Deslourdes Joseph

Haiti – House #73 – Deslourdes Joseph

The young lady pictured with her son is Deslourdes Joseph, 37 years old. She has two children but because of her current circumstance, lives with only one.  She has a very big and loving heart and has always been ready to welcome into the home she inherited from her parents anyone in need but particularly the sick and elderly who have no place to stay. Unfortunately the house she inherited was destroyed by one of the hurricanes. Since then she has been living in this pitiful place.  She does a little farming and works sometime for Fr. Jomanas at his home in the Haiti Mission compound.  In order to help herself, at the time her new home was built in May 2016, she was taking a class on sewing at the Professional and vocational Center in Jeremie.  She also attends mass regularly and has a deep faith and trust in God.

Interestingly enough, she is the granddaughter of Mr Delouis who was a blind old man of 83 years that the HMI mission team visited during one of our first mission trips when we first began bringing gift baskets to families in need.    The day we arrived at his home and told him who we were and what we were doing, he began praising God and said, "I was praying to God this morning to take my life away because I was helpless and hopeless and had nothing to eat. Look what He did! He has sent you to visit me and bring me food!".   Now we know that Mr. Delouis is looking down from heaven with a smile knowing that his granddaughter is being taken out of her terrible situation and given a decent place to continue to live and help those in need.  God Bless all who have helped to make this miracle possible.