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Greetings from the water soaked mountainsides of Les Palmes! Praise the Lord, Hurricane Irene missed us by quite a distance. Though we are thankful that we evaded the full force of the storm, there is currently a battle going on with the consequent downpour of rain which accompanies hurricanes. Sometimes severe rain showers show up […]

Greetings to all in the name of Jesus, the King of kings, and Lord of lords! As we consider the situation here, with the special Cholera Treatment Center being put up, and the continuing potentially epidemic nature of the outbreak spurned on by local circumstances, we have decided to make a separate blog to cover

Hey, just a quick prayer request from the mission back in Ailegue. It seems that cholera, which seemed to be in remission around Haiti, has possibly come to the Les Palme area!! Please keep this in your prayers as we try to determine the extent of the problem, and what our response to it should

Here’s Thea with a stitch job she did this week. This young teenage girl had managed to slice her wrist open during a tumble-mishapshe experienced on her way home from school. Careful stitching pays off in a reduced chance ofinfection, and less scarring…. Thea’s doing a great job and picking up some good experience here!

The following pictures were meant to accompany the latest Gospel to Haiti one list. If you do not currently receive the one list and would like to, please write to: [email protected] Friends come and friends go. . . We’ve had a lot of staff changes the last while at the clinic. Here are normal activities

Can’t pass up a little landscape! This picture is near Ti Goave, taken from the trail on the way to Aleg. Here I am with Darline, her sister, and her baby. This lady came to clinic to have her baby, but we saw the need to take her to Ti Goave where they did an

Just a little peek at clinic. People sitting waiting for their consultation. Here’s a recent pic of the 3 of the main nurses right now. Mis Anita, Mis Thea, and Mis Leida This is the Rene family. Their baby was born at the clinic on Feb. 21–sweet family! They have other children that weren’t there

I didn’t realize how many patients we see on our “off clinic days” till I startedsnapping pictures of them!!! The nurses spent all morning at the clinic delivering a baby boy (more pics later on that one- it was born with a twisted foot), and Shana saw quite a line-up of minor cases on the

 This gentleman showed up on our front porch thismorning; seems he’d had a bit of a run in with a knife… A very nice clean cut…  Several stitches later, and he’s on his way. It wasn’t all the waythrough to his mouth, so it shouldn’t really be too serious…