God of Wonders

3/17/15

    

 Hello all! Today I (Abigail) accompanied the clinic team ­on a visit to an outpost church in Dumas, a few miles from the city, while a small group of about five or six ventured to Cap Haitien for some plumbing parts. As the clinic team and I drove out of the higher populated side of Fort Liberte, I was very glad to see how much improvement has been made just since my four years of coming back to Haiti. The roads have either been paved or smoothed out, there is so much more greenery everywhere around us, the whole country’s literacy rate as vastly risen over the years, and much to the clinic team’s excitement, the number of malnourished children with orange hair and swollen bellies has gone down greatly.

   One hundred ten people were squeezed into the small church and were treated today. Molly, Courtney, Christina, Jacob, Josh and I had an amazing time playing with the kids and holding babies as they waited to be seen. We played hot hands (a favorite of the kids here) in the pews and we learned new games that we cannot wait to pass along to you all back home! As we wrapped up and got ready to leave for lunch, I caught a quick glance of a little girl we treated for eye problems and malnutrition last year who is now a healthy, happy girl with a beautiful smile.

   The small group that went to Cap Haitien excitedly shared with us the growth they saw there as well. The roads, which were once fraught with trash, have been cleared and there are new buildings! The evidence of God’s hand in Fort Liberte is so overwhelming and it has been a joy to watch the first-timers experience Haiti’s beauties.

   As the 2015 Haiti trip comes to an end, I look back at our time here and I thank God for lavishing so many blessings upon us this week. Thank you all so much for being so supportive of our trip and for taking your time to be a part of our day!

Bon Nuit!

  Abigail