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We attended church this morning, although that fact was very much in doubt at noon yesterday as it didn’t seem possible we could get all the pill bags prepared for the mobile medical clinic tomorrow in Chiraque and Wednesday in Testas. By some miracle, by 5 pm we were done and church was back on the calendar for this morning. . .all 3 hours of it. . .in 80 degree/70% humidity conditions. . .and the ceiling fans in our part of the church weren’t working.
Dad, who was a pretty steady Methodist, often said it was important to take the bitter and the sweet. . .and the “sweet” parts were Nancy addressing the congregation, letting them know our plan for the week and how much we appreciated joining their service, and the many, warm “peace-be-with-you”. greetings we received at the end.
We used the afternoon to visit the Good Sam(aritan) Elder Care facility where we have taken responsibility for the food budget, along with some other churches who are part of the Jeremie Haiti Project. A big shout-out to BFUMC’s Hunger Ministry who recently stepped up with nearly a year’s food budget funding! We have known many of Good Sam’s residents for years, and it was fun to see their smiles once again. While there, we made repairs to various screen doors (and taught the local handyman how to do with tools we brought and left behind), and sized up some needed painting tasks for our team to address after we return to the U.S.
We also visited the home of our team member, Peter, our go-to electrician and father of four. His “home” needs replacement, for which he has already prepared a trench foundation outside the perimeter of the current structure, complete with re-bar. We’re very much inclined to help him and will be looking at the estimate to do so in the next few weeks.
But tomorrow is one of the week’s “big” days. We have hired 3 Haitian Doctors, 1 Dentist, 5 nurses to see and treat probably 400 people in about 7 hours. Thanks to St. Joe’s and St. John’s for their donated medicines, and to the donations you and other friends of BFUMC and the Jeremie Haiti Project make. . .some of which is earmarked for discount medications purchases from places like Blessings International (and thanks to the Dr. Scott Wilkinson for accepting delivery of these meds!). We’ll fully load 2-3 compact pickups with tables/chairs/meds/people to get this done.
Chiraque is up in the mountains and the “road” is, well, exciting. . .certainly every bit as demanding as any off-road test track I’ve ever been on. It is a long day, but the wee, small voice whispers “help as many as you can”.
John, Nancy, Mick, Anne
Dad, who was a pretty steady Methodist, often said it was important to take the bitter and the sweet. . .and the “sweet” parts were Nancy addressing the congregation, letting them know our plan for the week and how much we appreciated joining their service, and the many, warm “peace-be-with-you”. greetings we received at the end.
We used the afternoon to visit the Good Sam(aritan) Elder Care facility where we have taken responsibility for the food budget, along with some other churches who are part of the Jeremie Haiti Project. A big shout-out to BFUMC’s Hunger Ministry who recently stepped up with nearly a year’s food budget funding! We have known many of Good Sam’s residents for years, and it was fun to see their smiles once again. While there, we made repairs to various screen doors (and taught the local handyman how to do with tools we brought and left behind), and sized up some needed painting tasks for our team to address after we return to the U.S.
We also visited the home of our team member, Peter, our go-to electrician and father of four. His “home” needs replacement, for which he has already prepared a trench foundation outside the perimeter of the current structure, complete with re-bar. We’re very much inclined to help him and will be looking at the estimate to do so in the next few weeks.
But tomorrow is one of the week’s “big” days. We have hired 3 Haitian Doctors, 1 Dentist, 5 nurses to see and treat probably 400 people in about 7 hours. Thanks to St. Joe’s and St. John’s for their donated medicines, and to the donations you and other friends of BFUMC and the Jeremie Haiti Project make. . .some of which is earmarked for discount medications purchases from places like Blessings International (and thanks to the Dr. Scott Wilkinson for accepting delivery of these meds!). We’ll fully load 2-3 compact pickups with tables/chairs/meds/people to get this done.
Chiraque is up in the mountains and the “road” is, well, exciting. . .certainly every bit as demanding as any off-road test track I’ve ever been on. It is a long day, but the wee, small voice whispers “help as many as you can”.
John, Nancy, Mick, Anne
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