Hello to all!
The summer months have so far been busy with additional outreaches in Haiti with needs of a vehicle. We have been using a rented vehicle, and also need to buy thousands of medicines for Haiti and Bolivia. We have lots of teams on the road along with administrative work for the whole mission that keeps us on the go.
Additional needs:
July 27, 2010 – We suffered a bad accident when our Chaco team came back from attending the sick in the Guarani region in Southern Bolivia near Paraguay. When the Landcruiser ambulance was heading in the night to conduct a Christian service, one of the huge bridge planks flipped under the jeep and perforated one of the back wheels, the gas tank and the chassis. The bridge was very old, narrow and without any side protection. The jeep almost tumbled 15 meter deep in the river but eventually came back on his back wheels. No wounded but lots of material damage…. The use of this jeep has saved and healed thousands of children and elder people.
July 29, 2010 –
We still have no pictures from the jeep, only from the broken parts… Different story: below is the jeep from our dear brother friend Dr. Juan-Jose working with us for many years. His brother and sister in law (Eliot and Eva) died by crossing a river without bridge as many many do every year. Also we have done this for many years. This accident happened in February in Bolivia. Due to our work in Haiti, we couldn’t bring it up. Please pray for this family (Martinez-Ancalle)
Broken parts from jeep
Back to Haiti… Almost there to help out. Teams are doing wonderful but we will not know where to go first. Probably to “le lieu le plus miserable du pays oublier pour toutes instantes meme le gouvernement de Haiti”. That’s how our Haitian Doctor Oscar Louige describes it if we have a vehicle… Dr. Oscar knows… He was there.
Additional updates: Time back in Haiti to do the work. We – Doctors on Mission – need all your help possible in Word and Deed (1John.3:16-18). God worked something miraculous out and Doctors on Mission Haiti was born out of local Christian Doctors and nurses who are now constantly reaching out to all villages, starting with Carrefour, PaP, Leogane but going out to Artibonite, Mirebalais, Lafond, Cayes, etc.. 100 Christian nurses who lost their job are waiting to join the team… We are working with 2.000$ a month. Most goes to medicines and transport. A team of 15 receives 800$ alltogether for one month of 800/15 = 77$/month. Help us to bless them and check us out at www.DoctorsOnMission.org Dr. Rik
Doctors on Mission Haiti
August 2, 2010 - The 4th. mission in Haiti… Will it be different? Will we have a vehicle to continue the many outreaches already done? Will we receive the property promised to Doctors On Mission Haiti? Will we be able to build a medical mission base with hospital and logistical center for continuous reachings out? Will we find “believers”, man and women of God who believe we can make a difference if we join together to bring healing and the Message of Hope.
Additional news: We got very fruitful meetings to bring more extensive help and start building health care center in the orphanages New Life Children’s Home in PaP and Camp David in Carrefour. May God allow us to be blessed to bless all these precious children. Tomorrow, we leave on outreach to Cayes in the extreme West of Haiti. We hope to be able to get all medicines needed.
Outreach in extreme west point of Haiti
August 5, 2010 – We came back late night from amazing outreach in extreme West point of Haiti. People welcomed me as first white doctor and missionary. I never saw so much joy. They shouted and jumped from joy when we came to them with two vehicles packed with 20 nurses, doctors and pastors and stocked with medicines. Many people were healed and lifes saved… transformed. No internet today but blackberry still does it.
August 8, 2010 –
Back from what WAS called “le lieu le plus miserable du Haiti”. We could bring a lot of food, medicines, sing together and clap hands, bring joy and hope to so many little hearts who were in despair. Toute la gloire a Dieu!
August 9, 2010 -
