Friends are Friends Forever

The medical team went to St. Marc and did physicals on pre-school and 3^rd grade children. Because there was no school today due to the “Kid’s Carnival”, there were fewer children than anticipated.  Many of the children had complaints of sickness, so it wasn’t as much of a well-child physical setting today. There was one little boy who had an infection in his umbilicus following a “botched” hernia surgery. His wound had split open partially in a couple of spots and was badly infected. We were glad we got to see him today and treat him with antibiotics. Part of the medical team got to tour a hospital in St. Marc, which they found very interesting.

One construction team stayed at the Mission Center and built shelves for storing tools in the new shed that is being built. Some worked on tables that are being built to hold the Lifestraws at each school.  If the amount of dirt is any indication of how they worked, they worked pretty hard!

Another construction team headed to Dupin to continue work on the school playground. They were able to hang the swings and finish work on the teeter-totter. Then they spent the majority of the day enclosing the playground in a fence which is almost finished! There is just a little more work that needs completed on the gate. During the day, they enjoyed getting to see the children have fun on the playground while they were placing the fence. It happened to rain in Haiti today and there was a rainbow on the way home.

The sewing team went to St. Marc where 32 ladies laid out their quilts with batting. They will finish their blankets next week. It’s wonderful to see so many ladies participate.

Several stayed at the Mission Center to get prepared for the OB week starting next Monday. We also got organized for another Community Agent seminar next week.

It’s sad to see Week 1 team go! It has been a great time of fellowship and team-work. Everyone worked very hard and accomplished a lot. God bless all of you. Those of us who are staying will think of you shoveling snow from our seats on the beach. Orevwa!