Author name: Gospel to Haiti

Greetings in Jesus’ name to each one! It’s been a while since I contributed to the blog here, since leaving last October! Coming back for a bit has been such a good experience- seeing old friends, hearing familiar songs, living in the old quarters and being back in the Haitian culture… it’s been very good! […]

Well I am pleased to tell you all this beautiful morning that the CTC is empty, we haven’t had anyone coming in now for the last 2 days for sure, there have been a few people that come in but they don’t have cholera so we release them. We are really praying hard that the

We have been blessed with a slower pace at the CTC, we only have one patient on IV and one on observation, we’ve only had one come in since yesterday morning. We did get word that they have been out yesterday and today to treat the water sources, and we are still expecting more people but

   A short update on the cholera epidemic. We heard this morning the doctor was out in the area from where the cholera patients come from and he says that their water way and source of water has been contaminated, he is sending a group of people out to treat the water today, we ask

   A quick update on our neighbor, Moise went out to Ti-Goave to have his 3rd toe amputated on Sunday afternoon with Pastor Levy, this morning we heard that the hospital in town won’t amputate it under $2500.00 Haitian Dollars, ($312 USD) They can’t afford that, so we are looking for a hospital that will do it

It has been a very interesting weekend and Monday morning to say the least. Friday a 70 year old man came to the clinic, with congestive heart failure, Brian told me that the heart beat sounds like water just swishing around, someone else described it as an old washing machine swishing around, nevertheless, this gentleman

I’m sure most of you have heard of Mde. Moise. She is the witch doctor that lives right beside the mission. Her husband came to us last December sometimes, and Anita sent him out to get further treatment in Ti-Goave, at the time it was only his little toe that was infected.   After that no

   A time to be born, and a time to die….which was it on Wednesday night?   Anita and I were in the house, thinking of a relaxing evening, when we got the call that there was a lady in labor at the clinic. We put on our scrub tops, and headed right into it. Supper

   As 6 PM rolled around Wednesday evening I was thinking that it is going to be a quiet evening with no clinic calls, and everyone will be able to relax. That thought was quickly brought to a halt when a horse pulls up to the mission gate and someone helps a man down and

I thought you’d be interested in seeing our doctor. His name is doctor Beneche, sounded out as “Benish”. He comes out every Friday, the nurses try to keep the worst cases for him to look at when he comes. A quick update on this gentleman with the large open sore on his hand, it looks a