Joanne: Greetings from Hot
Haiti J! Today was a fairly early day but no mountain hike.
The school we went to was accessible by truck! That’s a big truck where we all
load into the semi enclosed back and some sit at a picnic table on the back and
some stand! Not too long of a ride but certainly no lack of surroundings to
absorb!! My job today was assessing children and asking what they needed to see
the Doctor for. The children definitely have a way of tugging on our heart strings
and even though were hot and sweaty all day, the blessings and fulfillment
definitely over ride that! The
children’s faces light up with their bright smiles when we speak to them which
in turn brightens our day! The highlight of my day today certainly was meeting
my little sponsor girl of about a year and my sponsor boy of about 7 years. I
met him 5 years ago when I was here but today I noticed he had come out of his
shell a lot more and we had a nice chat!
He was so happy to see me and I was thrilled!! When your sponsor child hugs you,
kisses your cheek, thanks you and shows his gratefulness for your assistance
and then tells you he loves you, well, I'm sure you can only imagine what you
feel! Beyond words! It was a good day!! Stew, beans and rice for supper. A
refreshing cold shower and now an early bedtime. Tomorrows another early day,
with a mountain hike! Love You All! Hi Ernest, Cammi, Matthew and Christie!
Deb: I’m writing the blog
tonight to share about what we did with the community health agents today. Shari and I taught this morning and Belinda
joined us for the afternoon session. We taught about nutrition and demonstrated
hemoglobin with a gown with red balloons taped all over it to represent healthy
red blood cells. The students really liked the visual and had fun popping all
of the balloons, which meant no hemoglobin left – and I fell to the floor
(dead). At the end of the morning, we had the students act out scenarios to
demonstrate what they should do in situations when they start working at the
school. In the afternoon, we taught the students vital signs, and they all took
turns checking each other’s weight, pulse, respirations, and temperature. The teaching stethoscopes borrowed from
Rhodes were very helpful. Our translator this week has been excellent and he is
enjoying learning all of the medical content along with the health agents. Tomorrow
we will continue lessons on first aid and dehydration. Thanks for all your prayers for us while we
are here.
