First Aid Class

I tagged along this morning with Gayle and Carol, who were giving a First Aid Class at the Bible College right outside the mission gate.  They covered fevers, diarrhea, seizures, wounds and vomiting and each class participant went home with a nice first aid kit.  They did a great job explaining basic but important information [...]

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Off to the Orphanage

Today was a quiet day, since the surgical group left before dawn to head back to the states.  We met with a few different staff, worked on producing some of the materials for booths, newsletters, etc.  And a few of us made dinner – leftover noodle surprise and “apple crisp” for dessert.  Vegetables are very [...]

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We’ve arrived.

We’ve safely arrived at the Mission’s main campus in St. Louis-du-Nord.  Life is bustling here, as the surgery team finishes up their last couple of days.  Andy is already shooting (I think they were mentioning some hernia surgeries?) since we don’t have long while that team is here.  I’m getting our stuff settled and doing [...]

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The journey to Port-au-Prince

In the last twenty-four hours, we built a shed (yeah!), packed for a three-week voyage, slept three hours, took three flights and finally arrived in Coconut Inn Room 3.  I guess our number for the day was three?
Our arrival in Haiti seemed less chaotic than I remember it the last time.  Perhaps things have changed, [...]

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Critical condition (the documentary – not a person!)

Andy and I sat down last night to watch a little TV.  In our world without cable, there are usually three to four options for us to choose from: a crime show, another crime show (maybe with high tech investigative practices!), one more crime show (perhaps with a psychologist or a mathematician leading the crime [...]

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