photos - visitors - part 1

When we go to Bonnette the people there enjoy meeting visitors and we also get the opportunity to check up on some families that we are helping or helped with medical care.

This is the "courtyard" where Doudeleimy's family lives. Doudeleimy had her clubbed feet surgically repaired several years ago. They are a friendly family who are quick to welcome visitors.

Doudeleimy's uncle was working on building a pigeon coop. He wanted his picture taken in front of the coop.

This mother came up to us and asked for help for her daughter. She is 4-years-old and still can't walk.

She has a severe case of drop foot. She is also undernourished and small for a 4-year-old. We told the mother we would set up a visit for her at the orthopedic clinic at Adventist Hospital.

photos - visitors - part 1

There is lots of work to do here at Coram Deo and I made the visitors rush from one task to the next! Here the guys are building some new benches for the school students. A lot of the benches were a little rickety!

William helped to sweep up the saw dust.

Here are 3 inspectors! Amos, Michelle and Jeff. The benches passed inspection.

Anje put a fresh coat of paint on all the inside doors of the house. She did a good job.

Anje and Michelle tackled the school supply cupboard and did some reorganizing.

photos - visitors - part 1

Things have been very busy here and I am behind on my postings of photos. The "busyness" here though was helped by the presence of a team composed of my sister Michelle, cousin Jeff, his son Alex and his friend Nathan and Rachel. We picked them up at the airport and packed up Kimosabee!

Jeff made a contact with the Chatham Youth Soccer Association. At the end of the soccer season the players donate their uniforms, shoes and equipment. This gets sent to Haiti. The visitors had fun matching up the soccer cleats!

After everything was organized everything was packed up again and we traveled out to the soccer fields near Cite Soleil where the L'Atletique d'Haiti organization is located.

Bobby Duval is a haitian-american who started this organization with the objective of providing a place for the poor children from the slums a place to play soccer. There are a couple thousand youth who descend on the fields to play at different times of the day. He also provides education for those who can't attend school.

While we waited for Bobby to arrive the visitors attracted quite a bit of attention from the children.

photos - visitors - part 1

We have been on a quest the last month to find help for Rudy Clauderre, a 15-year-old boy with what we think is some form of lymphoma cancer. His problems started in 2009. We have gone to different contacts in our quest. We went out to Fond Parisien the other week and the American doctors there sent him by ambulance over the Dominican border to Jimani. Dominican doctors said that they couldn't help him and he was then sent by ambulance back to Port-au-Prince to Hopital La Paix. He was then referred to Hopital Nos Petits Freres et Soeurs. They couldn't help him either. Chris is a paramedic and he did an assessment of him yesterday evening.

Today we decided to give the field hospital of the University of Miami a try and Chris was willing to stay with the family while he was examined.

They would like to help him and admitted him to the pediatrics unit. It is possible that he and another child with leukemia will be sent to the United States to a cancer hospital. The family was asked to bring his birth certificate. Pray that this is an open door for Rudy.

The pediatrics ward is a very busy place.

The hospital is very efficient. This is the pharmacy.