Monday, February 8
A new day dawned hot and sunny here in Haiti. With this new day came a lot of productivity. But, first, we neglected to write about yesterday's sewing project. After the inspiring church service and during the medical clinic, Liane, Jodi, Bev, and Julie helped the local women sew hot pads. Today, the sewing continued at the Mission Center with local women using looms to make more rugs with strips of t-shirt material. The construction crew had three projects today: more work on the playground as well as reinforcing some roof beams at MPACA, and varnishing table tops at the Mission Center. The medical team went to Chardene. We had a good reminder of the easy access to medical care that we have in the US as we saw some difficult patient cases that need treatment (e.g. surgery) beyond what we could provide. Despite these cases, we were able to help many more people with medicine and treatments (including opening the suture kit).
Old t-shirts turning into a useful rug!
After a diligent search, no bats were found!
Jodi shows us that woman can do construction, too!
Monkeys finished the monkey bars!
Nursing assessment is the first stop at the clinic.
The providers (Scott, Belinda, and Andrea) hard at work
Bev loving on the children!
Today's shout-outs:
Jeremy: Miss you Ashley, Elijah and Callie. Love you and see you soon!
Rachel: Miss you all. It's great here!
Marvin: Miss you Kelli and Gabe. Look forward to seeing you soon!
Hannah: It is so beautiful here! I appreciate everyone's prayers and can't wait to see you all. Gabe, I'd say I miss you but I know you won't read this.
Ron: Really nice here, missing you, Shannon, as well as all the kids and grandkids (Cole, Kaylee, Elijah, and Callie).
Bud: Missing the boys, Chels, and unborn baby, Ezri?
Liane: Thanks for you cards! Love you...Texas is coming!
Austin: Mom and Dad, thank you for all of your prayers. They are felt and appreciated. Look forward to seeing you soon.
Stay tuned for more shout-outs tomorrow!
