Mobile Medical Clinic in Dumay

Ok...this is a post that I started a few weeks ago and never posted. Life got really busy with getting ready to come back to the states for a couple of months and then the battery incident with Naomi. 

A couple of weeks ago, we had an amazing experience at the school in Dumay providing medical care to the students and the surrounding community members. Ron and I actually now have an amazing truck so that we can travel to surrounding areas and serve others at the Mountain Top School in Dumay. It was fun to travel across the river. One car was stuck on the way and some of the other trucks had a hard time getting across, but we plowed right through the river. Praise God for reliable transportation! 

In the future we hope to put a rack on the back so that some of the kids can hang on. The truck has already been a ministry to the community. Just as we were getting ready to go back to the states, we were driving up Thomassin 48 we saw six guys pushing a concrete mixer up the road. They flagged us down and we ended up strapping the mixer on the back and 15 other people then piled in the back. You would have thought we just donated a kidney with how excited they were that we transported that mixer up the hill in such a short amount of time. 

Dr Mandi and our new truck

Dr. Mandi (an amazing pediatrian and good friend from Hillsboro, Oregon) lead the medical end of things in Dumay along with her daughter and some amazing pre-med students from Emory University. It was such a blessing to have them in Haiti. We hope that they come back again soon! 

Roseminique holding a baby as Dr. Mandi explains her health

 Some of our kids came along for the ride to also assist at the clinic. Roseminique loved holding all the babies and helping in triage. Even Steevenson was assisting in multiple ways. 

Joan helping at the clinic with Dr. Mandi's daughter 

Joan was an incredible asset in the pharmacy. We basically worked out of three suitcases of supplies that we had brought from the clinic in Gramothe. We were there two days in a row and saw a TON of children that haven't had medical care in years. 

Ron working at the school

Ron was able to assist in repairing some of the school tables and benches. He had multiple "helpers" with the school students eager to assist! It was hot and dusty, but we had a ton of fun! Working with people that are so happy and willing to assist is a huge blessings.

Giving out school supplies to the children

We went classroom by classroom as well while the clinic was going on distributed supplies to each of the school children. Just seeing their smiling faces and gratitude after receiving what is just everyday stuff in the USA was quite humbling.

Tomorrow, I am off for Guatemala with a medical team. We had a productive packing meeting last night, but I didn't even think to take pictures. We have I believe fourteen 50 pound bags packed full of supplies for a medical clinic in Santa Maria de Jesus. Look forward to serving the people of Guatemala soon!