Day Five

This is day five for the medical clinic. They are working this afternoon and into the evening because people would have gone to market this morning.

Speaking of this morning......Some of us went for a tour of the hospital in Grand Goave. It is a beautiful fairly new facility which is being staffed and run by Cubans. It is interesting because Cubans speak Spanish, so there is quite a language barrier between the creol/french and Spanish. We did find a doctor spoke french, so Ronald, our interpreter, was able to communicate to us fairly well. One of the nurses got a copy of their lab requisitions so they would know what kinds of tests can be run at the hospital. The care here is completely free to the Haitians. According to this doctor, Cuba is paying the 'bill' for everyone. When Wade visited in March of 2010, this hospital was closed because they couldn't get anyone to work at it. It is great to see someone here putting it to good use.

While we were off to the hospital, Wade worked with the crew of 5 men from Surrey, BC, who came on Monday to do the plumbing and electrical on the medical clinic building. They ended up working on the water system because we seem to have a leak in the pipes somewhere. There is a 500 gallon tank on the roof that loses water at a rate that is not normal!

Also this morning, we went to Marc and Lisa's at 6:30 to pray together on their porch. It was a great time and a beautiful setting and still cool at that time of day.

It is starting to cool off here at night. The low is 21 degrees now. It sure feels nice. Winter is setting in!!

Until next time.......