Author name: Gospel to Haiti

     I’ve been so thankful for the 9 boxes of Plumpy’Nut the last few weeks, donated from an organization in Port au prince! Especially since we had none of our usual Herbalife. Plumpy’Nut is a creamy, peanut-buttery, protein-packed substance formulated especially for children with Protein Energy Malnutrition; and all my little people on the […]

What a beautiful Monday afternoon!  It’s felt so Fall-ish here lately, making me antsy to rake leaves or winterize a garden, though I’m quite certain we have no worries of snow in the forecast here to prepare for…:)  Last Friday seemed especially gorgeous- strikingly green foliage against such a blue sky…  A perfect day to get out and make a house

The last few weeks Ro and I have had the joy of hiking up and up the mountains to check on a few of our patients. The bright BLUE of the skies, the splendor of the mountains, and the fresh breeze is a wonderful stress release after a busy clinic morning. Sometimes we just stop

     The other week there was a man who came into clinic with severe pain in his stomach, dehydration and some vomiting. We admitted him and observed him, giving him ORS and an IV. His pain moved from his stomach to his chest, to his upper back, and then finally his lower back. It

   They were eating cake. It was a birthday party. But not everyone was sitting there laughing.              Because a little baby had come in weighing  2lb. 3oz. near the end of clinic. He was adorable, but not well. He was only about 96 degrees, and draining a strange yellow-green

  Whitney, me, Dr Felix, Bro. Mark (background), and Elvie’s daughterElvie on the bed This story This story didn’t just happen, but I still wanted to tell it!  After clinic last Fri, we gathered supplies, headed home for a quick lunch, and then loaded into the Bobcat to do a house visit.  This house call

 I was just letting out a deep sigh of relief after a rather stressful birth on Saturday, when I was called outside to check a patient. He was laying in the arms of his mother…and I almost had to dig around in the blankets to find him. A tiny, itsy-bitsy, face peered out at me.

Sunday afternoon we got word there's a dad by the gate with his son who needs medical help. The picture talks plenty enough. He fell and he cut his upper for head open and his chin as well. He would not be comforted whatsoever and after hours of hard work Rhoda and Katie were excited

Here is the diagnoses we received from the clinic out by Titayan where we sent the little boy with the clouded eye. Also an update from this morning. He came to the clinic this morning and Anita is now working on trying to book him in with a surgeon in Port for the needed surgery.

Taking a patient to Grafu.     On Wednesday I came home from church to find out that Glenden is taking Anita and Katie to Grafu for a house call, so I jumped with. First we picked up this gentleman above, he is I believe 87 years old and has different ailments, shigilosis for one