Clinic
We’re Open For Business!
Greetings from Jérémie. As some of you know, Cherlie and I were supposed to be in the US right now, travelling to NY/NJ to visit with family and churches, Milwaukee for a board meeting, Louisville for a medical missions conference and back home before Thanksgiving. Then, Hurricane Matthew came along and changed our lives forever…
Read MoreThe Tragedies of Life in Haiti
There was a death yesterday of a sixteen-year-old boy. When we heard about it, Cherlie and I both lowered our heads and cried. They were tears of pain and frustration, at the country we live in and the limitations of our own capabilities. We had seen the young boy in the clinic on Thursday, orphaned…
Read MoreAll Things Zika
Zika virus has certainly been in the news lately, especially since it has been diagnosed in several patients in the US. Zika is a mosquito-borne viral illness that causes fever, pain and burning of the eyes. It is a mild illness and has no specific treatment but the danger of Zika comes from the fact…
Read MoreMoving Into New Digs!
As many of you know, we have been functioning in the clinic with our pharmacy temporarily located in the same room as our registration desk and medical records. The “actual” pharmacy is located in the adjacent lab/xray/pharmacy building but we were unable to move into that area because we didn’t yet have wooden windows installed. …
Read MoreLogistics Are Not To Be Taken For Granted!!!
There is no doubt that Haiti is a difficult place to live and work. Many of the things that we take for granted in the US are lacking or limited here in Haiti – things like electricity, clean water, good roads, internet access, etc. So, we learn to make do with limited resources and to…
Read MoreWe Love Avera!
As you may know, we began a wonderful partnership a year ago with Avera, Health, a hospital corporation that is based in Sioux Falls, SD and serves rural communities throughout SD and neighboring states. For many years they have had an Avera Health Haiti Mission that has sent volunteers, supplies, equipment and medication to organizations…
Read MoreVisitors, Knees & Celebration!
In our blogs, we like to highlight the visitors and groups that come to work with us in Haiti. They are an important part of our ministry here, since they help us to offer additional services to our patients and the communities around the clinic. We are appreciative of the supplies and medications that they…
Read MoreGood Hearts and God’s Grace
We were blessed recently to have a visit from a group of friends from Milwaukee that included Ray and Donna Moon, Bob Chase, Yvonne DuCharme, Lawrence DuCharme, Brittany DuCharme and Dr. Ron Schroeder. They served with us for two weeks and did they work hard! We had asked that they come down to build cabinets…
Read MoreNew Adventures
Whenever we have visitors here in Haiti, Cherlie and I try to be creative in designing activities for them that use their skills and gifts and also enhance our ministry here. Since we are in a development stage as an organization, we sometimes use our visitors to “test the waters” for us, asking them to…
Read MoreMaking the Holidays Merry for Little Hearts!!!
Cherlie and I and our staff aren’t getting any time off from our clinic this holiday season, since Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on Fridays, which is not a regular clinic day for us. But, we did try to make the season real by playing Santa Claus ourselves. As any of you know who…
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