As of tonight there are 2 more patients in our cholera clinic. These people are both from the community just up the road from us, so it is looking like it is spreading up the mountain.
We are continuing to pray that is does not get real bad here.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Elections, Cholera and Nicole
Yesterday was a mostly normal day around here. There was less people in church due to the elections, but it was still a great service.
The elections took place, but based on the news reports that we are hearing, there is much controversy over how they took place and there are many people upset. Voting took place at one of the BHM affiliated schools beside the mission campus and we were told that things were not very well organized in the morning and by late afternoon people were chanting "Don't vote" protesting the elections.
Pray that things would remian peaceful here and that God's will would be done and the people that He wants, would be elected. The results won't be announced for a least a week.
We are so thankful that the one patient that we had in the cholera clinic has been released and sent home. There has not been any other patients admitted and only a few people have come needing rehydration. This is an answer to prayer. We are really praying that it doesn't affect this area badly.
Today Nicole left to return to the states. She came shortly after the earthquake and served in the hospital as a nurse for many months. When there wasn't a huge need for her nursing skills in the hospital she began serving where ever she could around the mission. She really because a great friend to me and she will be greatly missed.
The elections took place, but based on the news reports that we are hearing, there is much controversy over how they took place and there are many people upset. Voting took place at one of the BHM affiliated schools beside the mission campus and we were told that things were not very well organized in the morning and by late afternoon people were chanting "Don't vote" protesting the elections.
Pray that things would remian peaceful here and that God's will would be done and the people that He wants, would be elected. The results won't be announced for a least a week.
We are so thankful that the one patient that we had in the cholera clinic has been released and sent home. There has not been any other patients admitted and only a few people have come needing rehydration. This is an answer to prayer. We are really praying that it doesn't affect this area badly.
Today Nicole left to return to the states. She came shortly after the earthquake and served in the hospital as a nurse for many months. When there wasn't a huge need for her nursing skills in the hospital she began serving where ever she could around the mission. She really because a great friend to me and she will be greatly missed.
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| Nicole and I |
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
First Cholera patient
Today we had our first confirmed cholera patient. In the past few days there have been some suspected cases, and they were given oral rehydration and sent home. The person that came today had to enter the special cholera clinic and be hospitalized.
We are so thankful that there is a great organization here who is helping to oversee the cholera clinic and they are doing everything they can to prevent the spread of cholera to others here. Anyone who enters the cholera clinic area has their shoes sprayed with bleach water when they enter and leave and also they have to wash their hands when they enter and leave.
Thank you for joining with us as we pray that the spread of cholera would be contained and that those who get it would be treated quickly and recover fully.
For more information on our cholera clinic check out the BHM BLOG.
We are so thankful that there is a great organization here who is helping to oversee the cholera clinic and they are doing everything they can to prevent the spread of cholera to others here. Anyone who enters the cholera clinic area has their shoes sprayed with bleach water when they enter and leave and also they have to wash their hands when they enter and leave.
Thank you for joining with us as we pray that the spread of cholera would be contained and that those who get it would be treated quickly and recover fully.
For more information on our cholera clinic check out the BHM BLOG.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Long overdue update
The past few days have been very eventful around here.
We are praising God that most of Haiti was spared severe damage from Hurricane Tomas. God answered prayers and kept the storm from making landfall.
Cholera continues to spread and it has entered Port-au-Prince. We are hearing reports of many sick in Port-au-Prince but thankfully it has not spread to our area.
During the past couple of weeks, in partnership with other organizations, we have set up a cholera clinic which is separate from the hospital. It opened yesterday and thankfully they didn't have any one come who showed signs of cholera.
This clinic is set up in a closed off area of the mission campus and people are cleaned with bleach water as they enter and leave. We are praising God that this diseace is not as bad as we had first thought. It is very easily treated and with proper sanitation it is not spread super easy.
Pray that the parents of the preschool, which is located close to the cholera clinic would understand that their children are not in any danger from the clinic. We had some parents upset this week, so we are praying that things stay peaceful.
This past week was a super special one for us. My mom and 2 nieces came to visit. Our children loved having thier cousins here and sharing Haiti with them.
Next Sunday is election day. Pray for peaceful elections and that the people that God wants in leadership are elected.
We are praising God that most of Haiti was spared severe damage from Hurricane Tomas. God answered prayers and kept the storm from making landfall.
Cholera continues to spread and it has entered Port-au-Prince. We are hearing reports of many sick in Port-au-Prince but thankfully it has not spread to our area.
During the past couple of weeks, in partnership with other organizations, we have set up a cholera clinic which is separate from the hospital. It opened yesterday and thankfully they didn't have any one come who showed signs of cholera.
This clinic is set up in a closed off area of the mission campus and people are cleaned with bleach water as they enter and leave. We are praising God that this diseace is not as bad as we had first thought. It is very easily treated and with proper sanitation it is not spread super easy.
Pray that the parents of the preschool, which is located close to the cholera clinic would understand that their children are not in any danger from the clinic. We had some parents upset this week, so we are praying that things stay peaceful.
This past week was a super special one for us. My mom and 2 nieces came to visit. Our children loved having thier cousins here and sharing Haiti with them.
Next Sunday is election day. Pray for peaceful elections and that the people that God wants in leadership are elected.
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| Going for a ride to visit a home that was being built. |
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| Kyrk checking out the almost finished house. |
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| Talking with some of the men who were helping the team build the house. |
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| Grandma and her grandchildren. |
Saturday, November 06, 2010
A Long Night
Kyrk wrote this sharing about his night last night.
Last night as I lay in bed I heard a strange sound. It was water running, a sound that normally I wouldn’t hear. It was 1: 48 in the morning and I decided I needed to go check what it was. I got up put on my shorts and T-shirt slipped on my crocs and went outside, down the steps into the pond area behind our house. Stepping in a puddle, soaking my feet, I find the cause. It’s a drain pipe from the yard above pouring into a puddle creating the noise that rudely awoke me. Seeing as it’s not raining I decide I needed to check out why there’s water running here. As I start back up the steps out of the pond, light rain begins to fall. I decide I needed an umbrella and go back to the house.
As I leave I take a quick check of the rain gauge, 1 1/2 inches. As I make my way to the upper yard where the water was coming from, my feet getting wetter with every step I take, the rain starts to fall harder. After wading through what seemed to be knee-deep water, actually only a couple of inches, I realize there are no pipes broken and were not losing water out of a cistern. It’s just the water from the rain draining out of the zoo yard that was keeping me awake.
Safely back at my house I quickly grab a towel to dry off my feet and head back to bed. The rain continues to fall growing steadily harder by the minute. As I lay there in bed I begin to think about all the people living in tents. My mind races back to early childhood memory camping. I can remember having an annoying little drip that would make the corner of my sleeping bag a little damp. What an irritation that was. I can remember thinking boy I wish we were back in the house, I hate camping in the rain. I quickly confess for complaining about wet feet when I had a towel to dry them off with a warm bed to crawl back into.
The rain seemed to be falling harder now like thousands of little fists pounding their way down to the ground. Once there, they join together forming a little stream then a river and finally a torrent ripping down the mountain. I have seen these torrents pushing boulders larger than a bowling ball at rapid speeds down the mountain. I asked God to protect those in tent cities who have no shelter like I’m in now. The rain robs me of sleep. It is now 3:40 a.m and I decided to check the rain gauge again. 2 1/4 inches.
What have I done to deserve God’s grace? Why am I privileged to have a roof over my head and a warm dry place to sleep? What about the millions of people living in tents? What did they do to deserve what they’re going through right now? I pray for God to have mercy on them and stop this rain.
4:38 a.m. the rain is still falling it hasn’t eased up any. I ask God again where’s your mercy? Then God speaks to me. My first question: what have I done to deserve God’s grace? Answer: Nothing, this sin sick shriveled up soul has done nothing deserving of God’s love. My second question: why am I privileged? Answer: God’s amazing grace. God has shown me mercy and now asks that I do the same for others. It’s a difficult lesson to learn. Again I pray for God’s protection for those who are less fortunate than I am and that I would be obedient.
Last night as I lay in bed I heard a strange sound. It was water running, a sound that normally I wouldn’t hear. It was 1: 48 in the morning and I decided I needed to go check what it was. I got up put on my shorts and T-shirt slipped on my crocs and went outside, down the steps into the pond area behind our house. Stepping in a puddle, soaking my feet, I find the cause. It’s a drain pipe from the yard above pouring into a puddle creating the noise that rudely awoke me. Seeing as it’s not raining I decide I needed to check out why there’s water running here. As I start back up the steps out of the pond, light rain begins to fall. I decide I needed an umbrella and go back to the house.
As I leave I take a quick check of the rain gauge, 1 1/2 inches. As I make my way to the upper yard where the water was coming from, my feet getting wetter with every step I take, the rain starts to fall harder. After wading through what seemed to be knee-deep water, actually only a couple of inches, I realize there are no pipes broken and were not losing water out of a cistern. It’s just the water from the rain draining out of the zoo yard that was keeping me awake.
Safely back at my house I quickly grab a towel to dry off my feet and head back to bed. The rain continues to fall growing steadily harder by the minute. As I lay there in bed I begin to think about all the people living in tents. My mind races back to early childhood memory camping. I can remember having an annoying little drip that would make the corner of my sleeping bag a little damp. What an irritation that was. I can remember thinking boy I wish we were back in the house, I hate camping in the rain. I quickly confess for complaining about wet feet when I had a towel to dry them off with a warm bed to crawl back into.
The rain seemed to be falling harder now like thousands of little fists pounding their way down to the ground. Once there, they join together forming a little stream then a river and finally a torrent ripping down the mountain. I have seen these torrents pushing boulders larger than a bowling ball at rapid speeds down the mountain. I asked God to protect those in tent cities who have no shelter like I’m in now. The rain robs me of sleep. It is now 3:40 a.m and I decided to check the rain gauge again. 2 1/4 inches.
What have I done to deserve God’s grace? Why am I privileged to have a roof over my head and a warm dry place to sleep? What about the millions of people living in tents? What did they do to deserve what they’re going through right now? I pray for God to have mercy on them and stop this rain.
4:38 a.m. the rain is still falling it hasn’t eased up any. I ask God again where’s your mercy? Then God speaks to me. My first question: what have I done to deserve God’s grace? Answer: Nothing, this sin sick shriveled up soul has done nothing deserving of God’s love. My second question: why am I privileged? Answer: God’s amazing grace. God has shown me mercy and now asks that I do the same for others. It’s a difficult lesson to learn. Again I pray for God’s protection for those who are less fortunate than I am and that I would be obedient.
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| The pipe is the white pvc coming out of the wall at the top and the puddled is much smaller this morning then it was last night. |
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Storm and Cholera
STORM
As I sit to write this, it is very overcast and starting to rain. We are preparing for the worst, but praying that God miraculously spares this country from further troubles. Over the next 24 hours we are expecting a lot of rain and some wind.
All schools have been canceled for today and tomorrow as people prepare for the storm.
CHOLERA
We are praising God that the cholera epidemic seems to be mostly contained. We have not had any confirmed cases in this area and as people are being educated on the prevention and treatment of cholera there are very few deaths now.
We are continuing to send out aid to the affected areas. A truck load of supplies went out today. We are praying that they are able to safely deliver the supplies. Thankfully we were able to purchase these supplies and deliver them before the storm hits.
We know that God is in control and we pray that through all of these difficulties God would continue to draw people to Him.
As I sit to write this, it is very overcast and starting to rain. We are preparing for the worst, but praying that God miraculously spares this country from further troubles. Over the next 24 hours we are expecting a lot of rain and some wind.
All schools have been canceled for today and tomorrow as people prepare for the storm.
CHOLERA
We are praising God that the cholera epidemic seems to be mostly contained. We have not had any confirmed cases in this area and as people are being educated on the prevention and treatment of cholera there are very few deaths now.
We are continuing to send out aid to the affected areas. A truck load of supplies went out today. We are praying that they are able to safely deliver the supplies. Thankfully we were able to purchase these supplies and deliver them before the storm hits.
We know that God is in control and we pray that through all of these difficulties God would continue to draw people to Him.
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