Monday, February 8, 2010

New Clinic at Bel Aire Church of the Nazarene

Today we drove into area of downtown Port au Prince to open a new clinic at Bel Aire Church of the Nazarene. We drove through what has to be some of the worst damage in the city.
There are what used to be four story buildings that are completely pancaked and no higher than one story. Nothing is left in many areas of the city, but people and chaos.
This church is right in the middle of it all.
Teresa and I had the honor of opening the clinic for these precious people that have been injured and displaced for nearly 4 weeks. Many still had injuries from the quake that had not been treated, many now suffer with conditions that come with living on the street. Scabies, diarrhea, parasites, headaches and unrelenting stress.
Today we saw children that were undernourshed and dehydrated, that are living on the street, covered with parasites that may have one meal a day. Some are with a parent, many are with grandparents and some seem to be with no one.
We cried it out on the way home.
I do not have the words yet.
My prayer today.... Lord please help these people.

3 comments:

  1. Glad you're there. Sitting with Luthye right now, talking about the years of investment that we need to make. You probably know it better than anyone right now....

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  2. love you momma. keep fighting the good fight.

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