We are currently working on options for a trip in the near future. We will keep you updated.

Pray for our Haitian friends. Preliminary reports are sketchy.

Today we spent the day sightseeing and visiting the Wings of Hope Mission.  Pictures will only be able to describe this.  It was a great relaxing day.  We had lunch at MacCafe, similar to what you would find on a McDonald’s menu.  We just finished eating dinner at the orphanage.  Please pray for us as we travel tomorrow.  Thanks!

On Wednesday, we started at the Thomazeau hospital.  We had over 200 patients and everything ran very smoothly.

Thursday

On Thursday, we all spent the day up at the Thomazaeu Hospital.  There are 22 on this trip.  Everyone has done an excellent job.  We had a slower number of patients this day, but we still helped a lot of people.

Friday

Today, we sent one team to Pastor Walter’s and one to Thomazeau, to finish up the patients there.  We had over 200 at Pastor Walter’s church.  There were two-three churches from the village, that has no hospital or clinic.  They were so thankful.  We changed plans and decided to go again on Saturday.

Saturday

Today we sent another team to Pastor Walter’s church and another to Pastor J’s church.  We had probably another 200 at Pastor Walter’s.  We saw close to 75-100 at Pastor J’s church.  We then got to begin seeing the boys at the orphanage.

Pastor Walter was so thankful for everything we were able to accomplish.

Sunday we will go to church, where Kris will be preaching.  We will then do evangelizing in the surrounding neighborhood, then see the girls at the House of Hope orphanage and Good Shepherd’s Love Orphanage.

On Monday we hope to go to the Baptist Mission and Mother Theresa’s orphanage.

Thanks for your continued prayers.  Internet has been down at the hotel and spotty here at the Orphanage.  We can’t wait to show you our thousands of pictures!

Kris

Last night I arrived in Haiti, to begin a week-long medical mission
trip with 22 people from Wisconsin and Illinois.  It’s my fourth year,
yet every time still brings teachable moments.
Didnt get a chance to read all of it, but here it is as well.  Thanks!

Honestly, I have no idea what went on in the world today.  For the
people I encountered today that’s everyday life.  They just want to
know where their next meal is coming from.  Today, I didn’t care about
the news.  It was about helping a fellow brother and sister in need.

Driving in the back of a truck for an hour-and-a-half on a dried-up
river bed/road, I arrived in a very rural area of Thomazeau, Haiti.
It would take days for the people living out here to receive any
medical attention.  Getting the flu last night, I received the first
IV of the day to try to re-hydrate me.

Medical cases spanned from malnourishment, to worms, to scabies, to
life-threatening diseases. Yet with every right to complain, they had
a joy about them.
Every time I arrive back in the States after a trip, I’m frustrated.
There are many Americans who just don’t get it.  Yes, our economy is
down, but imagine living every year with only a few hundred dollars.
Imagine walking mile after mile to get to water that might be clean
enough to drink.  Imagine having a newborn baby and no way to give it
any medical attention?  The faces I saw today and prayed with live
with those struggles every day.  I know for me, on a daily basis in
America, I worry about stupid, petty things. Or, I take for granted
waking up in the middle of the night to get a drink of clean water
from my bathroom.

Today, I’m thankful for being born in America.  That brings with it
responsibility and that is why I’m here this week with an amazing set
of individuals.  We are bringing hope to the hurting people of Haiti
through medicine and the message of Jesus, who died so one day there
will be no more suffering.  I encourage you to serve someone in need
today.

It is Thursday morning. Things are going amazing. We have been able to pray with almost every single one of the patients. So many have come to know Jesus. We were able to tell people for the first time about who Jesus is.

The nurses are currently seeing the boys at the orphanage. We are at House of Hope, where Preston and Ruth Johnson are seeing little Bethany, whom their parents are adopting. She is having a hard time getting use to our white skin.

We will head to Thomazeau today for the final tim and see the last of the patients. We had one lady come in with her sister’s baby that was born at 6am yesterday. We were able to get the baby the proper care and hoping the mother comes in today.

The rides have been rough and have gotten stuck many times, but we have been very safe.

Haiti is much cleaner and organized than ever before.

Friday we hope to go to the women’s prison to bring clorox to clean their water system, pray with them, and give them personal products. We will definately see Pastor J’s church people next to our hotel as well. We hope to spend a few hours in the mountains.

Finally, the boys at the orphanage have been a blessing and their love is amazing.

We have plenty of pictures and videos to show you when we get home.

We hear it will get to -21 below today. It is in the mid 90s here.

We’ll update you all more when we get back, if not sooner.

Thanks for your continued prayers. God has truly blessed us!

-Kris

On Wednesday, another 100 were treated and prayed for with four accepting Christ. One water filter was completed today. Thirty more filters will be made after we leave by those trained last year. People from one of the homes where a filter was installed last year were anxious to show us their clean water and how the filter was still working.

Tomorrow (Thursday) is the last day for the clinic. We will be purchasing more vitamins and iron for the clinic in the morning. A VBS will be held in the afternoon.

On Friday we are hoping to visit one of the women’s prisons and give out different items brought for them.