This week has been busy. We started with a Joyful Easter. We went to PAP to the English speaking church. Christ is Risen Indeed was the theme. It was packed. Then home for Easter dinner with Chris and Sheryl and Josh Brumley. We even had Ham. Thanks to our friends Kevin and Susan. The evening was finished after our naps with a worship service with Samaritians Purse, (SP) Great day.
Monday began at 0600 with laborers arriving for a cement pour on the new addition to the clinic roof. It took about 15 as they formed a bucket brigade to pass buckets of cement that they had mixed on the ground. They worked until finished. So Chris has had to spray it with water each day to keep it so that it hardens with out cracking. Different than in the states, We had clinic on Monday which was very busy. Then Tuesday is lighter usually. We had at least 5 new burns and serveral other patients. Glen went out to fix 2 wells that had broken. One well had gravel in it as the kids like to push little rocks down the only small hole on the pump and it wears a hole in the well and it quits,
Then the other things that have broken this week. Chris car is in PAP waiting to find parts as the transmission went down. We have taken our car in 3 times to see if they can fix the intermittant air conditioning. Chris and Sheryls airconditioner went down and the freezer on their refrig quit. Our freezer started beeping last night. The ice machine quit this week. Please pray for these things as they are all things that we need to work.
Today we go to PAP to work at AGAPE which is where they fly our mail in.
Pray for safe travel as it is always a pray situation when you travel in this country.
I am taking Creole classes. Please pray that I will retain what I learn.
I need to go we just had a new burn come in . Love Glen and Linda
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
We are in Haiti
We arrived in Haiti on March 16. The first few days were putting away things although a team had unboxed and put away all of the things that we shipped on the container. We were tired. We are beginning to adjust and get back our energy.
We started on Monday to work as Glen had alot of jobs waiting for him to get done.
I started in the burn clinic but since then have helped in several other clinics ran by North Carolina Rescue. They were so encouraging as they came over and prayed for us tonight. What a great group. They have teams coming each week. They do medical and building.
Then we had to say goodby to our good friends Kevin and Susan Bruns and their children. They left to move back to the States on April 1. We will miss them.
Before Susan left she taught me how to do the monthly reports but lucky for me they are on Quicken which is a program that I know so that helped.
Today Glen went in to PAP to pickup our car and get parts with David Heady. He is doing well with his knee replacement. He has been helping to haul sand and gravel to the new houses that are being built in Titiyan.
I helped a lady who had brought material to make new curtains and bed covers for 2 rooms in the vistor quarters. It was lots of fun except trying to keep the sewing machines running.
We are on our 3rd team since we arrived. They are fun and each one has its own personality. It has been great to see how the week goes for them. We have done some things with them like going up the mountain to see the childrens puppet program. It was great. We went to church in PAP last week and went out to eat at Dominos which is the only fast food place in Haiti.
So just know that time is flying and we are busy.
Please pray for energy for us and for God to renew our strength.
We started on Monday to work as Glen had alot of jobs waiting for him to get done.
I started in the burn clinic but since then have helped in several other clinics ran by North Carolina Rescue. They were so encouraging as they came over and prayed for us tonight. What a great group. They have teams coming each week. They do medical and building.
Then we had to say goodby to our good friends Kevin and Susan Bruns and their children. They left to move back to the States on April 1. We will miss them.
Before Susan left she taught me how to do the monthly reports but lucky for me they are on Quicken which is a program that I know so that helped.
Today Glen went in to PAP to pickup our car and get parts with David Heady. He is doing well with his knee replacement. He has been helping to haul sand and gravel to the new houses that are being built in Titiyan.
I helped a lady who had brought material to make new curtains and bed covers for 2 rooms in the vistor quarters. It was lots of fun except trying to keep the sewing machines running.
We are on our 3rd team since we arrived. They are fun and each one has its own personality. It has been great to see how the week goes for them. We have done some things with them like going up the mountain to see the childrens puppet program. It was great. We went to church in PAP last week and went out to eat at Dominos which is the only fast food place in Haiti.
So just know that time is flying and we are busy.
Please pray for energy for us and for God to renew our strength.
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