Today we had the blessing of going to Heartline to hold a clinic. We were supposed to leave the guesthouse at 8 am but in Haiti, I guess that means more like 8:45 am. So we got started a bit late. At first things are slow going until we get into a rhythm, but even the BEST rhythm doesn't allow 200 people to be seen in about 5-6 hours! God was in the house. We were so blessed with our whole team pulling together and helping each other and the helpers from Heartline were awesome, too!
Our triage people (Deb, Margie, Erica, and Connie) were getting vital signs and determining if they could treat minor headachey, acid indigestiony type problems without seeing the doctor. The patients either then went to wait to see Teresa, Eric, or myself or they went to the lab (Amy and Gerry) where there was always a line-up! They were invaluable, too. After seeing the provider, they went to the "pharmacy" where Michelle had lots of help packaging up the meds to give out. Lisa was assisting Eric and myself. She was awesome when I needed to do an exam, after the first one, she was ready with everything for all the rest. Eric was totally on fire - he probably saw at least half the patients! Teresa was busy doing procedures which takes a bit longer and I had to do exams on most of the female patients I saw which takes some time.
Can I tell you that we have the bestest interpreters in the world?! Reginald, Robenson, and Francois are the BEST!! They care about what they are doing and seem to really enjoy this. You know, you get a system with your interpreter where they know what questions you are going to ask next and have them already answered when they tell us the story!!
Dennis, Lu, Lori, Kim, and Joslyn helped at the creche (an orphanage). They got to work with their hands by helping replace screens and build live rat traps! The creche raises it's own tilapia for a food source and has a flock of sisters (hens) for eggs. Dennis was happy to also see a compost pile. They also grow mangos there.
I am excited to have had this opportunity before devotions to post. Please continue to pray for the team. Clinic day #2 is tomorrow.
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It sounds like a wonderful and blessed day! Praise God for making such glorious things happen for the team and people of Haiti. And, thank you to everyone for being the hands and feet for Jesus this week. God bless all of you - translators and all. :-)
I CANNOT wait to meet all of you tomorrow!
Sweet dreams,
Colleen
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