International Ministries

Because You Care

May 18, 2004 Journal
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Dear Loved Ones,

May the peace of the Lord be with all of you. I would like to introduce to you Miss Youseline Durosier, a freshman business student at our university.Early during the first semester, Pastor Nzunga noticed that this girl was not doing so well in his Youseline Durosierclass of Christian Ethics. As a good father, the professor talked to Youseline Durosier to find out why she was not doing well. She said that she could not concentrate. Every time she tried to think about her studies, the image of her mother who just passed away a week before this girl came to the university was coming to her mind. "It's too difficult for me. My mother was all I had in this world. I don't know my father. He died when I was very small. I don't know now what to do, I am thinking of her and crying a lot sometimes", the girl said. Pastor Nzunga became very supportive of her trying to encourage her deal with grief.

In Dec 2003 - Jan. 2004, God used the time of trouble Haiti was going through, the time of war, to bring Youseline to my attention. My students left the campus and went back to their homes to be with their families during the time of political unrest. Youseline and many other girls who came from far away could not go. Roads were filled with barricades and burning tires. It was too risky and too dangerous to take that chance. It was during this time that I became the mother for those girls away from homes. I opened my house and shared with them food, clothes and most important some reassurance and love. Youseline always wore clothes of black color. I was curious and wanted to know more about this black color. She told me that she was still grieving her mother. She will change the color when the grief is officially closed. Since then Youseline has become close to our family.

The first weekend of May Pastor Nzunga saw Youseline walking like a sick person. He wanted to know why she has not gone to her family for the weekend. She said that she was sick, feeling very tired, her heart was beating too fast and Kihomi and Youseline making her "majic formula."could hardly walk. "What"! "Sick", said pastor Nzunga! "I have anemia" she replied. Nzunga sent her to come and see me. She came right away. I noticed that the girl was weak. She told me that she has been to the clinic where the doctor gave her some iron pills. I said to myself that the girl needed "a magic formula" to help her raise her hemoglobin level and a good diet of vegetables. The magic formula consists of mixture of egg yoke, milk, tomato paste and a little bit of sugar in a glass of water. How long this cure will last, one needs to see Kihomi in her clinic.

I prepared the formula and taught her how to prepare it herself. She also learned to assist in different ways to prepare vegetables. After a week of this diet, Youseline and Kihomi preparing vegetables.Youseline got up on her feet strong and went with many other women and I to Camp Coq where we had our 4 days training seminar and feminine leadership and ministries.

Would you please pray for Youseline Durosier as she has a long way to go to finish her school here and she struggles with the lost her dear mother?

We are able to assist the needy like this case because you care for the total well being of all of us over here. Your prayers, emails, cards, letters, gifts of all kinds and your support to world mission not only give us the strength but touches our hearts to the point that it is hard not to tell others what the love of Christ is all about. Thank you for being very supportive of our International Ministries vision and the call.

Yours,

Kihomi Ngwemi Nzunga