As Monday Comes to a Close

While my group was on safari, anther began to tackle repairs on a Cap Haitiene house far up the hill. Our “young members” had to carry bag after bag up the ill to the house. You may remember, gentle reader, that these bags are HEAVY. At the end of yesterday, the team looked as I would imagine the pyramid construction team looked.


Pastor Satter spent the day with Doctor Benjamin Maklin at the hospital. Intake has spiked with overflow from Port au Prince. While people can be diagnosed, and have prescriptions, if they don’t have money for the raw materials, there is no treatment. Pastor Satter took a significant port of the Lynehaven UMC donations to pay for essentials – drugs, plaster for breaks, burn cream. Another need that was being ignored was feeding the medical staff. Many have worked non-stop with little or no food or rest. Our little hotel is working overtime to make sandwiches that we take to the sites.

Evenings are a time of fellowship and storytelling. Everyone has a story, and every story speaks to the Haitian character. We are fortunate for the Hertz outreach because they already have well developed relationships with locals here who can make things happen and who appear to be honest. Poverty is pervasive, and of course this leads some to poor choices. But the most prevalent characteristic remains the projection of pride, gentleness, and even a type of nobleness.