Church at St Marc and Community Clinic

Week 2, Day 3

We started off at church, then had a Haitian lunch that included the most delicious lalo - which is a jute, spinach and fish dish (Laurie loved it, but Jeff definitely did not!).

Jody played two songs on her flute, which was our Special Music at church. 

After church, we spent the afternoon at community clinic (which was in the church sanctuary). What did we see and do? A little of everything!


Jean and her new friend:

Joy doing assessments with our Haitian friends:

Tammy listening to a tummy!

Elaine offering support:

Gayle and Dr Jack fixing an owie:

Jody and Pam cleaning wax (and assorted goodies!) out of an ear:

Laurie setting up a "poke" (blood test!):

Pam doing a little foot washing: 

Christian prescribing an ear medication:

Shout Outs From Haiti

• Thank you to all who helped put together the sewing projects! The quilts are beautiful, and the ladies send their thanks. From Liane

• "Happy Birthday!" shout out to Adam! Love, "Mom" Jody

• Jackie, having a great time, but Jeff  is working me to death! Love you and miss you! Boz

• Dan misses the family and he hopes Daniel, Abby, Molly and Andrew are behaving for Grandma Pat.

• Hi, Kent - love you more!

• I miss you, Gordon. My days have been full and blessed. I played with small children today (big smile :-) ).

• Linda, Jeff says hi and he loves you more than life itself.

• Hi Dave, Kaige, and Joshua! Being a nurse here has been fun. Today we went to church and saw about 65 patients. Food and the ocean nice. Can't wait to see you all. xoxo Gayle

• Bruce, Georgie, and Tiffy - I hope you got my email on Jeff's computer! I forgot to forward you the Mission Possible blog link, oops. Being in Haiti reminds me of being in Africa, except Africa has a million more animals and resources. I also forgot my colitis meds, but I've been healthy. God is awesome!!! woof woof I love you and miss you xoxoxo Laurie

Everyone is eating popcorn and getting ready to play Fizzbo. Keep us in your prayers, and we'll see you in our dreams................

Flight was great. Our Ohio group had one day delay but we are all here safe.

A wonderful group of 21.  It is amazing what God is doing here.

Maylon and Winn are putting counters in the kitchen. Construction crew is playing and
working hard at the playground, sweating buckets are Jeff, Ty, Mark, Steve, Ross, John  Dan.
There are some local kids helping too. Tyler was using a Haitian boy to measure the depth of the holes. The boy loved it.

 The medical team, Pam ,Jean, Joy,Tammy, Gayle, Laurie ,Christian Dr. Jack and Dr. Larry had a wonderful time with the kids. They went to 2 schools so far. The kids sang
a known worship song and then they asked the medical team to sing it back to them in English. Thankfully they knew the song.  Was a special time!!!!!!

Liane has been cooking up a storm and the team are helping here and there.  The sewing group,
Liane, Jody,Laurie and Gayle assisted the 21 ladies at Degeance  in making quilts.

 Little girls met us at the bottom of the mountain to help carry medical supplies,,,,Girl power!

                Long trip up the mountain for Liane                        

             Great time on the beach with new friends

Shout outs:
from Gayle
Hi everyone --- miss you and love you lots.

 from Laurie
hugs to you Bruce

Hey Gordon I am loving taking pictures so don't expect to see me, I am behind the lens.  Love you

Thanks for the snickers, Jeff H.  ,  love and miss you Kent!  Hi to kids and grands!  Love you all! Tammy

Brian, I miss you! Sending hugs to kids and the rest of my family. Having a great time! Love you all! Jody

Ross says "Hi Mom"  (he is especially enjoying the week with his favorite Aunt!)

Liane says "I miss you Lynn"  "Kids,  keep praying!"

Christian says "Hi Jamie, Eden, Erik, Ezra, and Eva.  I miss you guys and will see you soon.  LOVE you.  Dad"

Nana and Popa misses Ayden, Truett, Ellis, Eliza, Wyatt, Bo, Nash and Lena.  See you soon and keep praying for us.


More tomorrow!

Potpourri of Memories & Priceless Children of God...

Hello family and friends,

Tuesday, most of the team was at MPCA school - involved in medical, optometry, physicals, ear cleansing, and construction.

A few more pictures from Monday:

A hard life......

Patti-mad at herself because she didn't bring enough gourdes to catch a ride to Dupin...

Double trouble....those poor grand-kids don't stand a chance....

Sometimes you don't have to say anything....

Why we come.......

Precious....

Jeff and Heather-look who we found....

You should have seen that poor Haitian child cry when Mahlon took off with his rattle....

Our typical morning start in Haiti....

These have been amazing days. Week one (1 week team) leave Wednesday morning. Please pray for safety, discernment, and energy.

For His Glory!!

Glory days. Blessed Beyond Measure....

Did we tell you how blessed we are? Hello again loved ones. We are inching our way toward the end of week 1-a bit sad-yet wonderful to be seeing what God has been doing through His servants. Monday was a full day for medical and optometry at St Marc, sewing at the mission center, & construction at MPCA once again.

Liane's sewing bonanza...

Karen teaching how to count....

Dr John doing what he does best....

Jody soaking it in...

Mark enjoying the heat...

Here is the poor rat that Mark tried to send into the ocean...

Thank you all for your prayers. We are so blessed to be here and being used by God.

For His Glory!!

A day of rest....(except for the rat drama)

Hello from Haiti,

Thank you for your prayers-they are being answered. Degeance and Dupin were the places to be these last two days for anything medical. Physicals were performed, ears were cleaned, eyes were checked, glasses were dispersed, friends were made.

Many tried to take children home with them....please send money for bail....

Some tough guys showed their soft side....

Some were sporting head-wear fitting of the occasion...

Some got to meet all kinds of irresistible children of God...

At the mission center - new & old friends....

At the mission center, sewing classes...

Roof framing at MPCA....

Welding & Desks at the center....

We were all blessed with church today. Part of the group went to St Marc to Herve's church and the others went to MPCA to hear Lynn preach. Devotions tonight in the tiki hut.

God is so good. More tomorrow. (Including rat drama)

God bless. For His glory!!

God is moving in Haiti...

Greetings from Haiti. We worship an amazing God, loved ones. Although there is still much poverty here, there has been incredible progress in so many ways. For those of you who are not aware, Mission Possible has been more intentional than ever in regards to developing godly leaders with integrity, discipline, and proactive decision-making. Praise God.

This week has been rewarding and productive as many different skill sets have merged to become a special week of medical, organizing, construction, and fizbo...wait, that is a different story...

Sunday was arrival day for the setup crew; Pam, Liane, Don, Ross, Mahlon, Win, & Elaine.
Wednesday was arrival day for Jody, Dr John, Patti, Karen, Crystal, Dr Tom, Mary Kay, Carol, Lynn, Mark, John D, Jon B, Janice, Ty, & Jeff.

Thursday was spent with the medical team in Chardene, construction group at the Mission Center-plus shopping, and overall getting acquainted with the surroundings. Below are our bouncers for the week....

There have been many great moments to share-meeting our sponsor children for one....meet Rose...

Playing doctor.... he loves wearing those gloves...

Making new friends.... she would keep 1,000 of these precious treasures...

Risking our lives with who we let make our food.....

God has been blessing us beyond belief. 

Shout out to Heather & Jeff Hochstettler...the Reese's Cups were delicious....

Prayer requests: Please pray that God would show us His will, His plan, That we would be obedient and prayerful in seeking Him above all. Thank you so much for praying for this trip, this group, this mission.

For His glory!!