What an amazing day in Haiti! After struggling through a discouraging health clinic yesterday, we spent time regrouping and refocusing to prepare for today. By all accounts – ours, the Haitian nurses and translators and most important the patients – the clinic went ‘bien mieux’ – much better! We were able to provide education for disease prevention and health promotion that we feel is so important. We were also able to spend time with each mom to hear their stories, discuss their concerns and treat what conditions we could.
Over the last three days we have been working with our three Haitian nurses, Mirto, Izgar and Janan. Today, these nurses provided the Haitian moms with most of the education about vaccinations, prevention and treatment of dehydration and the importance of clean water and handwashing. It was awesome to watch these nurses teaching their own people. This does not have to stop when we leave Haiti and this, for us and for the Haitian people, is so important.
The rest of the team was busy today with building projects like the tiling in the technical school. Tonight, Keith taught an electrical class while Marc Honorat translated. We have had a few people feeling under the weather, but for the most part, we are doing OK!
It is an honor to work with this team. Watching these young people grow and develop as they serve others is incredible. I am moved by two things: the joy of the people of Haiti and the joy of our team to serve them. We have learned more than we taught and have received more than we have given! God is good.
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