Day Three for the Sniders and the Holiday Hill/Wood Run Mission Team
August 4, 2010
Day Three for Mike and Bonnie Snider and the Holiday Hill and Wood Run Mission Teams in Bercy, Haiti
We had a great morning devotion by the Wood Run Youth Pastor (named Ran). He cited Matthew 5:16, where Jesus encourages us as Christians to be both salt and light to the world and to let our light shine before others. Also, Luke 6 shows us that God wants us to love our enemies and to give without expecting anything in return. We come from different backgrounds and cultures and God has a call on our lives. Collosians 1:16 says that we are made by God for God, with a purpose. We need to come close to other people and to God. We should let God know that we want to pursue what He has in store for us.
Conducted a medical clinic primarily for women and children at our church. Three nurses and several volunteers, including three interpreters. 95% of the children had scabies, and many with bumps, vitamin deficiencies (orange tint to hair) . The adults had the same conditions, which has a lot to do with unclean bathing water.
One child was taken to the Mission of Hope clinic for skin infections and possible “failure to thrive.” Mike and I took baby Nachka and her mom, Gina to the clinic, praying the entire trip and thankfully while there she was able to eat and opened her eyes when Dr. Jennifer examined her. Such a wonderful ministry this hospital/clinic is. They also operate a church and school on their compound. Baby Nachka was given prescriptions for baby Tylenol and antibiotic cream and ordered to come back tomorrow for hemoglobin and malaria tests. Nachka is only 18 days old and her weight today was 2.7 kilos/8 lbs. Thankfully, she is thriving and mom will continue to feed her for the time being.
The Samaratin’s Purse kit homes arrived today via a truck rented by one of our mission groups. The houses were distributed and land for one house had to be cleared, but the group discovered a village of 30 plus houses, which were merely shelters made out of tin sheets and sticks behind one of the lots they are working on. The house begun yesterday was completed today! The most challenging part of the bulding process is to dig holes for hurricane strapping on each corner, using a pick axe and shovel and moving big rocks by hand. The homeowners were helping with this labor-intensive effort, so grateful for the shelter and taking pride in ownership. How many of us can be proud of a shack with a dirt floor, with a 5’x 6’ piece of plywood for a master bed and 12’ long x 24” shelf for additional bedding, nailed to the frame of the house.
The group working on the block wall surrounding the school has been pouring concrete on top of the footings in preparation for the blocks, which are scheduled to be delivered on Saturday.
We went to church tonight, which was supposed to start at 6 p.m. We have learned, however, to wait until we hear the music begin which was good because tonight the music started around 6:45. No worship at the orphanage as the children were next door at church.
Bonnie and Linda (our chef for the week from Holiday Hill church) were able to attend cooking class, conducted weekly for the teenage girls. Today our lesson was Pain Belgian, or as we know it, French toast! The recipe is as follows:
PAIN BELGIAN
One large plus one small can of sweetened condensed milk and a pinch of salt, cooked to almost a boil. Add this mixture to 3 eggs, whisked with a pinch each of freshly ground nutmeg, cinnamon, and more salt. Add two capfuls of rum and stir.
Add oil to a frying pan and when hot take a piece of thick, not thin toasted bread, dipped in the egg and milk batter. Fry in oil, turning till golden brown.
Eat as a snack or include as part of a meal.
Helpful hint: Be sure to take all flies out of batter prior to adding bread to egg mixture, being sure to do this continually (as they keep on coming) while cooking over a charcoal fire.
Several in the group have been affected by the heat and/or other conditions and are doing the best they can. The working through adversity message from day one keeps coming to mind.
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I’m really enjoying reading your blog posts! Keep it up. We all need to know what life in Haiti is like, and where to focus our prayers. Thanks for doing this.
I am in Jim and Carol’s class at Bell Shoals and have been praying for your ministry. I have enjoyed reading your blog and pray you will be able to keep it up. You are loved and prayed for. Nana Joyce
I love this post and the recipe! thanks for sharing.