Something Happened in the Corner...

We will get to the title in a bit but for our group, today was considered one of our best days!

Today began with Phillip and Tracey giving a devotional to the Besthesda staff about stress and anxiety, and the importance of giving worries to the Lord. Tom continued his lecture to the staff about other systems in the body causing low back pain.

While these three were teaching to the staff, the others assisted in assembling a pediatric wheelchair for a child who is currently receiving PT at Bethesda. After many…many adjustments, the mother was completely satisfied with our work.

During our morning clinic session, we saw as much progress today as we have our first two days! We all felt accomplished with our efforts and felt as if we were making a real difference.

During the afternoon continuing ed. session Tom proceeded to teach on low back pain. Watching from the back of the room it was easy to see the connection Tom was making with the course participants. Light bulbs were coming on in their minds and there were increased interactions among the group.

And not to be lost in this journey is the importance of our translators. These people have been unbelievable all week to relay vital information between PT and patient as well as what we are attempting to teach. Here is a photo of Tom with translators.

After another terrific dinner, a missionary named Erica gave her testimony as to how she came to Haiti and about her service here. Within her testimony there was a clear message affirming that God is using physical therapy to make a real difference in people's lives.

Now, after all of that, we can get to the title… something happened in the corner. After working with a patient earlier in the morning, Wick discovered that this patient had not accepted Jesus. Treating patients and educating is only one of our missions, but our biggest mission is to share the love of Christ. The 18 year old young lady asked Wick to help her pray and ask Jesus to be her Lord and Savior! (She did 😊). It was an absolute joy to hear the story and a humbling reminder of the true purpose of this trip!