Day 4 of clinics.

Part of my devotions this morning were in Psalms 30:8b-9  "Give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say 'Who is the Lord?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. This verse sums up the way most of us feel after visiting Haiti this week and for some of us in past trips. We have so much while others have so little.

Today was our final clinic day. We went to another new-to-our group area called Thomazeau(sp?). This is the village where our driver Herbie is from. We had an uneventful day, and saw around 130 patients. No emergencies, no surgeries, just the more usual complaints. We all felt the day ended too soon.

 It was HOT today, but at the moment a cooling rain is falling. (It's never rained on any of our other February trips.) It brings to mind the song Healing Rain.

As we were leaving Thomazeau, we had a cute situation with Cassedy. She had been mobbed by the school children who were being dismissed at that time. We were loading the tap tap, and Heather was getting on when someone asked her if she was going to rescue her daughter so she could leave too. Heather asked "Where is she?" (s she had just walked past her!) We all pointed and she casually extracted Cassedy from her fan club and loaded her safely on board. A picture IS worth a thousand words in this case, so I'm saving my fingers. Check out the picture!! :) (By the way Cassedy had on a pink shirt on today.)

Where's Cassedy?

 

 

A final thought for tonight. We learn a lot from our translators. They are hard working people who are proud of their country, and are excited when you show an interest in learning even a little bit of their language. (Haitian Creole) I myself have learned several new words this week, and hope to be able to hold on to them for next time. Another picture that includes our translators is below. We've had a great week. I think we just might stay.

 

 

 

Cindy for team ABC