In this post, I wanted to take some time to tell you about some of the people God sent us.
Our very first hernia case was an older gentleman. Everything went very well and he was so full of joy after the surgery he was praising God left and right! This is always our prayer, that God gets the glory, not us. The young man who had the last hernia surgery of this day was accompanied by his girlfriend and they had just had a baby 3 months ago. Marriage was discussed and rings were made of tape for them both and an unofficial wedding was performed! Unfortunately, a lot of local anesthesia was necessary for the procedure and his right leg did not work for several hours. Praise God, the feeling came back later that evening and all is well with him. We were asked to evaluate a young man with some sort of cancer that was now protruding from his shoulder and skin. It looked and smelled awful. One of our physicians took a look to see if there was anything we could do, but it appeared that this young man is terminal. Prayers were said over him, please continue to keep him in your prayers, too, as he prepares to meet Jesus face to face.
We took one of our patients with us to Archaie for hernia surgery in the morning. The procedure was performed first thing and then he had to wait all day for the ride home on a hard bench. He did not complain all day. The joy on every person's face was a reflection of Christ our Savior. Please praise God that his love was revealed to our patients and to us!
On the last day, we had a young man who seemed so nervous to have a small mass removed from his arm. We talked with him during the procedure to take his mind off things. He revealed that he has a girlfriend named Stephanie who is 19. After we were done, we told him to say "hello" to Stephanie for us. At this time he told us that Stephanie was in the hospital as her parents did not agree with their relationship and so she drank battery acid. Michel told us that this is common in Haiti. Please pray for these kids.
The VBS team has become very attached to the children of the orphanage and the children of the staff at Three Angels. Please pray for all as they say their good-byes today.
It is crazy hot here! Yesterday it was 91 degrees (felt like 102) and today it is to be 98 (feels like 110)! Please pray for us. Thunderstorms are predicted for today. Please pray that the rain holds off until tonight!
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