"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this; to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world." James 1:27
Family and friends, greetings from Les Cayes!
"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only..." (James 1:22)
Today we visited 2 orphanages, La Hate and Casa Major. La Hate is the orphanage that the missions team from New City Church helped construct last year. What a blessing to go back to the orphanage and continue to work with the children there!
Now that we are on day three of our trip, we are so thankful for the teamwork that has developed amongst the team members to serve all the children. Thank you so much for your prayers for team unity and servant hearts! During this short time, each member has learned different medical skills and everyone has been ready to step in wherever they are needed :)
We had the opportunity to visit 240 orphans today between the two houses! The dental team continues to do amazing work. Today 54 teeth were extracted by Dr. Mike, Brittany, Chase and our team leader Frank while Liz, Nicole P., Mariana and Mariam cleaned teeth. Our pharmacy team has perfected their medicine application and prescription filling skills :)
We continue to notice that each orphanage tends to have a predominant ailment. Today the medical team (Dr. Gil, Dr. Pete, Dr. Philip along with their assistants) identified many cases of conjunctivitis in La Hate, and Casa Major had children with upper respiratory infections and fevers. As a team, during this time, we are grateful for the opportunity that we have to serve and provide medical treatment to these beautiful children, but we also realize that these orphanages are in need of regular medical visits to follow up. Please join us in prayer as we ask for the Lord to continue to send laborers to Haiti and that as a church family He will give us wisdom and many more opportunities to continue to serve the Great Commission Alliance in their work here.
We are so grateful for your prayers and encouragement. Please know that you all are missed and loved. We are all well and looking forward to the work ahead...tomorrow we will be visiting St. Louis and Cayes orphanages, a total of 210 kids!
Many blessings :)
Jovanna and Nicole S.
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Alan and I are praying for you all. Thanks for sharing your day with us. We look forward to reading your blog each night. God bless you tomorrow as you contiue to serve.
ReplyDeletehi jo!!!! mom and i think about you constantly...love you and praying for you...
ReplyDeleteHi again to all the team! Having this blog to read each day is a real blessing. It is astounding the numbers of people you are able to reach!
ReplyDeleteCan someone give us an update on Kelsey? We love you, Kels.
Blessings...
Hey mama!!
ReplyDeleteI am doing fantastic! Sorry I havent been able to keep you guys posted, Ive been real busy! Tell Dad, Josh, Matt, princess, pippin, and SAGE I said hey!! Is sage still alive? Hope all is well back home, I love and miss you all very much! Haiti is soo amazing.
love, kels
Hi from Swaziland Jo!!! I was waiting for you or Mariam to post... It's so wonderful to hear about all the wonderful things God is doing through and for you guys! I hope you guys are surviving the heat and they let M. out of the country. Miss you & can't wait to see you guys!
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