October 21-31, 2014
A Haitian Creole Proverb:
“Bon Dieu konn kinbe crab, mete nan makout aveg…”
“God knows how to catch a crab and put him in the blind man’s sack…”
God knows how to provide for the poor.
This awesome group arrived in Haiti last week and went to work packing medicines for our Mobile Medical Clinics in Z’Abriko and Cotin.
Here we are with the entire team that included: Dr. Debbie Chen and her husband Dan from New Jersey, Karen McGivney from Mississippi, Nickie Wilson from Maryland, Barbara Ross from Alabama, Dana Burke from Tennessee, Heather Lacefield from Kentucky, Julie LaPorta from Indiana, Kaeli Fletcher from Texas, and Shelly Perkins from Illinois. We thank this whole group of volunteers for their sacrifices and time to come and help the poor.
We spent two full days in the village of Z’Abriko and then on the third and fourth days, we went to the village of Cotin. We arrived in Cotin to a line of Haitians waiting for our Mobile Medical Clinic to open.
They were sitting under small trees for a little shade.
Many Haitians had walked for several hours to see a medical professional.
It didn’t take long before the clinic was set up and we were ready to see patients.
We set up our triage area right in front of the pharmacy.
Durkje and Cassandra helped fill prescriptions.
This is Rachael from our Love A Child office in Fort Myers, Florida. She helps with shooting footage and editing for our television program, but on this day she jumped in to help with “wound care.”
On the second day in Cotin, we moved the clinic inside the church building because the heat was brutal. When we were ready to close the clinic, we took the women who were not able to see a medical professional aside and gave each one a “Family Pack.” This is a package of medicines that they can use to treat common ailments. These mothers were thrilled with the “Family Packs.”
We were so proud of all our Haitian and American team members who helped in our Mobile Medical Clinics last week. The crowds grew on the second day of each village clinic and the heat was overwhelming, but we all worked together with great determination.
Amid the sweltering heat here in Haiti, our Mobile Medical Clinics were successful. The heat took a toll on all of us, as one team member suffered from “heat stroke,” and another had “heat exhaustion” for two days. Two Haitian ladies on our team also became sick from the heat.
But, in spite of all this, in just four days, our team:
Saw 2,685 patients
Gave out 8,238 prescriptions
Fitted 229 people with eye glasses
Treated 96 in wound care and…
Brought 58 people to accept the Lord!
Oh, yes, and we prepared food for all the patients these last two days!!!
No wonder we are “out of medication!” (Smile)
Thank you to our wonderful partners for taking medical care to the poorest of the poor!
There are many ways that you can help provide medical care in Haiti. You can sponsor an entire Mobile Medical Clinic with a gift of $1,000, you can deworm 300 children with a gift of $52 and you can provide a “Family Pack” of medicines for a poor family with a gift of just $20. Any amount will help take medical care to the poor villages in Haiti. Please call our office at 239-210-6107 to find out how you can help.
Blessings,
Sherry