Provide for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of infants
who've been orphaned or abandoned.
Reunite the infants with their birth families whenever possible.
Facilitate families in the adoption of children with little or no hope
of being reconnected with their birth families.
"New Adoptions" Update:
Many people have been contacting us with regards to
adoption. As mentioned on our "Adoption Info" page, we are not
accepting any new applications. We can not start any new adoptions until
we have our own crèche license. We have been waiting for our license
for a long time and we have no idea how much longer it will be. Our
staff are working hard to make sure everything is in order.
We ask that you continue to pray with us our license will be issued
soon. We have over 20 little ones needing families and the longer this
takes, the longer they are without one.
Updates (June
29th, 2009):
We have welcomed another little one
into our care. His name is Mackendy and he was born on May 8th and
weighs 10lbs 8oz. Mackendy's father is worried about his mother
and does not feel she can care for him right now. He is hoping his
mother will get better in the next few months and they can take
Mackendy back home. Please pray for his mother as well as for
Mackendy to stay healthy. (Photo of
Mackendy's dad and a neighbor)
Updates (June
25th, 2009):
Reggie has been able to go home with
his parents! It is always such a blessing to see our little
ones united with their adoptive families. We wish Reggie and his
new family all the best!!
It did not take long to have Reggie's
spot taken at COTP. Little Herly was admitted the same day. He was
born on June 13th and his mother just can not care for him right
now. His cousin would like to take him home when he is 3 months
old, but with the other children she has in her care, she does not
feel capable to care for him at this age. Please pray he does well
and stays healthy. Right now he is a healthy newborn and weighs
just over 7lbs. (Photo: Herly's cousin
in white and mom in red)
Updates (June
18th, 2009):
Reggie has his
visa!!
Reggie has waited a long long time for his visa
and had many problems along the way. He will now be united with
his parents today, and going home next week!! We are just thrilled
his wait is over.
Updates (June
8th, 2009):
Here is our new playroom
Along with our new toy shelves
Updates (June
4th, 2009):
A giant "thanks" to
everyone involved in getting our puppy to Haiti. It sure was an
ordeal getting it all lined up with all the details, but it worked
out just great. Roxie is in Haiti and the kids couldn't be more
excited. They are still a bit hesitant to get to close to her, but
after a day they are already wanting to pet her and asked to see
her first thing in the morning. Thanks again!!
Updates (June
2nd, 2009):
We are very saddened, shocked,
surprised and just speechless to say that our little baby Jed has
passed away. Jed would have been two years old July 7th and
hopefully by that time he would have been close to being home with
his adoptive family. Jed came to us nearly 2 years ago and since
then has touched many peoples lives. He was born without his legs
and had only 1 fully formed hand. It is always hard to lose one
of our babies as they are ourbabies
during the time they are with us at COTP. Please pray for the
staff in Haiti, nannies, his biological mother, and his adoptive
family back in the US who have been waiting for him to join them.
This is a difficult time for everyone.
Updates (June
1st, 2009):
Jenny and Jeniflore have been
reunited with their biological mother. She is very young, but
wants to be able to keep the girls with her. Please pray she is
able to care for the girls this time and that the girls thrive in
her care.
Updates (May
26th, 2009):
What a transformation in Ben! You can
read more about him below. We hope he will be home from the
hospital soon.
Here is the baby girl that is at the
hospital right now. She was only 2lbs 2oz. a few days ago (not
sure now). You can see her tiny diaper up at her armpits. Please
pray she hangs on and does well.
Updates (May
23rd, 2009):
Conrad was discharged from the
hospital a few days ago and was admitted into our care. He is a
beautiful little boy who was abandoned at the hospital. They
estimate that he is 5 months old. He has hydrocephalus. He also
has some bedsores, but we hope those will clear up soon. We plan
on taking him to PAP next week to see if we can get a CT scan so
we can look for doctors able to help this little boy. Please pray
that Conrad does well.
Alex and Ben are doing much better
and Alex was able to come home. Thank you for the prayers. Ben
should be soon to follow.
The baby girl that is still at Milot
isn't doing very well. Please pray she gets through this and will
get to come join us at our place when she is bigger.
Updates (May
19th, 2009):
Mikenson was readmitted to our care
last Thursday. He spent a few months with us last year and is the
brother to Clodeson and Clodin (below). He turned 2 on May 9th and
only weighs 16lbs 3oz. He can not walk, but does pull himself up.
Please pray he gains weight quickly and will start to blossom back
in our care. We are glad that his parents decided to bring him
back.
There are two babies that are
currently at the local hospital. We will likely be getting
both as soon as they are discharged. One of them has hydrocephalus.
Please pray we are able to find a doctor in PAP that is able to do
his needed surgeries. The other, a little girl, is very tiny
at just 2.2lbs. Please pray for both of these babies.
Ben is still in the hospital, but
doing so much better. We hope to have him home with us in the next
few days.
A few more babies have been sick with
diarrhea. Alex has been admitted to Milot for extra pre-cautions.
Please pray they all get better soon.
Updates (May
14th, 2009):
We have been unable to update the
website for the past week so we have many things to share with
you.
In the beginning of 2008
we had a little boy, Mikenson, stay with us for approx. 3
months. His mother returned just before Christmas and she had
given birth to twin boys. We also learned that the little boy we
had previously was not doing well, but she would not agree to any
help. She wanted us to give her formula for the twins, but we
needed proof that she could not breastfeed (which she was
claiming). We did not see them back until yesterday. This mother
now has 7 children whom she can not care for. When Paulaine (one
of our adoption workers) was in their area she checked on them.
She saw how little they were and brought them back to our place.
The boys, Clodeson and Clodin, are 5-6 months old and weigh 6lbs
and 5lbs. The father was not around today, so we have agreed to
keep the boys for 2 months and hope that we can assess the
situation and make the best plan for the boys. Please also pray
for Mikenson, that his mother will bring him back and we can help
him as well.
Soudeline Sylvester has graduated our
formula program. When she started in January she weighed 8lbs 8oz
and now she weighs over 16lbs. She is a beautiful little
girl.
Talenci has been admitted to our
formula program. Her grandmother is caring for her and is
struggling to get her enough food. She is 8 months old and weighs
14lbs. 11oz.
Joses Pierre was also admitted to our
formula program. He was brought to us by his mother who is no
longer able to breastfeed him. He is 6 months old and weighs 10lbs
7oz.
Jean Marc has graduated our formula
program. He is 6 months old now and doing very well. He now weighs
over 16lbs.
Updates (May
4th, 2009):
Jean Edson was admitted to our
facility the end of last week. His father and a neighbor brought
him to us. He is just over 2 years old and weighs barely over
10lbs. He is an adorable little boy who we can only imagine has
had a rough life so far. He isn't very interested in food, but we
hope that will quickly change. He was healthy when he was born and
around 9 months was admitted to the hospital for a fever. Every
since then he has not been doing well. We hope his father can make
a decision for his future in the next few months. In the mean
time, we love cuddling with little Jean Edson.
Ben was admitted to Milot hospital.
Rebekah (our nurse) had put an NG tube down to help feed Ben, but
after he lost all his "water" weight, he was just too
dehydrated. They wanted to make sure he got enough fluids with an
IV. We hope that now the water weight is off Ben, he will be able
to start gaining healthy weight. Please pray he does well. We also
learned that his mother has passed away. Please pray for his
family.
Brice and Sara Bakker have been our
field directors in Haiti for 10 months. We are thrilled with all
they got accomplished and all the help they were. We have quite a
number of volunteers at this time so they felt their time has come
to an end. They plan to continue to be apart of COTP and make
frequent trips. We pray for God's blessings in the next venture of
their lives.
Updates (October
2, 2008):
Dear Parents and Prayer Warriors,
We just got word last night that we can no longer process adoptions
until we get our own license. A new director was appointed into
IBESR about two weeks ago and I think the change comes from that.
For all files that are in IBESR or later will proceed as normal. Any
new files will need to wait until we have our license. We have been
trying to get our license for the last couple years, but with so
many changes and stalls its been a slow process. Antonio has been so
swamped with kids paperwork he hasn't had time to focus on the
paperwork for our license. The good news is that Antonio thinks he
can have this all done in a few weeks. We pray this will be the
case. It will be a huge blessing to have our own license and do
things ourselves. Antonio will be focusing a lot of his time on our
license. Please pray with
us that this goes quickly and smoothly and it wont hold anything up
for too long.