Tuesday

Day two at the clinic was amazing, just as overwhelming, fatiguing, exciting, stressful, rewarding, humbling, and about every other descriptor rolled into one. Once again we had a church full of people waiting to be seen by the time we arrived. We got rolling pretty quick and overall the logistics went smoother. We rotated some of the students around to let them see a different variety of patients.  Once again it has been impressive to see everyone willing to be flexible and do whatever is asked of them.   

Here are a couple quick stories to share from the day. 

We had a lizard make an unexpected visit. At first it was climbing on the pant leg of one of the patients. Then in the process of attempting to shoo it away, the lizard decided that another patient's skirt looked like a good binding place.  Once the lady was able to understand what happened, she calmly shook the lizard free and told the team it was not a problem because she was not afraid of the lizard. 

Josh, Tori, Charity had an opportunity (thanks to Vladimyr sharing a need that was shared with him) to visit a person that was not able to come to the clinic due to immobility. They were told that Fernand was bent on the left side, could not walk or leave his room and had been that way for four year. It sounded like it could be a stroke so they grabbed a few pieces of equipment, jumped into a taptap (the Haitian version of a taxi) with Pastor Pierre and went to Fernand's home. He was basically living in a tin box with a bed. His left arm was flexed and he had no use of it. His left leg was weak but he could move it. The team worked with him and his family and showed him some exercises and stretches. They gave him a cane and with one person's help he was able to stand and walk out of his house and down the alley about 30 feet.  It was amazing to see scriptures come to life and being a part of helping the lame to walk. 

Continue praying for us. 

- pray for continued strength, energy and health (during and after the trip)

- pray for safe travels as again a couple small groups break off to meet needs in other areas

- one request that has been answered but not in the way we expected - April's luggage appears to be lost for good but DJ (a lady at the house we are staying at) took April to the market and was able to get her the things she needed most.