Posts by Friends For Health In Haiti
WONDERFUL PROGRESS AT THE END OF 2017
Friends for Health in Haiti wishes all of our readers a very Happy New Year! We trust you all had a blessed holiday season and that you are now ready to see what challenges this new year has to bring. In our work in Haiti, we are always interested in expanding our services and programs,…
Read MoreSHARING OUR LOSS
I want to let you all know that my mother, Virginia R. Wolf, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 6th. As I shared before, she was recovering from a fall last month in which she fractured two of her cervical vertebrae. She was making good progress with physical therapy and we had…
Read MoreOVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS….
It’s been quite a while since I’ve written on this blog and I apologize for being out of touch. Cherlie and I feel that we have, indeed, been over the river and through the woods, but we’re not going to Grandmother’s house! We spent the month of November in the US and it was a…
Read MoreYOU’RE A LONG WAY FROM SOUTH DAKOTA!
South Dakota is a long way from Haiti but you wouldn’t think so from the energy and attitudes of the Avera Hospital System teams that come to visit us three times each year. The gifts they bring, their expertise and their boundless enthusiasm make their visits memorable ones. We were blessed to have an Avera…
Read MoreGOODBYE TO OUR FRIEND AND COMPANION MOZIE
AUGUST 29, 2017 It is with sadness that we would like to let everyone know that our faithful dachshund Mozie passed away yesterday afternoon. He was 14 years old and lived a good life, so we can’t be too regretful. We brought Mozie and his father, Shubie, down to Haiti on a Missionary Flights International…
Read MoreTHE SUMMER HEAT NOTWITHSTANDING!
AUGUST 21, 2017 With its high heat and humidity, Haiti is not an ideal place to visit during the summer months. But, for the sake of our spiritual ministry, a hardy intergenerational group from Eastbrook Church in Milwaukee and Town North Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Richardson, TX sacrificed their comfort for a week of work…
Read MorePROMISES, PROMISES
AUGUST 7, 2017 After ten years of hearing that it was going to be fixed, we were thrilled a few months ago to see the beginning of construction on the road up to our clinic in Gatineau. Parts of it are being paved, and the rest is being graded with drainage ditches being built to…
Read MoreGETTING BACK TO BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITIES
JULY 23, 2017 In the months after the hurricane of October 2016, the staff of Centre de Sante de Gatineau has been busy distributing relief supplies and housing materials to people in communities around the clinic site. We have been assisted in our hurricane relief endeavors by the 24 Community Promoters who we had previously…
Read MoreANOTHER BUSY AVERA WEEK!
We have been blessed to have visits several times each year from our friends from the Avera Health system in South Dakota. This group of hospitals and clinics has a tremendous commitment to mission work in the world and we are blessed that they have chosen to partner with Friends for Health in Haiti as…
Read MoreCATCHING UP!
Cherlie and I spent a few weeks in April in the US, visiting with churches and family in the NY/NJ area and attending an annual fund-raising banquet and board meeting in Milwaukee. We visited lots of people and churches, did multiple presentations and enjoyed the comforts of life in the US! The banquet was very…
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