Haiti Update – Day 3

We arrived back at the Mirebalais church this morning to find about the same amount of people needing medical care as when we arrived yesterday. I don’t think we will be able to see them all. There are more than a hundred children waiting to see our pediatricians. Their malnutrition is evident from the discoloration of their hair. They suffer from the common maladies associated with drinking unclean water and living around open sewage. Their parents are so glad to be able to bring them to a doctor. They dress in their Sunday best to come and are so gracious. They are beautiful. It is quite hot today. Please pray for endurance, patience, love and strength. Things seem to be going a bit slow today. We need your prayers.

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It is now about 3 pm and we’ve treated about 240 people so far. We have about 100 more to go. We rotated through a 5 minute lunch break but other than that its been non stop. We ran out of some antibiotics this afternoon but were miraculously able to obtain some locally (at a steep price) – God is good. The temperature shows no sign of cooling. The team is great. Pray for renewed strength and endurance as we enter the home stretch. Peace and love.

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Just a quick final note for the day. We saw 429 patients today. We just got back to the guest house. Very tired. Good night. One more time tomorrow.

J. Reynardus

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