We were all very excited to visit the preschool this morning. As soon as we walked in the church, where the children are taught, we were greeted with a song. There were about 60 kids ranging from 3-6 years old, all dressed in blue uniforms and wearing a grin from ear to ear. After listening […]
Today was our last day to work with the clinician team from Malawi. We repeated the morning routine and this time held a clinic in the village of Chilolo. We were also lucky to have a classroom here to work in that allowed us to set up desks for vitals, clinician, lab, and pharmacy stations. […]
After repacking the medications and the van we headed out to the village of Mtiti to have another mobile clinic day. Pastor Peter went to the hospital to get a recovered Lucita released and back home to her family. We were so happy to know that the Lord was with her the past few days! […]
Today we started our mobile clinic by picking up local clinicians from the catholic hospital and making our way to Mzila, a village close to the one we are staying in. Our workspace was a small building with one common room and 2 smaller rooms to the side. The rooms were empty but we were […]
The team woke up around 8am this morning to prepare for visits to various ZOE sites in Madisi. The ZOE project is a 3 year program for orphans and at-risk children as well as their siblings. This program is unique because it not only provides the housing and basic needs for these children, it fosters […]
Today was such wonderful day for worship. Prisca made us a delicious breakfast to kick start our first full day in Kawelawela, the village in which the church and parsonage reside. Kelly, Hugo & Shandi quickly rehearsed two songs they were going to perform in front of the congregation - How Great is Our God […]
Today (Friday) was simply a travel day. Friday became Saturday 6-7 hours too early and no one knows how much sleep, if any, they got. We left Spring Hill Suites at 7:30am after having a large continental breakfast. We got to Ethiopian Airlines and everything was going so smoothly - until we had to treat […]
We all arrived on time for our 6:15am call to the airport. After trying to negotiate with United Airlines about the expense of our extra bags, which included the medical supplies and water pumps, we awaited our departure for Washington D.C. When it came time to board, we were all surprised by what seemed to […]
We have four separate teams headed to Honduras next month! Here's a brief description on who, what, where, when, why! July 12th a team of 8 from Rez West will be headed to Ciudad Espana to offer "Live Well" training to local volunteers so that they can help their community work through and overcome depression. […]
The church building in Madisi is complete! This project of about three years is a huge benefit to the surrounding communities. It serves as a nursery school during the week, a community center on weekends, and a nutrition clinic that's helping to end malnutrition in the surrounding areas. Additionally, the adjacent parsonage (completed last year) […]
Friday, May 28 The team visited the Brakeman school one last time to watch the opening ceremony. The view from the balcony of the school was astonishing. It wasn’t mountains or ocean that we were looking at; it was a sea of yellow and gray uniforms (the colors of the Methodist schools) lined up in […]
Thursday, May 28 Today was our last day on the job site. The team manned their posts in the assembly line of passing buckets of concrete for the last time of the trip. Haitians don’t typically eat their lunch meal until 2:30 or 3:00 in the afternoon, so around that time we brought some sandwiches, […]
