Wow, it’s hard to believe that our last full day in Haiti is over. It was a difficult day, but ended great. One of the men that was operated on yesterday had some bad swelling and had trouble with recovery. All day we were concerned that he would have to be opened back up. Thankfully, as the day wore on, he seemed to improve so they didn’t have to go back in.

This morning, a young man came in with a very swollen leg. The doctors believed it was a cyst and proceeded to operate in order to drain the cyst. During the procedure they discovered the cyst was full of blood and the bone appeared to be deteriorated. The…

Thursday in Haiti started off a little rough. The medical team did a surgery before breakfast this morning, because there are so many needs. After breakfast, a five year-old boy came in with a bad hernia, so the team had to scramble and rearrange the surgery list. Immediately following this, they discovered that one of the men from yesterday’s surgery was bleeding, so they had to perform an exploratory surgery to find out what was happening. Fortunately they found where the blood was coming from and were able to get it corrected. The little boy’s surgery went well too.

Jan, Jim and Jennifer went into Port-au-Prince with the group from California. They were able to see some of the destruction…

Wednesday in Haiti was long and hard. Our medical team continued to run the clinic while performing nine surgeries. The surgeries started around 8:30 am and finished around 9:30 pm. They did hernia repairs, a hysterectomy, a cyst removal, and an abscess removal. Dr. Cotton said he has never sweated as much during surgeries as he did today. Some of our non-medical team even got to watch some of the surgeries.

Our medical team also witnessed a very sad situation as a lady came in with inflammatory breast cancer and probably had less than a month to live. The medicine that we had was not adequate to provide the relief from the pain she was in, so we gave her…

Tuesday was another great day in Haiti. The medical team performed eight more surgeries, cleaned and organized the hospital, and saw over 100 people at the clinic. We continue to be amazed at the need here in Fond Parisien.

A couple of us went back to Port-au-Prince and painted at Delmas Baptist Church. We are very impressed with the ministry of this church.

Experiencing the sights, sounds and smells in Port-au-Prince is overwhelming to say the least. We are so grateful to be part of a church that takes the Great Commission seriously and is passionate about making Him famous.

Monday was a very eventful day. Some of our non-medical team made a trip to Port-au-Prince to meet with Pastor Paul of Delmas Baptist Church. We were able to get some supplies bought and plan to do some painting at his church tomorrow. We also gave him money to purchase food for the 250 children they feed everyday at their school.

The medical people and a couple of volunteers ran the clinic today and performed some surgeries. We estimate they saw around 200 people in the clinic. They also performed 4 hernia surgeries and removed several cysts.

Jim got sick today and ended up needing some IV Fluids. Brock dislocated his pinky playing basketball, but Jan immediately reset it. We…

Sunday in Haiti was great. It started off very early for some of us as the rooster crowed well before sun up. Some of the team slept on the roof last night because it was cooler than in the house. So, when the rooster began to crow, they didn’t have a chance to continue sleeping.

Church was wonderful. It is always interesting to worship with other believers from a different culture. It was very hot in church, but I think everyone enjoyed the service. Bob, a pastor from California with the other group, preached the message. He did a great job and challenged us to not only be hearers of the Word, but doers.

This afternoon some of us unpacked…

We are in Haiti, and wow it’s hot! Our travel was very smooth. Our layover in Miami wasn’t very long, so we were very grateful the flights were on time.

Immigration and Customs were borderline chaotic. We shuttled in a bus from the terminal to Immigration, which was a huge metal building. Needless to say, it was very stuffy in there with all the people and the heat. Once through immigration, we went to the other half of the building to get our bags and clear customs. This area was a mad house. It was pretty small and there were a lot of people. We eventually found all of our bags and headed to Customs. I think the Customs agent…

The last two days have been a lot of fun. Yesterday we spent the majority of our morning shopping in an open market. For the most part, we all enjoyed the bartering process. The vendors were very kind and gracious. The market was clean, organized and safe. It was located on the roof of a mall. We took a break for lunch and went to the food court. We then headed back for more shopping in the afternoon.

Yesterday evening we enjoyed a great time of visiting, laughing and simply getting to know each other more. We learned some incredible information about life in Africa and were challenged by what we learned.

This morning we made a two-hour trip to…