From this… To this… Isn’t it wonderful? I think he will grow up fine now. I’m so glad I was there to give what help I could, and be the hand God used to save his life. What a privilege! Thank you Shana, for running the Milk Program, and to everyone who gives to help […]
I am back in the States since Friday, and I am enjoying my family! But, I miss Haiti and my friends there… pretty badly sometimes. Here are a few last scenes… The last prescription I filled My dear fellow Mis Yos… ( I miss you girls!) The farewell party the day before I left… Shana […]
Recently a small distribution of water purification units was done in an area in the mountains of southern Haiti. Here people have no access to clean water. Hours away is the closest city with … Continue reading Pure water
Saturday I was invited to one of my Haitian friend’s house for lunch. Well, I got there and she wasn’t around. Apparently my Kreyol isn’t as good as I hoped, and she thought I was coming next Saturday. Well, she showed up, and as I am busy next Saturday, we started making lunch. First she […]
Yesterday I went to church… and just about froze. It was a misty rainy morning, and the temp had to be in the low 60′s I’m sure. I didn’t look at the thermometer though, there isn’t one to look at. In the afternoon around three, I went down to the clinic where Anita and […]
The clinic move was way more involved than what I can write here. The first whole week was spent making counters and shelves, painting, cleaning and finishing floors, cleaning doors and sills and windows and equipment, just a whole bunch of hard work. The second week we started moving in and the above mentioned work […]
Hello again from a LONG silence. I wish it was because I had been hibernating, but unfortunately that is not the case. I’ve been slightly busier than normal. We closed clinic on the 22nd of December, and immediately picked up the pace on finishing the new clinic building. There wasn’t terribly much that I did there […]
I sewed up the back of a lady’s knee yesterday. A pig bit her. But… the worst thing was it was filthy with chewed up leaves, and I had to pick every speck out. The Haitians, for whatever reason, like to chew up leaves and pack it into their wounds. This was a 1″ by […]
You might wonder about what I mean in the title till you remember I work in a clinic. Last Thursday I was sitting in my room getting ready to write a post on here when I heard my fellow nurse, Breanna, being called to go check out the crowd that carried someone into clinic. […]
The joy of the Lord is my STRENGTH! How true that is, if I could only continue in the joy of the Lord the whole time. I look at circumstances and myself way too much and thus miss His joy, and it only follows that I have no strength. God help me to keep my […]
