Today was interesting to say the least. The day started with a lot of worries on how the day would go. We got a nutritious breakfast this morning, and then we headed out side to meet with the Haitian nurses and our translators. We were running a bit late this morning. We prayed, and then we leaded the first group of ten to the white chairs that we had set up earlier today. Bonnie started to teach the first group that came, but took aside a young man and his child that needed an assessment. We found out pretty quick that they were inspecting us to be like Dr. Bob, just doing treatments. Our plan was to mostly do teaching and if there was a child that was sick, we would treat.
The first round was crazy. We found that all of us were treating, instead of teaching. So we had to regroup, prayed and discussed how we can make this work. Kendra also prayed for each member that was there for strength and wisdom. So we decided that instead of putting them into groups that we would keep them in one big group. Also that the Haitian nurses should do most of teaching so the language barrier wouldn’t be there. We found that this worked much better. The Haitians may have been disappointed with this, but we felt that it’s very important for the Haitians to be able to be leaders of their own health instead of relaying on donations. Prevention is the key.
Sorry that we haven’t got any pictures up on the blog yet, but we are trying.
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