Here is the latest email update from our team on the ground in Port-Au-Prince…

DAY 1

The team of 6 had an extremely early start at 3am on Sunday morning. We had a smooth check in process and but slow security processing made our flight delayed. This resulted in a tight connection in Miami to continue on to Port-au-Prince. We arrived tired but excited in Haiti, but no checked bags made it Haiti with us because of out short connecting time in Miami. We still remained upbeat and trusted God that the bags would make it on a later flight the same day, otherwise we would not be able to start our medical or dental services. Since we had to pick up our brother Brad later since he had a later flight we had to make a second trip to the airport anyhow. Brad made it safely and we got 10 of our 11 checked bags. The personal luggage of one of our teammates did not make it. And even that was well orchestrated, because our sister Priscilla was not the least phased by it. The bigger picture was our medical and dental supplies were here, so we could start on time.

The host family is extremely gracious and our accommodations are definitely comfortable and adequate.We were immediately refreshed as we arrived and were made to fell right at home and welcomed. As soon as we received the bags and headed back to our base we did a complete inventory of our medical and dental supplies and re-arranged things in a manner to facilitate our mobile clinic. The team also spent the evening bagging the multivitamins and analgesics into smaller quantities for easier dispensing.

The drive through Port-au-Prince certainly still had a lot of evidence that something catastrophic happened here. There are tent cities everywhere and we will be in the midst of it all. But we are certainly all convinced that this is Gods work and we are excited to be a part of it.

Be well,
Dave