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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Hello all!

Hope you are all well! Just wanted to type up this quick post to let you know what we've been up to the past couple days. We spent yesterday at Alexandre's house in Port au Prince. While the medical part of our team did clinics and dental, the rest of us assisted Alexandre by getting supplies for building a wall around his house. We moved rocks, cement blocks, cement bags, sand, and gravel. It was a lot of work and we were all exhausted by the end of the day, but it was awesome to be able to be a blessing to Alexandre. He and his family were great hosts and constantly provided us with cold water throughout the day.

Yesterday afternoon we loaded up the Rollings truck with our luggage and left for the water project. Tim and I travelled with the luggage. The rest of the team went with Chris in the Rolling's van to pick up Carrie from the airport before heading to the water project. Yonese prepared a delicious Haitian supper for us! It tasted so good after all of the granola bar meals we had been eating!

Today we did clinics in McDonald at a school there. We were at this school on our last Haiti trip, but didn't get time to see all of the children in the clinic. It was wonderful to be back to finish the other children who had not gotten the medical examinations last time. It was also neat to see some familiar faces which included the principal, Gabriel, and some other missionaries.

The warm temperature and high humidity has been very taxing on our energy, but I believe we are all happy to be here! We have had a couple of team members feeling a little under the weather lately. Please continue to pray for our health and that we would be able to willingly serve where God has called us!

~Matt

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for taking the time to write, Matt. We really appreciate it!
    Love, Mom

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  2. I pray that everyone feels better. ask nurse ruth she will say drink more water!!! I sure your all so tired, but doesn't it feel great knowing your giving 100%, and those smiles make it all worth while. I wish I was there with you.

    * tim and lori, I got a great buy for the next trip at walgreens, roach and rat killer for 84 cents!!!

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  3. Kate: I'll be sure to pass along your commands. Everyone is trekking along even if our health my not be 100%. The smiles definitely make it all worth while.

    Dawn: I will pass along your love to Matt and Sarah. I am sure they return it whole heartedly.

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