Reeser’s Story

In a small, impoverished village in Haiti a tiny boy is born. One among many siblings in a country so destitute that conditions are barely survivable. Louissaint becomes his given name, but what sets him apart from all 13 brothers and sisters is a serious tumor that develops on his face just below his mouth. With no money for medical care, the parents have only one hope . . . “Get him to the Christian orphanage, they will help us!” On top of the hill was the orphanage, established just a few years prior by Rev. A.D. Van Hoose, lovingly known as “Brother Van”. After closer examination, and an observation of other symptoms, it was discovered that the tumor on the outside of Louissaint’s body wasn’t the only one, but there were more hemangioma, bleeding tumors, inside his little body as well. Faced with the plight of such a serious condition, the one hope to save the child’s life was major surgery. The questions was, who would pay the exorbitant hospital expenses, and who would get little Louissaint there? After prayer and much research, the answer came - he would come to the U.S. and have a kind doctor donate the surgeries needed to help him survive this deadly disease.