Yesterday, we couldn’t bring ourselves to blog – the exhausting
drive to and from Reiser Heights was very rough and we were all too tired!
SORRY!
Today brought us to Titanyen and Grace Village. For the new
members of the team, myself included, it was our first look at Grace Village
and we were AMAZED! This place is absolutely beautiful from the breath taking
view of the hills below and the sea to the blues and purples of the dormitories
and other buildings. It was obvious that every detail was carefully thought
about and built with love. The children were all in school so many of us team
members swung on the swings! It was super fun even for us “grown ups”
We set up a clinic in the back of the Tap Tap and at first
were a little worried that it would be a slow day. BOY, we had nothing to worry
about! I’ve learned that word spreads fast in Haiti and in no time, we had a
huge line. We organized into two teams (The Fungicides and The Wound Warriors)
and formed two lines plus a station for washing and treating scalp infections.
One member even gave the elderly massages. We saw people with a wide variety of
complaints, handed out Tylenol, Ibuprofen, topical creams including large
amounts of muscle rubs and vitamins to almost every person including adults. We
also saw a few people we couldn’t help – one man with very obvious symptoms of
Diabetes and several people with hypertension that we had no medicine to treat
with. They promised to seek out a doctor if they we able. Even with the limitations of our Tap Tap
clinic, I think our most valuable treatments were love, compassion, understanding
and someone to listen even if it was for just one minute. We have conservatively
estimated treating about 300 people in Titanyen!!!
After the clinic wrapped up, we headed back to Grace Village
for a quick visit. The children were waiting for us and rushed to hug us as soon
as we exited the Tap Tap. We hugged them all up as much as we could, played
with them on the playground, and talked to them about school. I was instantly
in love with Grace Village. What an
amazing place for children to grow up!
We ended the day with another first aid station at the tent
city just down the street from the guest house. We were only able to stay an
hour before dark, but we saw many people, dressed some wounds, and washed and
treated some infected scalps.
We experienced another day packed full helping the Haitian
people and God provided guidance to our medical team again today.
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