Hi everyone this is Cydney blogging for the medical team. Today was another fun ride to Arcahai. Very fast! The day started off slow because three of our cases could not get a ride to the hospital. Very sad. But fortunate for us there were plenty of other Haitians that did show up. For our slow morning the air conditioner in the O.R. worked great, at one point we were all just hanging out in there trying to stay cool, but then for our very busy afternoon the generator went down and the O.R. was 100 degrees. Matt, Connie, Chris, Kyle, Dr. Jack, Dr. Mike and Kate H. were all troopers, they stayed in the O.R. despite the sweltering heat and rocked. Tom was kept busy with autoclaving the instruments. Deb was everywhere with the OR schedule and Jamie did an excellent job holding a 3 year old down as Dr. Mike removed her extra toe. We saw hernias, lipomas, and hydroceles and extra digits today. Lynda and Kate were fortunate enough to be able to drain a couple of hydroceles by themselves and Kyle was able to suture and hold retractors. Even with all of these exciting events the most exciting was when our first hernia patient this morning just kept saying "merci, merci, merci" and said that God had come today! It was truely awsome. So there is my story! Stay tuned for tomorrow's fun filled stories.
Yo yo, this is Katie blogging for the VBS team. Today we learned "Why God Made Us Special". The kids were super cute, as usual, and eager to learn, play, and love everyone around them. Lexi and Christina took over games and did a really good job. Christina roughed the kids up with some football and Lexi took on painting fingernails. The boys looked especially cute with nail polish. Pat helped the kids with crafts again and today they made necklaces out of beads and crosses. She also helped the orphanage staff handwash two tubs of laundry later in the afternoon. Kendra applied her "food and consumer package goods marketing" major today in the snack area with some awesome peanut butter sandwiches and bananas. Katie manned the TV station, showing the Veggie Tales Movie "Bob's Vacation". Megan was all around running the show, leading prayer, and singing Father Abraham. The Monfils helped keep track of the kids, each of them picking a group to stay with and made sure that the kids were all there and accounted for from station to station. Overall it was a very successful VBS day. Tomorrow we will be having a big birthday party for all of the July birthdays at the orphanage so today we prepared by making a TON of funfetti cupcakes. Other than that our afternoon was spent holding babies, getting peed on, and some of us even got our hair braided. =) Tomorrow we will excited to see what God has in store. Bon Nuit (Good Night)!
Everyone is doing well. Please pray for continued safe travels for the medical team and for the patients we will serve. Please pray that the air conditioner is working tomorrow. Pray that VBS goes well tomorrow, too. God bless your night.
Yo yo, this is Katie blogging for the VBS team. Today we learned "Why God Made Us Special". The kids were super cute, as usual, and eager to learn, play, and love everyone around them. Lexi and Christina took over games and did a really good job. Christina roughed the kids up with some football and Lexi took on painting fingernails. The boys looked especially cute with nail polish. Pat helped the kids with crafts again and today they made necklaces out of beads and crosses. She also helped the orphanage staff handwash two tubs of laundry later in the afternoon. Kendra applied her "food and consumer package goods marketing" major today in the snack area with some awesome peanut butter sandwiches and bananas. Katie manned the TV station, showing the Veggie Tales Movie "Bob's Vacation". Megan was all around running the show, leading prayer, and singing Father Abraham. The Monfils helped keep track of the kids, each of them picking a group to stay with and made sure that the kids were all there and accounted for from station to station. Overall it was a very successful VBS day. Tomorrow we will be having a big birthday party for all of the July birthdays at the orphanage so today we prepared by making a TON of funfetti cupcakes. Other than that our afternoon was spent holding babies, getting peed on, and some of us even got our hair braided. =) Tomorrow we will excited to see what God has in store. Bon Nuit (Good Night)!
Everyone is doing well. Please pray for continued safe travels for the medical team and for the patients we will serve. Please pray that the air conditioner is working tomorrow. Pray that VBS goes well tomorrow, too. God bless your night.
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