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Jean Flobert Marcellus is a patient of ours. He’s also a Haitian government-certified school teacher, assigned to teach in a school that is about a six hour walk into the mountains after you reach the end of the road! The locality where the school is located is called Lopino and it is one of the…
I am thrilled to report that for the first time in its seven years of existence, Centre de Sante de Gatineau now has electricity and pure, drinkable, running water! We praise the Lord for His blessing and provision for us in this huge accomplishment. And, we thank the many people who made this possible: Chuck…
I wanted to give a quick update of our weekend with missionary David Farquharson from PAP, who came out to help install our solar electrical system. We spent three very busy and somewhat exhausting days up at the site (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) with David and about 25 workers and had a very productive time.…
It is not uncommon in Haiti to have children being raised by grandparents or other relatives. Sometimes their parents are living, but are unable to provide for the child. Sometimes, the parents are no longer living together and one of the grandparents assumes care of the child so the parents can be free to work…
Last Thursday we had the biggest emergency in the history of our clinic in Gatineau. There’s a family that lives near the clinic and the parents have a lot of children, most of them grown. As is typical of many people who live near the clinic, they are very poor. We’ve seen most of the…
Cherlie and I had a short break at the beginning of April when we went up to Milwaukee for our 6th annual Hope for Haiti fund-raising banquet. It was a wonderful event and we were able to see a lot of former acquaintances, medical colleagues, Haiti visitors and meet some wonderful new friends. Now, we’re…
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…
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…
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…
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…