Weather Delays, but Team Members Still Arrive!

We are so blessed at Mountain Top Ministries to have so many amazing team members take a week out of their busy lives to serve the Lord and the people of Haiti. This last team was particularly impressive due to their perserverance through the storms to finally make it here 2 days later. Some of the team members ended up stranded overnight in Texas and then again in Florida after already being sent home at the airport in Indiana. Weather challenges and mechanical challenges with flights caused significant delays, but we are so thankful they finally all made it to Haiti!

The original first day of clinic ended up being cancelled due to the delays. The second day, only part of the team had made it. We had a small group, but Joan (amazing missionary who is helping us with homeschooling) came up to serve in the pharmacy. Thank you Joan! She has tremendous pharmacy experience back in the states. 

David also helped in the pharmacy in between his classes. Julia came up to help with triage, labs, and scabies. Some of the other kids helped me with inventory and being runners in the clinic. 

As promised, I've finally posted a picture of the mural in the waiting area. The colors are amazing and the story that the wall tells helps to educate regarding clean drinking water and what may "look" clean at the bottom has actually many things going on upstream. 

Julia of course loved holding babies once again! She did later help in the pharmacy and the labs as well, but her preferred place is always at the front door checking patients in and especially holding and weighing the babies. 

Billy took a break from assisting in the clinic to eat his favorite (rice and beans). We are blessed to have amazing food at Mountain Top's school cafeteria. Each child receives a meal included in their sponsored education. Please contact me if you want more information about sponsoring a child. For only $25 a month, a child has the opportunity to attend school.

Above is an example of the walk home across the riverbed. Since it's the dry season, you'll see people digging down to water in order to wash their clothes.

Although it was a short week for the clinic (only 4 days), we saw record numbers in the clinic. One day we even saw 285 patients! Praise the Lord for his provisions and allowing so many people to serve in His name in this amazing country!