Generator Problems

It seems that the problem of the morning today was generators . . . both for the medical team and the VBS team! But, we overcame in both situations.
Bondye a bon! (God is good!) These were the words from our first patient who had his hernia repaired. What a blessing to hear him praise our Lord and Savior for this. We just love to be use by Him in this way. We arrived early in Archaie this morning and found the generator to not be working. That means no surgery . . . however, we are dealing with some of the most resourceful people! We got a smaller generator going so we could run the light in the OR and some other essential machines, but no air conditioner. The first stop for the patients was with Cydney for a shave prep, IV, and antibiotics. Then on to the OR I have to say that Mike, Jack, Connie, Chris, Matt and Kyle were amazing to me. They worked in a 100 degree room with their hats, gloves, shoe covers, and gowns on. I never heard a complaint. By the time we got to our last patient of the day, the big generator was fixed and they were able to complete the last case without being totally drenched in sweat. Then they came to the post-op to be recovered by Jamie and Deb. Kate was everywhere helping where she could. For never doing this before, everything went great! God was doing great things. Thanks for your prayers.Hello from Team VBS and Colleen Monfils! Exciting things happened at Three Angels today... Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber visited the children of Angel House in the morning. VBS began and the kids had a wonderful time! There were a few glitches at first as city power turned off and the children arrived. However, the Lord blessed us with the ability to improvise. Instead of using our CD player and DVD/TV, we enjoyed singing songs and reading stories. The children rotated through stations with the teachers of Three Angels Christian Academy as well as the orphanage nannies making photo frames, playing games and learning about Dave and the Giant Pickle - aka: David and Goliath. After the generator was finally working, we were able to watch the Veggie Tales video, and the children walked away learning that "little guys can do big things too!"

The VBS team spent the afternoon painting around Three Angels. The building is being spruced up and getting a new coat of blue trim! Thank you, God, for sending us that extra breeze today as we painted in the sun. ;-)

Please continue to pray that the Holy Spirit moves in Haiti!