Haiti

Let me preface todays blog post by saying that my mind and heart are so full that it is extremely difficult to put everything into words so I apologize in advance if my feelings and words are a bit scattered and out of order.

I arrived in Haiti last Friday with Sid and 3 awesome volunteers from Texas (John Davis, Charissa Richards and Brayden Bunting). The time I've spent here so far has me feeling every emotion I believe I can feel. The destruction is so far beyond what I had imagined..... the crumbled buildings.....the terrible stench....the grief....the danger of the areas we go to, although we are safe with Luc being with us. He is able to take us into the locations we wouldn't be able to go to ourselves because of the danger.
But there is hope... it will take time.... alot of time. But the Haitian people are amazing in that they are coping the best they can. They have a will that doesn't seem to stop and they have help.
Luc is amazing.... thanks to him so many are being and will continue to be helped. All of this is being done in the name of Jesus and it is tremendous!
The plans that Luc has is so encouraging.... We are in the process of setting up the orphanage, thanks to Healing Hands we now have the well drilled. The volunteers are working on the repairing the building that will house the clinic and soon we will be starting on the school.

We've been conducting medical clinics and have seen over 700 patients in 2 days. We've seen everything.... Typhoid, Malaria.. parasites....skin diseases.... broken bones that have healed without being set....all of this will continue to get worse once the rains set in. And lets not forget that most of these people are sleeping out in the open with no houses, no tents..... They need help and lots of it.

Mark and Duane Kemp (DRT Coordinator) will be here for 2 months working and organizing the efforts here.
If it is on your heart to help..... please see the website for volunteer opportunites as well as donating. www.churchesofchristdrt.org