Last Day of Clinc/Last Day in Haiti

Wow. Its been quite a journey. One home has been built for a family who lost their house in the earthquake, and we have finished our last of 5 days of clinic for this trip. Today we saw 179 patients. That makes a grand total of 965 (WOWZA). That is an AMAZING number of people that we were able to impact during our time here. None, however, were probably more impacted by this trip than the members of this team. We came to minister to the people of Haiti, and we leave very much being the ones who were ministered to. So tonight we pack our things to go home. Our luggage load will be lighter; the supplies have been delivered. We will exchange emails and phone numbers with the new friends that we have made and say good-bye. Two teams came together from across the country to work together and not once has there been a problem between team members. God had been at work orchestrating this journey for us and He will see us home safely tomorrow. Thank you for your prayers and we will see you soon.

missed pic

been trying to get a pic of Shirley on here and have been unsuccessful so far. Hopefully I can get this a pic uploaded here.

the pics

Clinic Day 4

We saw the most patients that we have seen since our time here. We saw a total of 189 patients today. It was busy but not crazy. We were able to drain infection from one woman's neck. We listened to several baby's heartbeats in utero; one woman was pregnant with twins. One of our team members, Shirley, was able to take some gospel packets with bead bracelets to the classrooms at the MTM school. She was able to help lead 2 young boys to Christ. AMEN! I'll add a picture tonight of the boys. Erland and the rest of the crew were continuing to work on rebuilding the home of a family here on the mountainside. All it needs is some framing for the doorways/windows and a roof.

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Church and Port Au Prince

Today was a great day. This morning we went to church and worshiped Haiti style. It was crazy awesome. The singing was amazing. God's presence was there and we felt it. It was overwhelming. They had a choir there that walked 3 hours that morning to get to the church. They were great. We loved every minute of it. 2 little boys even climbed into two of our team members' laps. It was very precious.

After church we were able to take a tour of Port Au Prince and a few orphanages. I don't even have the words to describe the devastation that we saw. There were so many collapsed buildings. The tent city, which used to have about 5,000 people living there even before the earthquake, now has about 60,000 people there. Little children were coming up and asking for food or for $1 U.S. We just had to keep saying "no" because if we would have given one child something then we would have been mobbed by the rest of them. It was really sad to see. I'll post a bunch of pictures, but they won't even do justice to actually seeing the scope of the issues in Haiti.

The last part of our day involved 2 orphanages. The first is run by MTM and does not allow any adoptions. The kids there ranged from 7 to 13 I think. They were so much fun. We gave them bubbles, balls, and suckers. They even sang for us. The second orphanage had about 6 children. The primary focus was to adopt those kids out to Christian families. They were cute as well. We loved our time there as well. It was sad, but also heartwarming day.

Clinic Day 3

Another day down. Another truck ride. At this point I'm not sure how many patients we saw today, but we for the most part only saw patients in the morning. It was a busy morning for sure. One of our patients we thought possibly had appendicitis, so she was referred to another clinic for surgery. Please pray that her appendix does not rupture. Tomorrow we are hoping to go to Port Au Prince to survey more of the damage, but are unsure if we can get gasoline to make the trip. Gasoline is a very precious commodity in Haiti. I have just a few more pics to share with possibly more to follow. Enjoy!