Haiti Updates

I thought Ricardo was joking when he said that we were going to go to the beach after our wonderful church service this morning.  He words were that if he can find gas we will go.

Well we found gas!  We piled 10 people in the 5 seater truck, and off we went.  An hour ride into the country side out of Carrfoure.  I have never seen Haiti for what it really was I we have experienced till this point was the devastated city dusty and smelly and over crowded.

We drove at what seemed like 100 mph  like we stole the truck and I have not asked how fast we were actually going because I don’t want to be accountable for that information. :0)

But when we arrived, it was awesome.  That feeling of the cool water after a week of living in the Haitian oven.  The water was a little churned up it was beautiful, blues and greens that only the caribbean style waters can have.

We spent the best part of the day in the water and washing off the stress of the week.  It was so good for some down time because the pace has been pretty hard, but totally worth it to see the results in the work that was done.

We are headed home tomorrow, and I am happy for the chance to see my family.  I miss my Kids!  God has had his way here and excited to see what he will do after we leave.  I look forward to praying in the house to haouse revival that is going to take place in Haiti, and if we watch close enough, we may even get to be part of it!

God Bless,

Seth Adkins

It seems that there is always something to do here and wow it doesn’t take a break.  It is great to get all the stuff done, but the list builds just as fast as we can mark it off.

During the day we have been working on field innovations.  What I mean is for the clinic we have figured how to make a privacy room for the doctor to do more private consults but rigging tarps to mangles steel in the rubble, we have re-wired solar panels to power the battery/inverter systems.. that was fun.. especially when you have never seen anything like that before.

There is a little reprieve however, there a lady who just down the block form us sells cold soda.  it is so nice to every other day with lunch or right after enjoy a lukewarm coke.  Sometimes it even borders cold!  Oh another way to find the goodness of Jesus in Haiti!

The Medical team Lindsay & Doctor Johnson & Mike Miller are super troopers. Mike was formerly on the electrical team, but her was recruited to do triage so the docs can work faster. These guys along with a couple of others from all over the world, are going from 8:30 to 5:00 with only a rotation for lunch.  They are going non-stop but it has really made a difference.

Yesterday Doc Johnson was working with a woman who was thinking about an abortion.  He wanted to show her the baby so he pull out the Sonosite donated portable ultrasound machine and showed her the child in her womb.  The baby waved hello to the mom as they check it out.  It totally changed the mind of the mother and as they were finishing up the baby waved again.   One more life saved!  It is amazing the wonders that God has inside of us and when we can see them it changes our perspective to life and its riches.

We every day are teaching english classes and in the process are slowly, very slowly learning bits and pieces of Creole.  There is so much to say and to learn to communicate but Love goes a long way!  the children are so sweet.  They want to hear and learn as much as they can.  Today I got to give a little bit of my food to one of the babies here.  and when I did she giggled and in her little 2 year old voice said Merci and then blew us kisses.  it was probably the most rewarding reaction I have gotten since I have been here.

The last job our electrical team did today was for a lady who lost two of her teen-aged daughters in the quake.  She did this while I was trying to wire up her electrical stuff in the shed that we build for her.  That was probably the most moving for me as she looked at me and said “they are with Jesus and I will see them again.”  It really broke my heart cause her eyes watered up and I could see the pain and the hope, but she said “Merci Jezu” which is thank you Jesus.

It is the people and the love that makes the hard work not seem so hard. And the heat not seem so hot, and the love of Jesus than make it all feel like family.

Good night..  Seth

It has been a couple of months since my first trip to Haiti and while I have been following the updates from the “staff” there I am still not sure what we as a team are in store for.

I think of the trip that I took with the youth group a few years ago when it rained, everyday all day.  According to the weather, that is what we are in store for.   That trip was not my favorite, but I think that even with this poor weather the forecast is HOPE.

The team and feel a sense of goodness, that we get to be part of what God is already doing and we will get to be a fresh set of hands and feet to His call. We sit in the airport at Tampa @ 5 am. Lord we are ready.

Blessings– Seth