It doesn’t seem possible that it’s already been a year since we had the dedication and inauguration of the new church pavilion, but this month we marked the anniversary of that milestone with a celebration. There were guests- choirs, ensembles & soloists North from St. Marc and south from Port-au-Prince. Ladies and groups of ladies in white blouses and hats! The congregation was...

Yesterday a mama brought a baby girl in. She was asking for help. The baby girl had a rash on her bottom- mama said scabies- and was very uncomfortable. I don’t think it was scabies- she didn’t have it anywhere else. In Haiti babies typically are not diapered. Everyone uses the ground as a toilet-so why should you put a diaper that you have to wash between them and the ground where everyone...

OK, it’s not really kwash that kills the children- kwash is the result of all that is wrong with Haiti… the unimaginable poverty, lack of food or medical care, lack of jobs, education and training, widespread ignorance, superstition and evil, rampant illness, unsanitary living conditions and unsafe water… that’s what kills the children. When a nursing mother doesn’t...

Nadege! What is that in your mouth? A WORM?! Wilguens, that just looks way too natural for you, buddy.Oh, now we see who’s behind all this monkey… uh gummy business!Oh no, Miss Pat, not pretty little Jenifer, too!Junel, that’s a really big bubble!Maybe too big! But it looks like fun… and yummy, too! Don’t do it Widmy! Stop, Stop!Told ya so!!

This was a weird one. A guy came in with a big old brown thing on his toe! Jana wasn’t sure what it was. She said it looked like he had a wasp’s nest on the end of his toe! She called Mike over to take a look, too. Turns out it was just a really nasty infected big old hole in his toe! Jana’s specialty! Yucky infected wounds! With a lot of Betadine & TLC, she soon had it...

This little girl came in with a really bad burn. Haitians cook their food over little charcoal fires, sometimes right inside their house on the dirt floor or maybe out front under a little overhang. Burns from the charcoal fires are common for the children. It had been there for a while and was really oozy and painful-looking. (See what happens when non-professional people are talking medical jargon-...

So, what does a medical clinic look like- Haitian style? The work begins in the US, collecting medicine (antibiotics, antifungals, parasite meds, vitamins, creams, etc.) and medical supplies (bandages, sutures, syringes, thermometers, etc.). Once we’ve begged, borrowed & bartered anything “medical” we can get our hands on, the team is packed up (duffle bags & foot lockers)...

Karin White wrote this beautiful piece following her 1st mission trip experience in Haiti. I added some pictures and share it with Karin’s permission. Beautiful Haiti In Bercy, Haiti there lies a haven. From the beautiful sunrise to the darkness of each day’s end – adults, children and Haitians of every age in between struggle to survive. God’s plan and the vision of a...