men, who no doubt went to work in the cane fields or “bateyes’ as they are known here.  The infection rate for AIDS is high in the Haitian work communities.  She no doubt came back because she was so sick.

        The babies are doing pretty good.  Michael was dehydrated and stayed a night in the hospital.  A few days later, they were tested and are indeed HIV+ and Michael has syphilis and is spending ten days in the hospital with a penicillin IV drip that will rid him of that problem.  Let me tell you though, twins are a lot of work!  They don’t co-ordinate anything together!  For some more pictures, see their page in “ti mouns”.

February 2009
ti mounsneedsnew homeabout uscontact usevangelismText Box: Haiti Comfort is a not for profit ministry operated by Ray & Trisha Comfort. We have an orphanage in Verrettes, Haiti for children born with AIDS, assist in helping people in our community especially in education and spread the Word of God through Christian music and education. We operate on the donations of people and a few churches in the US. You may deposit directly into our organizational bank account or the COSAC Foundation, if seeking tax exemption. Please click on “contact us” for details.

Momma, Mason and Michael shortly after arrival.

           Our evangelism effort with children is working slowly, but successfully.  On Wednesday afternoons, we pack up the kids (except for the toddlers) and head for Lachapelle with a projector, laptop and a bedsheet and Trisha teaches bible stories to about 35 children.  A handful of these kids are from families that adhere to voudou, which is exceptionally strong out here in the province. (country)  Our kids provide a group “anchor”, if you will, which helps the kids participate in singing and worship.

      Momma, Dado, Fenan and kids load up to spread the good news!

         When we first started, we had a lot of young adults, who were a bit noisy, but there none the same.  Our intentions have been to teach young ones from ages 6-12, but the need is there for more and we intend to meet it some day, when He shows us the way.  When our facility is finished, the first floor is designed to accommodate these activities with quality sight and sound, out of the weather.  These children hang on every word that Trisha says and are hungry for the love that is given to them.  Praise God!

Text Box: All in all, 2008 was a very stabilizing year for us. We have put the focus on mom and dad and family and quit trying to run this place as an orphanage. As we have come to understand the society here and especially Trisha’s mastery of the language, Haiti is not what it seems. There are a lot of very harsh realities. We’ve worked ourselves to almost extinction dealing with sexual and other abhorrent behaviors especially in young boys here. We no longer accept children over 4-5 years of age. Eight of our eleven children started here as infants and toddlers. Our goals have always been to educate and raise children with strong Christian values and it so happens that the best way to do that is within a walled compound and limited contact with the society at large. People don’t support us to be stupid or aim at a lower standard than what they are used to. We owe our children the very best that we can provide. Experience has taught us that adoptions are riddled with corruption and to take a child out of our family, rips the very fabric that makes us one. So, we decided not to be involved in the adoption business. Trisha and I have made some strong purposeful steps to provide a safe and secure environment for our family. We no longer have a work force of six. We have two people that assist us in running a daily schedule. The children’s spiritual well being is also in our hands. We’ve been running our own church here for nearly two years now. This next year, we will take on the formal education role through home schooling. Most of all, we have come to grips with their disease. You would never know that these are AIDS children. They are a healthy and vibrant bunch! We’ve gone through a lot of pain to arrive where we are at. God is making us whole. Financially, we are strapped. We used to be alarmed if the coffers got below 15k. We are now under $5000. It takes $2500 a month to operate. Our generator is 5 years old and runs 6-8 hours a day. We rebuilt the engine and the generator assembly this last year. We are trying to convert over to solar to lengthen the life on our generator. Both vehicles are over 15 years old. I am long overdue for some dental work and would very much like to see my wife get lazic surgery, so once in her life, she could see without glasses. It’s far too dirty here for contact lenses. At least we have the VA to be thankful for. Our lengthy military time has afforded us good health care. Our donors have been so very kind to us. We have over 20 footlockers filled with shoes, socks, shorts, jeans, dresses, kitchen supplies, diapers, blankets, towels, sheets, health aids, medicines, medical equipment and light bulbs. We recently received a big food processor that is a great aid in processing food. We make everything from juice to bread to canning tomato sauce to ground beef. We have to process peanuts for peanut butter, process corn to corn meal, corn starch and flour. We now make some frozen desserts! We made meatloaf about two weeks ago! We received two solar panels to augment the two we bought earlier this summer. We will soon have all our refrigeration on solar power. What we need most is money to operate. My wife and I are tireless workers. In August, I went to Florida to do a renovation job. It took 5 weeks and netted $4000. I returned exhausted only to find a wife that was more so. A lot doesn’t get done here when there’s only one. Kids don’t get a dad to be with. Evangelism falters. Paperwork suffers. No newsletters get published and sent. There’s only two of us and in most of the life we have here, that’s the way it has to be…...BUT our children are healthy and happy and safe. I couldn’t be in a better place than where I am! We have such gratitude to God for what we do…….He is an awesome God!

Then, just after the new year, this pretty little girl happened in our lives. We picked up a little abandoned girl tossed from a car into a crowd in Jacmel, Haiti.  Doctors put her age at 11 months and she had no name.  Momma named her Marisa Rae Comfort!  She obviously has been crib bound or car seat bound or just plain did not move, because the muscle development in her arms and legs is frightful.  She will slip right through your hands if you are not careful.  Her limbs are like flimsy rubber.  She has been very mournful and sad, but the kids are changing that and we are starting to see some strengthening and smiles.  Right now Mason weighs more than Marisa.  She too, is HIV+.

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