Posts by Friends For Health In Haiti
Another Momentous Occasion – We Moved!!!
We’ve had a number of significant events in the history of Friends for Health in Haiti since Cherlie and I started our ministry here in 2007. One of the most significant occurred on Monday, March 17th when we moved all of our patient operations into the new clinic building. We had been delayed in doing…
Read MoreI Promised Photos From The Roof Pour And Here They Are!
As promised, here are some photos from the exciting day last week when we poured the second story roof on the pharmacy/lab/xray building up at our clinic site. As I show you the photos, I’ll describe some of the processes involved in getting the concrete up to the roof! The day before the event, the…
Read MoreThe Lord Reigns! Our Roof is Poured!
I woke up this morning at 5am and my heart sank as I looked out the window and found the sky filled with thick clouds. “Our roof”, I thought, as I contemplated the disaster that would befall us if it rained hard while the roof was being poured. A few hours later, we were up…
Read MoreAn Exciting Day Tomorrow!
Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 26th is going to be an exciting day for us here in Haiti as this is the day the construction workers are planning to pour the main roof of the second floor of the pharmacy building. It is a day that has been long in coming and we are grateful to the…
Read MoreA New Year In Progress!
By Dr. Katie Wolf The month of January is already speeding by and I feel like I wasn’t quite finished with December! We had a peaceful holiday season here in Haiti with warm, sunny weather and fewer patients in our clinic than usual. Many people assumed that we would be closed during the holiday, so…
Read MoreChristmas Update
Dr. Katie Wolf writes the following from Haiti: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Cherlie and I and the rest of the staff of Centre de Sante de Gatineau and Friends for Health in Haiti would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We would also like to thank all of our…
Read MoreThe Second Floor Goes Up Quickly!
by Dr. Katie Wolf I just spent a couple of weeks back in the US attending meetings and taking care of lots of business. Cherlie kept the construction crew on target and they accomplished several important things while I was away. The sidewalk between the main clinic building and the pharmacy/lab/xray building was poured and…
Read MoreLAVE, LAVE, LAVE MEN NOU!
By Dr. Katie Wolf Okay, everybody, sing to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”: Lave, lave, lave men nou Wash, wash, wash your hands Lave men nou chak jou. Wash your hands each day Avan w manje, apre w twalet, Before you eat, after you use the toilet E nou va gen…
Read MoreSharing Our Busy Days With You
by Dr. Katie Wolf The two week visit from Bob and Audrey Chase and Don Richmond from Elmbrook Church in Wisconsin came to an end this weekend with almost everything completed on the cabinetry for the clinic. The team worked extremely hard, taking only one day off, and made thirteen round trips to the clinic…
Read MoreThe Master Cabinetmaker Is At Work
By Dr. Katie Wolf This past week, we have had the privilege of hosting Bob and Audrey Chase and Don Richmond from Elmbrook Church in Wisconsin. Bob is an expert cabinetmaker who pre-fabricated cabinets for our clinic in his shop in New Berlin, WI last fall. We shipped them down here in a shipping container…
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