Marie Mirline Batistin was born in 1989. Her mother had two children, one boy and one girl. Marie lost two precious things in life soon after her birth: her father, who died when she was two months old, and her mother when she was two years old. God, in his mercy, touched the heart of her grandparents to take care of her. Marie Mirline became a member of a Christian family of seven children, four boys and three girls, including Marie.
Marie took the last name after her grandfather (Batistin), who adopted her after her mother and father passed away. They did that to show how much that they loved her and cared about her. They fed her, dressed her, and treated her the same way they treated their own children. When the time came for Marie to go to school, they sent her. 
They were very surprised to see how great she did in school. She was always happy when it came to going to school, studying and doing homework. She always had good scores. Knowing her love for school and the lack of means of her parents to take care of all the children, Pastor Termitus Milien (he was the pastor of the MEBSH church in Morency at that time) presented her story to RMI’s Hope for Kidz Program and she was fortunate enough to be selected. She was sponsored by Pastor Jim Halstead, who was the pastor of Sunrise Evangelical Free Church, C3 Partner to the Morency church, at the time. He was able to meet her in person in the mid-1990’s. The picture was taken at that time. He supported her for a number of years.
They were very surprised to see how great she did in school. She was always happy when it came to going to school, studying and doing homework. She always had good scores. Knowing her love for school and the lack of means of her parents to take care of all the children, Pastor Termitus Milien (he was the pastor of the MEBSH church in Morency at that time) presented her story to RMI’s Hope for Kidz Program and she was fortunate enough to be selected. She was sponsored by Pastor Jim Halstead, who was the pastor of Sunrise Evangelical Free Church, C3 Partner to the Morency church, at the time. He was able to meet her in person in the mid-1990’s. The picture was taken at that time. He supported her for a number of years. 
After she finished with primary school in Morency, she moved to Les Cayes to continue with high school. Knowing the story of her mother and her father, she took good advantage of what her grandparents did for her. She also did great in high school. She finished high school but couldn’t go to college due to the lack of funds. After high school, her dream was to study business administration because she loves business, dealing with people, communication, and being self-employed. Fortunately, her dream of being self-employed came true. She is now running her own small business in Port-au-Prince. She has two children, one boy and one girl.
When Benson, RMI’s Hope for Kidz Supervisor found her recently, she shared, “I started by growing up without a mother and father which created a big hole in my life, but having God in my life filled the hole. …thank you to everyone including my RMI sponsor for helping me have a better future. If I did not know how to read and write it would be disastrous for my life.”
Marie still has the picture of his family that Pastor Jim gave her in 1995 when they met. She continues to pray for them to this day.
She has things she didn’t expect to have – the knowledge and tools to run her own business and now a family of her own.
Hope for Kidz truly transforms the lives of the kids that are sponsored.
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