Medical Trips and Soccer Games
In May 2013, we did medical clinics in Savonne Brulee, Deslandes, and Pont Sonde. We saw 350 patients. This was our first clinic in Deslandes, a village clinic formerly operated by Albert Schweitzer Hospital Haiti. We continued to use 2 Haitian nurses along with our doctor and 3 U.S. nurses. We were also blessed with 2 pre-med students, Dan Scheese and Aaron Kline, who traveled with us for the first time to get medical experience. However, we used their muscles as much as their brain at Deslandes to carry many of our patients who were handicapped….
Reflections from Lisa Haggard
As I pondered what to share for this blog, I realized that since coming home from our recent medical trip to Haiti, there is a common theme to what I share about the trip with the folks back home who ask about our adventures. First of all, I usually ask if they have seen our pictures on Facebook, since it is nearly impossible to put the “feel” of Haiti into words. Photos, while still inadequate, are a good start to understanding the beauty and sorrow that is Haiti. I then usually take people through our photos and explain to them where we are and what we are doing. By this time in the conversation, I find myself getting more and more animated as I tell of our adventures and our interesting and varied encounters. We cover many miles, all filled with images and experiences that are so very different from our own lives back in the States. Our pictures end with the photos of the children at the school in Pont Sonde….