“Mis Junie bezwen ou.” I hear Frè Norès’s voice and turn my head to see his smiling face in the doorway“Ok, map vini.” I reply as I scribble a few more quick notes on a Dossier.I rise from my desk and head towards Mis Junie’s room to discover why she summoned me.I pass several patients […]
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October Update Hello to each one of you! This month’s update will contain a brief overview of what we have been up to this month as well as a more detailed description of one specific clinic experience we had this month. Loveda returned from her furlough the beginning of this month and it has been
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Greetings, My name is Travis Weaver and I am excited to give you all a little glimpse of our life down here at the clinic from the last month. First, I should introduce myself. I am from northeastern Lancaster County in Pennsylvania. Prior to coming down to Haiti, I worked full-time as a paramedic in
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As I prepare to fly home next week, I’m here thinking, and wondering how a year has passed so quickly. It’s impossible to sum up everything that has happened in the past year, but I’ll try and give a glimpse. There’s been times filled with joy, and times of discouragement and tears, but through it
We met in Boss’s house a little after 9:00 Sunday morning, refreshed and greatful for a full night of rest. We tried our morning voices out, practicing Le nap mache ak Dieu(When we walk with the Lord/Trust and Obey) to sing in church. By 10:00, Sylvia, Miranda and I had walked up the mountainside to
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June Update Hello everyone! It’s hard to believe another month is almost finished. This month I want to give you a little snap shot of a day at the clinic. Our day begins with devotions with the clinic staff. We sing one song together and then have prayer. Everyone prays their own prayer out loud
I think it’s impossible to describe everything that happens here in a month. There are highs as you see God grant healing, and change weather, and show up in so many little ways. There’s the joy of seeing new life enter the world. And there’s the heartbreak of the limitations of the medical system here,
Hello from the mountains of Haiti, where life remains predictably unpredictable. A country where prime ministers and gang leaders rise and fall in power, an international airport closes for weeks on end, missionaries and nationals with a passport and some cash evacutate, ships postpone their plans to dock and unload desperately needed food and fuel,
Hello Everyone!My name is Miranda Wenger and I am from Lancaster County, PA. I arrived in Haiti on January 24th, so I have been here for about two months now. I am enjoying the variety of things I get to help with in the clinic. I started out in the pharmacy and I have recently
The machine (UTV) bounced and jolted as we sped along the trail. I braced myself in the back, trying desperately to keep the 2-day-old baby in my arms protected from the jostling and the wind. We were headed out to meet the helicopter as fast as we could. The baby’s mom had come in on
