Time at Bethesda Clinic with OMS

Yesterday we started our work in the Bethesda clinic on the OMS campus. The clinic here is amazing. They have a birthing center, a lab, a tuberculosis treatment area, and a building to do x-rays in. Our day was very busy seeing patients of all diagnoses and all ages. Bev and Jordan enjoyed working with a couple of stroke patients and their families. Kayla saw two adorable little boys that had neurological involvement. She had one little boy that kept telling her that, "You are not my friend," when she had him do activities that he didn't want to do. The Lord keeps showing us how important physical therapy and the education that comes with it is needed in this country.

Day 2 in the clinic was just as busy as the first. We had follow ups from the first day plus many other new patients. Today was more of a solum day due to it being the anniversary of the earthquake. Ironic enough we saw a patient today that had become a paraplegic due to a ceiling falling on her in the earthquake. Listening to her story about being trapped under the rubble for 23 hours was heart breaking.

Today we only had clinic for a half day, so the staff could show us the radio ministry that OMS is doing. The radio ministry is the oldest ministry at OMS. It started back in the 1960s with radios that were being handed out and programmed to an evangelical program. After that the team traveled to a small physical therapy technician school to see the work they are doing there. The first class of this program just graduated in December. The administrator, James, showed us around the school, introduced us to students, and showed us his building project. The things going on at this school are wonderful. It's exciting to know that some sort of physical therapy service is now being offered in Haiti.

Please continue to pray for us this week as we finish out our trip. Also pray for the health of our team as we have 2 members currently fighting colds. Thank you for all of your prayers you send up for us daily. Words cannot describe how appreciative we are.