Haiti Trip, Day 3

Today (Tuesday) was full day here in Haiti.  We have felt your prayers and ask that you continue to remember our team and the work of The Global Orphan Project.

As I mentioned in my previous blog, Bob Mell joined Global Orphan’s medical team the first day and traveled further south and west to Les Cayes.   As you can imagine, due to the devastation in their city, many have fled Port-au-prince (PAP).  The Les Cayes area has been deluged with refugees, almost doubling its size.

The Global Orphan medical team has already been used in some tremendous ways in that area.  One thing the team members have done is to go through the town seeking out and treating anyone in need of medical care. Many folks with injuries were are seeking treatment for the first time since the quake. Doctors are seeing illness, infection, and unset broken bones.  Pray for Bob and his team as they share the love of Jesus through their medical skills.

We had an exciting thing happen today here in PAP.  A little boy named Johnny was brought in with several injuries and was treated by Global Orphan Project doctors and nurses.  Johnny asked this morning if we could help him find his mother.  The team took a picture of Johnny and asked him to give them directions to where he lived.

Following his directions and using his picture, with the help of the Holy Spirit, amazingly she was found!!

On the heels of that huge victory, our team hit a roadblock at the main hospital in PAP when trying to pick up some unclaimed kids that we had previously arranged with hospital administrators to take into the orphanage.  The hospital is literally a collection of tents, and the children would be much more comfortable at the orphanage.  At the point we were literally holding kids in our arms and getting ready to walk out the front gate, we were denied – all due to bureaucratic red tape.  Pray for the team tomorrow, that we will be able to successfully bring these precious children back to the orphanage.

On Tuesday we were also involved in several logistical projects at the orphanage.  We  helped load a truck with 36,000 meals, and we also literally loaded a ton of rice on a truck for food distribution.  We helped organize the warehouse for multiple deliveries tomorrow and fixed a drainage problem.

It was a busy and productive day.  Please continue to pray for our team and the work of The Global Orphan Project.

Check out this quick video:

Haiti Update from Long Hollow Creative on Vimeo.