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OVER 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 MoreA WELCOME VISIT FROM AVERA
Two or three times each year we are blessed to have visitors come assist us in our ministry from Avera Health, a large hospital system based in South Dakota. The teams are composed of both medical and non-medical personnel who all have a connection to Avera and a love for Haiti. They are led by…
Read MoreTHE LORD’S TIMING IS UNBELIEVABLE!
Several things happened to us at our clinic in Gatineau this past week that remind Cherlie and me that the Lord’s timing is quite amazing. Since the hurricane in October, we have made an effort to acquire donations of relief supplies to augment our service to the communities around the clinic. Our first priority, obviously, is…
Read MoreCOMEDY IN THE MIDST OF LIFE’S CHALLENGES
Every once in a while, I come across something in our clinic that makes me smile in spite of all the patient problems I listen to all day. Sometimes it’s seeing a child’s face light up as I present them with a gift of a toy car or a Beanie baby. Sometimes it’s a t-shirt…
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