Day 4: Medical Clinic at HMC

Day 4-Medical Clinic at HMC

-A laid back morning with breakfast at 7:30am. Clinic started at 8am. I got a crash course in using the equipment for taking temperatures and blood pressure. The tools were all brought from the US so they were all automatic, THANKFULLY. A monkey could have done my job but I was privileged to get to sit with these most precious people to ask them what their needs were, document them for the medical team and then share the love of Jesus with them, lay hands on them and pray. Oh, God’s love was so apparent and the Haitians knew that He had reached down and touched them. I also spent the entire day across from Johnny, the 30 year old interpreter assigned to me. When we had a moment to visit he would tell me about his walk with Jesus, we would share God’s truths, spend time addressing misconceptions of God’s ways & we got really excited about the amazing things that are happening here in Haiti.

-BTW-a weird thing happened at work (clinic) today... Bruce, Prayer Pastor at Living Hope, came to me on my break to let me know that I had served a woman with cholera. Immediately I had an opportunity to FREAK OUT. But, God has been so constantly talking to me through His word throughout this entire effort that it never crossed my mind. This morning my personal devotion was 2 Tim. 1:6,7 “I put you in remembrance that you stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, love and a sound mind.” I experienced just that, a sound mind, no fear, no concern. The only thing I thought was, “I came here to serve and who else needs medical attention more that the little lady that was so sick she could barely walk.” I did speak to our nurses and they assured me there was nothing to be concerned about. The only way it can be spread is fecal-to-oral cross exposure (like if I was to get her feces on my hands and then get it in my mouth) & contaminated water. Well, I promise you I didn’t have to deal with anything of that nature!

-Foursquare Mission Press, Anaheim, CA, is a ministry that develops, prints and distributes tracts all over the world for missionary outreach. They donated 42 pounds of tracts and children’s ministry supplies to our trip. Patients to the clinic received a tract in Creole, their mother language. What a blessing: As soon as I was accepted to the team I posted to Facebook that I was coming to Haiti. Within a day of the posting I got a call from my old church friend Matthew Agosto, who is employed by Foursquare Mission Press. He told me that they had created a box immediately after the 2010 earthquake specifically for Haiti called HOPE for Haiti (that is the exact name I gave my Haiti trip) and he wanted to send me the kit. In the mail it went, from Anaheim, CA to Washougal, WA and into a suitcase bound for Haiti. I know that they will be blessed by the gift of God’s word! Thank you Foursquare Mission Press for your amazing ministry to the world. 

-Head on motorcycle accident: today 3 motorcycles collided & the men were brought here for treatment. Most amazing of all was that 3 of our team were sitting in their car waiting for someone when the accident occurred right in front of them. They were able to give immediate assistance! One had a compound break on his left leg.  It was isolated and he was transported to the hospital in an ambulance. The other man did a face plant into the gravel. If you have a weak stomach don’t look: the doctor had to stitch his upper-lip back together. All in a days work at a medical clinic.

-Tomorrow we take the mobile clinic to a village. God is touching the lives of His children! Good night.