Haiti -

Me and Lisa getting ready for Belloc 

a house in Coq Chante 

Malnurtrition (reddish hair)

too cute!

Stops along the way to give IV and meds to a cancer patient

 In Coq Chante passing out rice/pasta/oil

drinking homemade coffee at the preachers house

Inside the church/clinic

Medic Samaritan put together a group of medical personnel consisting of Residents, PAs, Flight Nurses, Flight Medics, Paramedics, etc and took them to the rural countryside of Haiti to provide medical care to the community. However, this was much more than a medical mission trip. We witnessed miracle after miracle on a daily basis. I felt as though we had stepped back into the New Testament and were walking with the Great Physician! His presence was clearly visible among the community of Haiti. We providedmedicine, but we were the ones that were healed. My faith is perfecting! Thank you for all your support and prayers. Not only were there miracles among the Haitians, but also throughout our team.  Jon and Tony did an awesome job leading and giving all the glory to God.  Praying was just part of the breathing.  If they were talking, they were praying!  The biggest miracle was the transformation I saw in my friend Lisa!  She went from crying and wanting to go home to planning her next trip back.  I truly believe that God put Lisa and I together for a special reason on this trip!  


Belloc is a community about 20-30 minutes away from Camatin.  We walked around passing out shoes, praying, providing some medicine and some food.  It was a low key day and gave us an opportunity to have a "taste" of Haiti.  


 Our next day of business was in Tiapo.  This was a 3 hour hike to the top of a mountain where we had a medical clinic. The hike was litterally uphill both ways but it wasn't bad at all.  The weather was beautiful and we made plenty of stops along the way.  I was amazed at how many followers we picked up along the way also.  At one point I looked back and our team had multiplied by about seven times.  Mothers, babies, kids... everywhere.  As we approached the hill and the church came into view, we began to hear about 300 Haitians sing praise songs in creole.  It was the most humbling and beautiful sound I had ever heard. When Tony said they were singing because of us... I just broke down.  As we set up the clinic and got to our assigned stations (mine being triage), we quickly began to work.  Time was limited and we needed to work quickly.  After about an hour, God wispered to me to not get tunnel visioned and to look around.  I then noticed a mom holding her baby who I thought was asleep like all the other babies.  This one was different though.  This baby cold, diaphoretic, gray, and unresponsive.  I quickly told Lisa to help find a spot for her and she brought mom and baby to our resident Tiffany.  The next thing I knew Tiff was in tears because she couldn't help this very sick child.  Tony came over and started praying for a miracle.  As he said amen, the child woke up, started crying, and turned the right color.  Tiffany was broken the rest of the trip... so was everyone else.

INTENTIONAL

As 2011 closed and 2012 approached, I kept hearing the word "intentional" come up among those around me.  God gives me a word each year that resonates in my soul and teaches me throughout the year.  I have been doing this with God for the past several years and have been amazed to see how powerful a word can be.  Last year my word He gave me was surrender and wow did I ever learn how to surrender all to Him.  I am always excited about the word He gives me; however, it can also be a little challenging and stretching of my comfort zone.  During my year of surrendering last year, Jesus surrounded me with such true and godly friends.  I experienced the outpouring of life from my friends.  They listened to me, prayed for me, and reached out in ways that gave me the strength to keep going.  I was so appreciative of that kind of support that I quickly realized that I need to be that person to others that may be going through a difficult time.  I need to be intentional!  I need to make an extra effort.  I need to back my word with action.  Like it says in the book of James, I need to be a doer!  So Lord give me the motivation and strength to love my neighbor, to love my friends, to love my co-workers, and to love my family.  Of course I love my family... but do I make intentional moves on their behalf that will better their lives?  Do I truly have their best interest at heart?  Am I just sitting back waiting to be used, or am I intentionally wanting to be used and looking for opportunities?  Whoa.  I guess I need to start in my own family.  Like my sister Beth said one time, "good intentions and good deeds are as far apart as heaven is from hell."