Haiti Updates

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

Day One:

Leaving at 3:30 without coffee was easy, because our friend Brandon Ables brought me monster energy drink.  We flew a lot.  And once we arrived from Maimi, we got the opportunity to enjoy the new understanding of 4^th world customs and immigration set up for baggage check.  It was not the most pleasant of experiences, but we were greeted with Ricardo’s smiling face and quickly loaded up the truck and were on our way to the base camp.

It is funny how you can have an Idea in your head about something, we all do it, but when you arrive it was completely different.  I wanted to think that I would have some Idea as to what was going on here, but really I didn’t.  It was amazing. This place has changed so much.  What once felt home a few short months ago, now feels like a strange new adventure.  The places where I slept last time are not even there.

Still remaining is the cocoa nut tree that I enjoyed my first wild fruit from, but other that it is all gone.

There has been many improvements, such as a 3 section building, for the work crews, clinic, & bunk house, and there is now running water for the bathroom.  Wow… a toilet.  It is amazing I am looking forward to using it.. it think.

There is so much going on and the people here are very very busy with the ministry, building and the medical stuff..  There are so many teams that it is hard to keep them all straight.  We have people here from PA, Colorado, locals and now we are the Florda team rockin it with the rest of the group.

It is getting late and I wanted to get some sleep!  This is going to be a great trip, because I can sence the presence of God in this place and He is excited about meeting with us!

Day One:

Leaving at 3:30 without coffee was easy, because our friend Brandon Ables brought me monster energy drink.  We flew a lot.  And once we arrived from Maimi, we got the opportunity to enjoy the new understanding of 4^th world customs and immigration set up for baggage check.  It was not the most pleasant of experiences, but we were greeted with Ricardo’s smiling face and quickly loaded up the truck and were on our way to the base camp.

It is funny how you can have an Idea in your head about something, we all do it, but when you arrive it was completely different.  I wanted to think that I would have some Idea as to what was going on here, but really I didn’t.  It was amazing. This place has changed so much.  What once felt home a few short months ago, now feels like a strange new adventure.  The places where I slept last time are not even there.

Still remaining is the cocoa nut tree that I enjoyed my first wild fruit from, but other that it is all gone.

There has been many improvements, such as a 3 section building, for the work crews, clinic, & bunk house, and there is now running water for the bathroom.  Wow… a toilet.  It is amazing I am looking forward to using it.. it think.

There is so much going on and the people here are very very busy with the ministry, building and the medical stuff..  There are so many teams that it is hard to keep them all straight.  We have people here from PA, Colorado, locals and now we are the Florda team rockin it with the rest of the group.

It is getting late and I wanted to get some sleep!  This is going to be a great trip, because I can sence the presence of God in this place and He is excited about meeting with us!