February | 2016 | His Heart for Haiti

The team consisted of several doctors and nurses (and some spouses) from the States as well as Haitian translators.

Thanks to Bonne Fin for planning and hosting our first medical team to Haiti! The team was a trial run for the HarvestCall Medical Committee and a joint effort with Child Sponsorship and Hospital Lumiere. The goal was to interweave loving service with sharing the gospel to the glory of God.

We went out with the team for four days to four sponsored schools in the Bonne Fin area. The schools that were chosen were Polycar, Dubois, Dagout and Marc Eric. It was a blessing to see the spirit of cooperation within the team, and the love extended so warmly to the Haitians. The team gave exams to 110-125 people per day, predominately school students. One day we had to bring a very sick child back to the hospital with us.

Several mornings the entire school was waiting (they didn’t stay seated for long)!

Anxiously awaiting their turn for a check-up!

The kids were so thankful for the visiting clinic!

Sharing Christ’s love in word and deed!

Improvising a lot of the time made it interesting!

Eye exams for those who knew the alphabet!

Keeping records is part of the process!

A visit to the doctor’s examining room is not for the faint hearted!

This one is cooperating!

Small incentives were handed out to all the survivors!

Small gifts were handed out to all the “survivors!”

We can’t reach every school, but we can reach some!

Brief doctor’s convention?

The pharmacy was the last stop!

Some of the hospitality crew!

Reaching out to the needy in the area!

Serving the elderly after the students were done!

Something is always cooking!

Whatever it is, it looks good!

The team worshipping with us at the English service at our house in Les Cayes!

The team worshipping with us at the start of the week at the English service at our house!

It’s always nice to see someone from “back home!”

Vic and Brenda Bauman, the elder from our sending church in Smithville, Ohio, were here for a few days. They were invited to teach several days at a pastors seminar over in Dumay and afterwards they blessed us with a visit! We met them up at Hospital Lumiere, had a tour of the hospital together and then brought them to our home.

We enjoyed showing them a little of our lives on a daily basis, as well as Grace’s school, SEED campus, downtown Les Cayes, some Haitian homes, and of course, a drive to the beach over in Port Salut. They were even able to attend the Wednesday night missionary Bible Study with us.

Welcome back anytime!

Vic got to share something with "Lazarus" who sits outside our gate.

Vic got to give something to our own “Lazarus” who often sits outside our gate.

Visiting some friends made for some interesting moments. They gave us their chairs but sat on buckets!

Taking time to visit a local school for the deaf being developed by Tony & Cilda, previously missionaries in Jamaica.

Taking time to visit a neglected local church and school for the deaf now being developed by Tony & Cilda deMarcado, previously missionaries in Jamaica. The deaf are totally rejected in Haiti.