With
wonderful weather, the teams went out throughout the community to continue projects
from yesterday. Jonica, Deb, Marvin, Bob, Leah, Jeff, and Jon took the rocky
trip up to Dupin. Jonica and Deb continued the evaluation of the Community
Health Agents and cared for some of the school children. Just a few feet away
the guys, and Leah, dug holes, poured concrete, and cut wood for the
playground. After lunch, Jonica and Deb joined the construction team
contributing to a successful day full of great progress for the new playground. The frame for the swing set is up.
Back at
MPCA, Jared, Adam, Mark, Steve, Chad , Ben, and Chris worked on the roofs. The
crew saw a very productive day despite some frustrating setbacks. They had a
pull cord on the generator fray which forced them to use the much less powerful
battery-powered saw to cut boards. They now have the rafters installed in the
first classroom and the next room's old roofing has been removed and is ready
to start on tomorrow. Please pray for a smooth process and good communication
with the Haitians working along with us.
At St. Marc, Julie, Liane,
Christy, Teresa, Shari, and Miranda instructed a sewing class of 26 Haitian
women. They taught the same introduction class they did yesterday at Chardene
consisting of introduction to quilting and basic sewing skills. In the morning
before joining the sewing team, Teresa and Shari continued the check up on the
Community Health agents and touched base on the progress of several children’s
health.
The medical
team had their hands full today treating around 150 children at Chardene. Bev, Jen,
Jeff, Sabine, Jackie, Marissa, Ellie, Pam, Andrea, Jeremy Fry, and Heather evaluated
feet, flushed ears, did physicals, and much more. Despite the large number of
patients, the day ran smoothly according to the members of the team.
Back at
the Mission Center, there was a Blood Pressure Clinic at 4:00 pm. Ellie,
Marissa, Pam, and Heather checked blood pressure and the weight of patients.
Afterwards, they sent them off to Dr. Jeff who evaluated each patient. Finally,
they went to Jeremy Fry, our pharmacist for the week, who passed out medication.
After the clinic, the whole team rejoined for and wonderful dinner and time to
relax and spend time together.
The day was long and full of hard work;
however, all of the teams had a wonderful time serving together and seeing great
progress!
Shout Out from Deb - Hi kids! I'm doing great. Miss you and will look forward to touching base this weekend! Love you!
To those of you from church coming week 3, you may want to bring a light blanket or throw. It's been a little chilly at night. (Sabine says, "It's not cold". I say, "Better safe than sorry!"
Shout out from Sabine - Hello to family and friends. I miss you all. I'm having an awesome time. Ty, give the dogs a hug for me.
