Tuesday, May 24, 2011

time flys in Haiti

Glen and I were talking tonight that we have almost been here the 3 months that we were here last year. We are not ready to go home and glad that this year we will not be going home at this time. I can't believe that it has been a month since I last wrote as May is about finished.
I will give you the highlights of the last month.

1. Seeing a man come to accept Jesus in our Clinic and get a Bible.
2. Seeing many burns heal. We have had some bad ones this past month. One month ago we had a lady come to the clinic who had been in a fight with a neighbor who threw hot oil on her back. She has healed all except upper left 1/4 of her back. We had a 2 year old who backed into a pan of water and was burned all the way down her back and legs. She just has a few small spots left to heal.
3. The new addition to the burn clinic is coming along. It will be helpful to have more than one place that we can treat patients. The structure is up and they are working on the outside walls.
4. Glen and I are both learning some Creole. I am taking classes.
5. Letters,emails, and phone calls from friends and family.
6. Glen is working with the Grand Moun program that supplies some food to 62 older haitians each Monday. He is able to hug them and this week he even had one on them kiss him. That helps as he misses greeting at our church in the states.
7. Attending church. We have been to several different ones this month. Some the entire service is in Creole. Some are in English. Meeting people at the churches.
8. Glen having sucess fixing so many things that he had never seen before.

please pray with us for
1. Strength and energy.
2. Ears to hear Creole and mouths that pronounce it correctly.
3. Making new friends.
4. Wisdom as we treat people in the clinic and that others will come to the Lord.
Thanks so much Glen and Linda