May 13-19, 2014
A Creole proverb…
“Bondye fe san di.”
“God acts and doesn’t talk.”
We met around 6:30 the first morning of the Despeezo Mobile Medical Clinic. We all gathered and prayed for the day.
Then, everyone jumped into our vehicles and we headed to Despeezo.
Before getting too far, we stopped because the ambulance’s tire was low on air. Putting air in the tire didn’t take too long, and soon our convoy was again traveling to the village. Just a few minutes later, Bobby radioed and said that his vehicle had a flat tire too. A few of the guys worked together and changed the tire quickly. We were off again and the whole group was intense and thinking about the upcoming clinic. We turned off the paved road onto a very bumpy and muddy dirt road. At first, it wasn’t too bad, but the closer we got to the village, the muddier the road became. We needed four-wheel drive and I wasn’t sure if even that would get us there.
We were following the ambulance when all of a sudden it came to a stop. I asked Philemon, “What is going on?” He replied simply that a sugar cane cart was blocking the road.
Someone with a tractor soon came to move the cart and we all hurried around it.
We arrived in the village of Despeezo and had to determine where to set up the clinic.
It rained the night before so we were dealing with lots of slippery mud. A couple of men in the village thought they would help us by pulling up some sections of grass and placing it in the muddy patches. It was a very good idea and really helped us out.
Pastor Mark is a huge help in getting the clinic set up and ready to go quickly. He was right there in the middle of it all setting up the canopies and tarps.
We were extra blessed on this trip because Pastor Mark’s wife Evie was there to help us during the clinic.
Durkje set up an eyeglass area. We soon noticed that every person coming to the clinic wanted eyeglasses, but we were only able to give them to the older people in need.
Once we had the basic “set up,” we started building our pharmacy.
We all jumped in to hang shoe bags filled with many life-saving medicines.
Soon the clinic was set up and ready to go and the crowd kept growing.
We prayed with those waiting for medical care.
I worked in the wound care area with Evie and Kaeli.
We treated a poor Haitian man that had a terribly burned leg. His leg was in awful shape and we had to really work to remove all of the debris from the burn. The Haitian man didn’t flinch, he just kept saying, “Please clean it out and do whatever you need to do.”
Our sweet Micheline, from our Love A Child Orphanage, helped us with translating during the entire clinic. Our orphans love to help us with outreaches to the poorest of the poor.
Sarah Jerrell worked many long hours examining lots of patients.
We had two very good Haitian doctors working with us as well this time.
They were a huge blessing and helped us treat many people.
Our Haitian nurses carefully explained all the medicines.
We saw patients all day long and the clinic ran very smoothly.
One of our volunteers, Jordanie Mertil, prayed for each person before leaving the clinic.
While we were treating patients, two Haitian ladies were cooking up large pots of food to share.
Late in the afternoon, we shared plates of “ti pa nou.”
This mom along with her daughters ate while sitting on some rocks.
This little boy was happy to get a plate of food.
Make sure you keep checking Sherry’s Journal for more updates about the Despeezo Medical Clinic.
Love,
Sherry
P.S. Your gifts help toward sponsoring Mobile Medical Clinics for entire villages just like Despeezo. A gift of any amount will help us provide emergency care, like sending someone to the hospital. The funds are also used to buy medicine, vitamins and other supplies. Please consider how you can improve the life of someone in Haiti. Call our office at 239-210-6107 to find out how you can help.