tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63639469846525967812024-03-04T21:24:02.230-08:00Helping Out In Haiti…Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966413050794570827noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-79423429482724419012010-07-24T12:36:00.000-07:002010-07-24T13:21:04.269-07:00Guest Blogger Anne Marie<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;">After 72 semi-waking hours of being in a famished, destroyed, impoverished nation, I'm full of intrigue about what's next.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;">Haiti is a nation of systemic poverty. I've seen poverty like this in parts of South American and African nations-but I could drive out of it and stay in a nice hotel or visit a government building-the entire country wasn't in despair. But here there's no escape from the poverty.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;">It's been six months since the earthquake and destruction is still everywhere. Instead of moving the rubble, people have settled on it. I'm afraid the people will just make this the new way of life.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;">There's so much good here-in the people, the organizations present, the goals-but the country's potential seems to be buried in the rubble with the rest of the city of Port au Prince.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;">Not once have I seen a single road crew, drive on a paved road, or seen anything that looks like substantial progress. Perhaps I would see it differently had I been here 6 months ago? But for David and Steve-and all those who I've asked who had been here as first responders- the immediate feeling of despair, death, and destruction have simmered into an acceptance of a way of life.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;">The people are unhappy with the current government. Civil unrest is boiling to the surface. There was a threat of a "manifestation" today. Basically, a manifestation is a riot. The opposition (which is 90 % of the people) plan a protest against the government and take it to the streets. Our driver/security, was called into work last night to prepare for today's planned manifestation. As I mentioned earlier, he is the head of security for the President of Haiti. He slept at the President's home last night.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;">The manifestation didn't happen-at least not yet-but the intentions and plans are real and will happen soon.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;">I'm overwhelmed about what needs to be done and where to start. The government's a mess, the land's a wreck, the buildings are flattened.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;">The people are hungry and living in fear of the next quake.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Chalkboard;font-size:medium;">But because I have a little blue book with me, I get to leave it all....for now.</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-89975605558522501732010-05-19T14:27:00.000-07:002010-05-19T14:29:25.297-07:00UHTF Fireside<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Doug will be speaking tonight about his trip to Haiti as well as sharing photos and a video. Joining him will be Steve Studdert. Studdert was the lead organizer for the Utah Hospital Task Force (UHTF), a group of 130 civilian volunteers that helped after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Please join us at the Lakes Stake Center 7:00pm. Monte Cristo & Oakey. All are welcome!</span></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-65339220527838309802010-04-27T14:16:00.000-07:002010-04-27T14:20:01.316-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfDpeKv7PXk/S9dU0Y7txrI/AAAAAAAABiw/S3lsSqFa2Rc/s1600/bowenUHTF.098.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfDpeKv7PXk/S9dU0Y7txrI/AAAAAAAABiw/S3lsSqFa2Rc/s400/bowenUHTF.098.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464929931860231858" /></a><br /><div>I’m so excited to be a part of the Million Mothers for Haiti –helping to build the American Hospital of Haiti.</div><div> </div><div>As part of the non-profit organization <a href="http://www.gifthaiti.org">www.gifthaiti.org.</a> A committee has been established, to oversee The Million Mothers for Haiti – helping to build the American Hospital of Haiti.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our goal is one million American women giving $12 each. Some think with God's help this is achievable by Mother's Day in May. Wow!</div><div> </div><div>The use of the $12 (or more) donations will go 100% to the hospital construction, supplies, and long-term operation.</div><div> </div><div>Wonderfully creative Michael Walker and his team, who created and oversees the www.gifthaiti.org website, is working on a sub domain “Million Mothers" for Haiti website. </div><div> </div><div>Once construction begins, the www.gifthaiti.org website will have a regular progress report on the hospital.</div><div> </div><div>The American Hospital of Haiti will provide a higher degree of respect for women patients and the modesty of women that has been customary in Haiti.</div><div> </div><div>Women health needs in Haiti are immeasurable; painful yeast infections are widespread and mostly untreated. High blood pressure is also widespread and mostly untreated. Care for children is also a critical need.</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>The outpatient clinic on the campus of the American Hospital of Haiti is being designed to also incorporate a women’s health clinic, community health education, and vocational training.</div><div> </div><div>NEED --</div><div> </div><div>We need for every woman to become involved. There are few American women who can’t spare $12, especially when you know it will bless the lives of badly hurting women and children. Please donate Today and email, repost or tweet your friends and invite them to give $12 (or more) and invite every woman they know to do the same. </div><div><br /></div><div>I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; </div><div>And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.</div><div>Edward Everett Hale</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-66138244684787557452010-03-31T11:13:00.000-07:002010-07-23T18:35:27.191-07:00Because I Have Been Given Much<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfDpeKv7PXk/TEpDWpZRfcI/AAAAAAAABkQ/iqLaypqOI_k/s1600/bowenUHTF.092.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfDpeKv7PXk/TEpDWpZRfcI/AAAAAAAABkQ/iqLaypqOI_k/s400/bowenUHTF.092.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497280351507152322" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We today announce THE NEXT STEP in helping our dearly struggling brothers and sisters in Haiti.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Our responsibility to give succor is far from finished.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For over two hundred years, much has been written worldwide about the American Spirit.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It is not found in government but in America’s people.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That’s you and me.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The freedoms with which we are blessed with in this divinely inspired nation allows you and me to make a difference, to act independently, to give our ourselves and our money, to bless the lives of total strangers.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For many, religious faith is central.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For others, it may be the inherent goodness that has come to be a hallmark of America’s people.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Today we announce </span></span><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">an extraordinary nationwide citizen initiative</span></span></u></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> – citizens, not government – to build the </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">American Hospital of Haiti</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Today we announce the formation of a new non-profit IRS 501(c)3 tax-exempt charitable organization called Americans Helping Haiti – and a new website </span></span><a href="http://www.gifthaiti.org/" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.GiftHaiti.org </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">wher</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><wbr>e starting tomorrow (Saturday) you can contribute.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is huge – there is nothing like it!</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And you are a key part of the team that will make it happen!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No contribution is too small; no contribution is too large.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But each of us has something we can spare.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tomorrow please go to </span></span><a href="http://www.gifthaiti.org/" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.GiftHaiti.org</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and become part of this great American effort.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Email, text or Twitter your friends, contact your Facebook pals, and invite them as citizens to also give.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Imagine if each of us had 50 friends donate 50 dollars – we will be able to begin construction on time!</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">$50 dollars or more – that’s not very much to save lives.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">No amount is too small, no amount to kind.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We all know lots of people – in our wards, our neighborhoods, our professions, our schools, our social network.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Not one of them wants to be left out!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Many of you keep asking “What can I do?”</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here is something very specific you can do right now:</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ask fifty of your friends to donate fifty dollars.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Of course, many of your friends can and will donate much more.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Every time I speak at a fireside about our Haiti trip, people are asking how they can help – you’re having the same experience.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To design, build, and operate a hospital is no small task.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is an enormous and costly undertaking – but we can do it!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We have already engaged architectural experts who are working on the hospital design.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It will be one story high, and have 130 beds – because there were 130 of you involved in the Utah Hospital Task Force!!</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We do this much in your honor!</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There will also be lodging, skills training, and community health education components – more later on that.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Each of us treated a patient like Bela, a beautiful 14-year old girl some of us met.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Her mother, her father, her five siblings were all killed in the earthquake.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The family home was destroyed.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She has no food.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We met Bela as she lay in a hospital bed, her left foot and right hand amputated.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The last time we saw Bela was as she was wheeled to the curb and discharged from the hospital – set on the street to fend for herself.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Not yet healed, no crutches, no family, no shelter, no food, no medicine – Bela left to find her own way.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is not a day passes but I don’t think about Bela, and wonder – and know that our special responsibility has not ended.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For Bela and well over a million others like her, we must do this.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We MUST – because we have been given much.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Funds will be used to construct and operate a desperately needed new hospital in Haiti. We anticipate construction will begin in June – that’s just three short months away – and we are working to open the hospital to patient care on January 12, 2011, the one year anniversary of the most destructive earthquake in modern history.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So we must move very expeditiously – we have no time to spare.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My personal hope is that on January 12, 2011 – every one of the original hospital team will again be together in Haiti, this time to celebrate the inaugural of the </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">American Hospital of Haiti</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">!<br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Together – as citizens – and maybe with a few of our generous Canadian friends too – we will build the </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF HAITI</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tomorrow go to </span></span><a href="http://www.gifthaiti.org/" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.GiftHaiti.org</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and get this ball rolling!<br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Our brothers and sisters in Haiti are experiencing incomprehensible suffering in what one U.N. official termed the worst human catastrophe in recorded history. Though the earthquake terror is now mostly over, the awful fear, the horrifying memories, the injuries and sickness remain, and a future marked by acute unemployment, homelessness, and disease lie ahead. With determination, compassion, unity, and a respect for the dignity of every Haitian, through our personal generosity and by enlisting your friends – we together will bless those in Haiti who are hurt, homeless, sick, and hungry.<br /><br />Our abundance, born of the American can-do spirit in our free society, made it possible. President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, "The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little." Hopefully we added something to those in Haiti who have so very little; many like Bela have absolutely nothing.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Reading the scriptures helped me to know what we must do.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /><br />"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." [Matthew 25:40]<br /><br />"A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." [John 13:34]<br /><br />"Succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees." [D&C 81:5]<br /><br />Won’t you please – first thing tomorrow morning – go to </span></span><a href="http://www.gifthaiti.org/" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.GiftHaiti.org</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and help build a shiny new hospital as a place of safety and medical to replace collapsed hospitals and makeshift camp clinics overflowing with more homeless and sick Haitians.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />I cannot say enough about the goodness of you who were on our recent Haiti emergency team, as you each constantly found yourself living what King Benjamin taught: "When you are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God." [Mosiah 2:17]<br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I invite you to now, no matter where you live, no matter your circumstances, to help make the American Hospital of Haiti become a reality.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Saturday, go to </span></span><a href="http://www.gifthaiti.org/" style="color: #2a5db0;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.GiftHaiti.org</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and be one of those unseen ministering angels, one of those generous American citizens, who will work wonders in Haiti.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is just taking off.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In the next few days I will be email you more details.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We have organized a Board of Trustees for the charitable foundation (as required by law), and we will be organizing a Board of Medical Advisors, a Construction Board of Construction Advisors, and other committees essential to making this all happen.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We will also be opening an office sometime next week.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Everything just takes too much time!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Please email questions you may have to </span></span><a href="mailto:info@gifthaiti.org" target="_blank" style="color:#2a5db0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">info@gifthaiti.org</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> .</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Our able internet guru Matt Pierce will make sure everything gets where it should be.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">God bless you!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Steve Studdert</span></span></div>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966413050794570827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-43156520497909089922010-03-02T17:36:00.000-08:002010-03-02T17:44:02.072-08:00UTAH HOSPITAL TASK FORCE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfDpeKv7PXk/S42-R6AwHyI/AAAAAAAABJM/ZDf4djEnou8/s1600-h/bowenTeam.001.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfDpeKv7PXk/S423ur_ZggI/AAAAAAAABF8/e6vGlfea2Y4/s320/bowenUHTF.127.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444209537271300610" /></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-12819190480600284632010-02-11T12:46:00.000-08:002010-03-04T14:50:44.670-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-ehie88FyXAXXWh6WBQ-fzDW5G_JTrGRenR-j9tnb1K-ARCtfLwCpHrKEjuz42ewAWfb8Wx9CZiRt4mqugTlADZWJNkFOMRP1VqZdyqHD13OwaqTcwRcf-dV0PnvFZ6DJIQxriR0Ejus/s1600-h/IMG_3314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-ehie88FyXAXXWh6WBQ-fzDW5G_JTrGRenR-j9tnb1K-ARCtfLwCpHrKEjuz42ewAWfb8Wx9CZiRt4mqugTlADZWJNkFOMRP1VqZdyqHD13OwaqTcwRcf-dV0PnvFZ6DJIQxriR0Ejus/s640/IMG_3314.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>We didn't end up leaving last night. We plan on leaving this evening late. At the end of the day yesterday we gave all of our supplies to those who were staying. (Not our group) So today I'm spending the day in Kenskoff. It's up in the mountains. Will keep you posted about my return.Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966413050794570827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-15750269667799143162010-02-11T12:40:00.000-08:002010-03-03T16:49:41.343-08:00Tuesday February 9th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44DZSYZtuoiYaWmv6H9nZLKgQ6WSeS99rE-WPyu8CisgjyCKued0JD-f2HlxyA4-ht0DgPyNLjQXbM4DI4octoLkv-lIe6HKwx_-lLP09s5yWzvGB433LP2BIDNn_IQ5S6k0z4Y8IOOa6/s1600-h/100_1139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44DZSYZtuoiYaWmv6H9nZLKgQ6WSeS99rE-WPyu8CisgjyCKued0JD-f2HlxyA4-ht0DgPyNLjQXbM4DI4octoLkv-lIe6HKwx_-lLP09s5yWzvGB433LP2BIDNn_IQ5S6k0z4Y8IOOa6/s640/100_1139.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Today we got up and got an early start. We left camp at 6:45 to go to the General Hospital. When I arrived there I found Mana had had a very bad night. She was in a lot of pain and was screaming and crying. The only nurses left in that tent were Haitian nurses and they don't usually give the best care and attention. I sat and talked with her for a little while and tried to calm her down before I had to leave to the ICU tent for the day. I worked changing IV solutions, changing dressings and translating. Joel and I took a lunch break today and walked to the Centrale Chapel in Port-au-Prince to meet a bishop who was just a young man (a deacon) in Jeremie when we served in that area. It's so good to see people we knew from before and to see they are still strong in the church. We came back and worked in the ICU again. (CNN was filming in our tent today, and they interviewed some of the doctors and talked about what Healing Hands for Haiti does.) The conditions these people are trying to heal in is unbelievable! There are flies everywhere and it is hot and sticky. The tent is about 100 degrees inside. In the late afternoon one of the Haitian translators that is working with us had a wisdom tooth that was really bothering him, so I numbed him up and extracted it for him. We got a ride back to camp with the 82nd airborne, had a nice testimony meeting and were given plans for our departure tomorrow.Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966413050794570827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-23600249508919244682010-02-11T07:43:00.000-08:002010-02-11T07:43:24.973-08:00Meridian Magazine : : Church Update: Healing from the Rubble<a href="http://www.ldsmag.com/churchupdate/100211healing.html">Meridian Magazine : : Church Update: Healing from the Rubble</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-33455931351203199502010-02-10T15:40:00.000-08:002010-02-10T15:42:33.692-08:00Doug,<br /><br />I am so happy you and the others are in Haiti. So many are praying for your efforts and safe return. Your stories are terrific. I am sure Michelle and your kids are beaming with pride because of your selfless time and money spent helping such an important cause. I look forward to hearing from you when you return. Has your Creole come back faster than you would have imagined I wonder?Bret Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17508384638893127061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-42322229537616764352010-02-09T11:16:00.000-08:002010-02-09T11:16:01.005-08:00Meridian Magazine : : Church Update: Haiti: Protecting the Throw-Away Children<a href="http://www.ldsmag.com/churchupdate/100209protecting.html">Meridian Magazine : : Church Update: Haiti: Protecting the Throw-Away Children</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-16456539835929761222010-02-08T22:58:00.000-08:002010-03-03T16:57:16.703-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Today we went back to work at the Petionville Chapel. It will be the last time we set up our medical and dental clinic here. Each time we have been to this chapel (I think it's been 3 times) we have had a member of that ward who just recently returned from his mission assist us. His name is Jean Orlien Pierre-Louis. He is a very nice guy and I got to know him very well. He worked very hard for us cleaning and taking care of the instruments for us. We gave him some food and some money for his efforts. I'm so thankful for the opportunity I had to meet and get to know him. He will be a friend forever. We finished up a little early today and headed up into the mountains behind Port-au-Prince to a place called Kenskoff. We walked through a little market and bought some Haitian things to bring home. It felt really good up there. It's about 15 degrees cooler up on the mountain and a little break from the heat was nice. We came back down the mountain and went and visited with Madame Bourelli. She had some very good and safe Haitian food made for us. It was wonderful!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0RjzNC_tOre8y-bSsZIRO_tfzJ_MSbmTXPR0zq4QmGcs7yr_P8_XkPdewIbG9lnK578YzPljwH_KuEc6tLGCxa1IcNNZkARYIFDf3Rsr62uWzgAtUTcPgcVxzrk-vdAmufT-czvX7HzU/s1600/100_0183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0RjzNC_tOre8y-bSsZIRO_tfzJ_MSbmTXPR0zq4QmGcs7yr_P8_XkPdewIbG9lnK578YzPljwH_KuEc6tLGCxa1IcNNZkARYIFDf3Rsr62uWzgAtUTcPgcVxzrk-vdAmufT-czvX7HzU/s640/100_0183.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966413050794570827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-36055438263408627932010-02-08T22:43:00.000-08:002010-03-03T16:57:52.067-08:00Sunday February 7th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42W6AbJFAUwHtIeG1yzdHQGhd-OOjRttclRoj6sE1TfYTWgwcB_fYMNDOYwXPi5F1jwX4Z2NSE18LGzi5qF5YYb3F94PmYxe-u72hYd_CIAx_Pw3Rrfskvkk6X6QPcbkvwRpf8bjp6DNS/s1600-h/100_0168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42W6AbJFAUwHtIeG1yzdHQGhd-OOjRttclRoj6sE1TfYTWgwcB_fYMNDOYwXPi5F1jwX4Z2NSE18LGzi5qF5YYb3F94PmYxe-u72hYd_CIAx_Pw3Rrfskvkk6X6QPcbkvwRpf8bjp6DNS/s640/100_0168.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I rose at 2:00am Sunday morning to assist the 82nd airborne with a mission to pick up rice and move it to a location where it could be distributed to the people of Haiti. It made for a very long and tiring Sunday. I returned to camp at 7:00am, just in time for the camp Sacrament meeting. It was a wonderful meeting. Many shared their testimonies of the gospel and of God's love for all people. I was then off to the General Hospital to translate and to see what I could to help and be of comfort. It was a very warm day, and even warmer in the hospital tents. I can't even imaging trying to recover from amputations, infections and other sicknesses in these conditions. I spent some time in the ICU tent where a sweet young girl had an infected lung. When she came out of surgery I talked to her. She spoke of her fear of dying because she had not yet had the opportunity to become a mother. Joel walked her to the restroom and she was in great spirits. An hour later she began to decline and really took a turn for the worst. She couldn't breath well. She coded and the team sprang into action and began working on her to get her breathing. She fought very hard and they brought her back twice. After what seemed to be forever, (It was about 1 1/2 hours of working on her) she passed away. It was a very emotional time for all of us. I needed to take a break from the ICU so I went over to the post op tent to see Mana. Mana is the girl I talked about last week who had just had both of her legs amputated. I found her in good spirits. I sat with her for about an hour and we just talked. The most amazing thing about the Haitian people is I have never heard any of them blame God. They only praise Him. When I ask them how they keep going they generally say they only have hope. Once they loose hope they have nothing at all and they will die. There is little hope for a better life...for better conditions here in Haiti, but they do have their faith in Jesus Christ and no one can take that away from them. This life tests them and tries them in such different ways than us, but I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior and he is their Savior as well.<br />
Love you allDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966413050794570827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-25300645313170132712010-02-07T18:42:00.000-08:002010-02-07T18:44:15.965-08:00UTAH HOSPITAL TASK FORCE: GOING FORWARD:<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size:13px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Because of the extraordinary sign up of volunteers on the UHTF web site (which we kept open to optimize priority medical emergency skills and Creole speaking skills), we hoped we could take a second large team of volunteers to Haiti. Unfortunately, conditions at the Port-au-Prince Airport are drastically changing, and options for both entry and departure are tightening. Food, water, and shelter for the long term are becoming highest priority – and this is not our mission. UNICEF, WFP, and World Vision are now on the ground in Haiti and are managing these elements.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Therefore the UHTF has decided not to take a large second plane team to Haiti</span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', fantasy;font-size:17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, fantasy;font-size:15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Conditions in Haiti are evolving; some things are now turning to a new (and difficult) normal. Native hospital workers are beginning to return to the hospitals. Critical wound care is believed to have been mostly now performed. Though obviously much remains to be done, such is a many year task which has never been part of the UHTF mission.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">We are told that in a few days we can no longer count on U.S. Air Force transport from Haiti to the USA because the military will soon begin shuttling out military personnel who have been on the ground since the earthquake; most seats on the military transport planes will then be allocated to military requirements.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Daily transport assistance by the 82</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">nd</span></sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"> Airborne to and from remote areas for our medical teams will no longer be available. UHTF would have to rent transport trucks. Our campsite will be transitioned back to the military for its larger and longer term role in Haiti. This would result in increased camp costs for security, water, food and bathroom room facilities.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">We are informed the airport will be turned back to Haitian government control on February 13, further complicating the issue and taking away priority options we currently have. Evacuation efforts by the U.S. Government will effectively end. We would be required to work out landing spots for a second plane in and out with Haitian government officials rather than with the U.S. Government with who we are in good favor. Our confidence in the Haiti government’s control of the severely damaged airport is not great enough to risk inserting the second team.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">The volunteer team leaders in Haiti are unitedly unwilling to incur the risk of having a second team of 120 doctors, nurses, and translators stuck in a country with little available food and water, inadequate medical care, uncertain ground transport, increasing risk of disease, and increasing hunger of the populace. Remember, we are all volunteers who are doing this – we have no paid leadership or staff.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; min-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Simply put, regardless of how much any of us want to send a second team to Haiti and continue serving the Haitian people, we love and respect all of our fellow volunteers far too much to subject them to a potential situation where we cannot effectively and safely control the length, security, and living conditions of their stay in Haiti.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Those noble volunteers who wish to go to Haiti should now do so in smaller groups under the auspices of Healing Hands for Haiti or other established long-term aid groups. We will work with the HHH leadership to confidentially transfer the names and emails of all those who volunteered to serve with the UHTF. As we have stated from the beginning, all donations for UHTF have gone to the Healing Hands for Haiti Foundation and that 501(c)(3) organization will continue to benefit from those donations with smaller teams into Haiti and rebuilding their medical facility in Haiti.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">Our tents and non-medical supplies in Haiti will, upon our departure, be turned over to the Mardy orphanage. All medical supplies will be turned over to clinics here.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">We appreciate all those who have volunteered, all those who have helped with donations and all those still willing to find ways to help ease the pain of those suffering in Haiti.</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">(From UHTF website)</span></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; "></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="margin-top: 0.75em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.1em; font: normal normal normal 78%/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; "></div></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-80216801682466826682010-02-06T23:04:00.000-08:002010-03-04T14:51:29.555-08:00Friday February 5/Saturday February 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XVRAL5Ggx3cCADGNLg7znpyGl1jGJAYsehyphenhyphen4ShvUWSP1xuHH0KiWIS82r0bKRoAKiDA33WX6zm1xrmDIQtx8RPy6J9BrPOT7iCaxrF8LW0ecdmcBgYp2TlEDb7JPJ4qOZHCHIIUwvemA/s1600-h/Haiti+149+Rice+delivered+to+the+Delmas+31+area.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XVRAL5Ggx3cCADGNLg7znpyGl1jGJAYsehyphenhyphen4ShvUWSP1xuHH0KiWIS82r0bKRoAKiDA33WX6zm1xrmDIQtx8RPy6J9BrPOT7iCaxrF8LW0ecdmcBgYp2TlEDb7JPJ4qOZHCHIIUwvemA/s640/Haiti+149+Rice+delivered+to+the+Delmas+31+area.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Today was a much better day! I got up and felt much better, back to normal. We had an early start to the day. We caught a ride across town to a chapel in Cafrourr. We set up to do a medical and dental clinic in the cultural hall. After about an hour there we had about 200 lined up to be seen. As far a dental patients we had about 40. My first patient of the day was an 18 year old girl with really bad tooth decay on her front 4 teeth. She said they hurt very, very bad and that she could not afford to fix them. I felt bad for her because at home with the proper equipment and tools I could have fixed them so easily, but with what I have here it was impossible. The work from there went straight down hill...it was very difficult. All the people we saw had teeth that were either broken off or decayed to the bone. The room was very warm and the stress didn't help with the sweating. We started around 10:30am and didn't finish until around 5:30pm nonstop, without a break. All in all between Joel and I we extracted about 35-40 teeth. The day ended up with a long tap-tap ride back to camp. Ready for a shower and some peanut butter crackers...<br />
Today we were back in Petionville. We set up our clinic once again in the Petionville chapel. We ran our dental clinic until we ran out of anesthetic. Then we walked over to our old Mission President's house. They moved to a new home but the church still owns it and uses it as a base for humanitarian efforts. It was fun to walk through it again after 20 years. We did a lot of walking to get there and back up and down the hills (travel isn't very easy in Haiti) We came back to camp and had a meeting with the entire group. We were reminded to be safe as we travel around. To go in large groups to avoid any chance of problems which is a great idea. Tonight I am assigned to go out and translate for the military on a rice drop. They do that at 2 am so people are not on the streets and start a food riot. I'll tell you how it goes tomorrow. Also looking forward to going to church once again with the Haitian people. Love you all. Thank you to all the friends, family, ward members and anyone reading my blog. Thank you also for your prayers on our behalf. I know they are helping! Please continue to pray for comfort and strength for the people of Haiti...they will need your prayers for a very long time.Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966413050794570827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-73848467829958586222010-02-04T20:32:00.000-08:002010-02-04T20:32:20.362-08:00Meridian Magazine : : Church Update: Spared in the Earthquake: A High Priest Group Leader’s Story<a href="http://www.ldsmag.com/churchupdate/100203spared.html">Meridian Magazine : : Church Update: Spared in the Earthquake: A High Priest Group Leader’s Story</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-5541518830585126682010-02-04T20:18:00.000-08:002010-03-03T17:11:25.075-08:00Thursday February 4th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwItqG8xABOLVvSVpsgDWkX3Z1CJ6Acg8HLh7BREM1JuKc02me1MGClcASXvOdM0OfaRMwxx2Ag3n7-GlKLBNF06x9qeIwGl4AvEVydb6KERwF8vF1HSCwYotsPB9jsVp4pJs9_geI-wcL/s1600-h/tap-tap05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwItqG8xABOLVvSVpsgDWkX3Z1CJ6Acg8HLh7BREM1JuKc02me1MGClcASXvOdM0OfaRMwxx2Ag3n7-GlKLBNF06x9qeIwGl4AvEVydb6KERwF8vF1HSCwYotsPB9jsVp4pJs9_geI-wcL/s640/tap-tap05.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I don't have a lot to write tonight. I woke up in the middle of the night with diarrhea and felt really, really sick! I thought it would pass by the morning but it didn't. Not sure if it was something I ate or the flu...but I had promised a lot of people that I would come back today and take care of their dental needs, and I didn't want to let them down. So off I went to the Petionville Chapel. Joel and I saw around 40 people and pulled about 40 teeth today. These Haitians have some really hard bone! We even saw one man who was about 65 years old. He only had lower teeth left and couldn't eat very well. He had perio disease so bad that we decided to pull the remaining teeth. I got the teeth out and sutured him up. I didn't feel well all day and by now was totally exhausted! As we went to leave the chapel I ran into one of the members (first that I have seen) that I recognized. Her name is Nadine Seraphin. She had just been baptized when I was serving here and is still a good member today. That was so nice to see, and it was good to visist with her. We walked down and caught a tap tap and went to the supermarket to get Gatorade and some crackers then headed back to camp. Finally back home (in my tent) I fell asleep. When I woke up I was feeling much better. About half of our group ended up getting sick. (So I guess it was the flu) I was lucky...most of them needed IV's. I am doing a lot better and looking forward to a better day tomorrow!Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966413050794570827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-11723876465878481762010-02-04T09:19:00.000-08:002010-03-04T14:52:09.287-08:00Wednesday February 3rd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwS7dgW1H5Tn35vLqWw-VhUHQDUfqtgn1Fgkd-X4ibMLjd38hFYnQHQZEv0U-EBph2h3pyBtsE-Ono-XYDm0rUXcQ0DosWDh-jb9TaMWkphgMREKToCzTlUfb2O0qlv6ZlW87QlC7Ewns/s1600-h/P2030077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwS7dgW1H5Tn35vLqWw-VhUHQDUfqtgn1Fgkd-X4ibMLjd38hFYnQHQZEv0U-EBph2h3pyBtsE-Ono-XYDm0rUXcQ0DosWDh-jb9TaMWkphgMREKToCzTlUfb2O0qlv6ZlW87QlC7Ewns/s640/P2030077.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This morning we got up and decided that since it would be two hours before military transport could take us to our area and the fact that we needed to buy more dental instruments we ( Joel Blake, Jeff Bates and I) took off on foot to catch a tap tap. We walked about a mile to Delmas, as we were walking a military vehicle came by and we waved them down and they gave us a ride to the dental store. We bought the instruments that were needed and I changed out some more American money for Haitian gourds. I got some brand new 10 gourd bills which is a 2 dollar bill (I am bringing a lot home). We then jumped on a tap tap and went to the tent city on Delmas 33. When we get there the crowd is overwhelming! There are hundreds already gathered there waiting for us. This tent city has had no medical attention since the earthquake. There was a group of Haitian boy scouts there that were helping. Once we set up tarps and tables with medical kits the people began to line up. We had in our unit Doctors, nurses and translators. We sent the patients through a triage and rated each a 1, 2, 3 in severity. As soon as this was done hundreds of mothers lined up with their children. I think this was a chance for them to have a doctor look at their child. A lot of wounds were treated but hundreds of well checks were done. It was a good service to do for the Haitian people today. I am sure that most Haitians have never been seen by a doctor. Even for pregnancy and birthing a child. I think we take for granted in the US the services that are right there for us so quickly. I spent most of the day translating but also had many opportunities to treat infected wounds and rebandage them. They are just so appreciative that we are here and that someone cares about them. We saw about 380 people today and treated everything from runny noses to 3 inch boils in an armpit. We even had to emergency evacuate a patient who had a stroke to a field hospital by the airport. I know that this kind of love is giving the people here hope for the future even though it still looks very bleak to me. I am looking forward to going back to the Peitionville Chapel tomorrow to work on the members there.Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966413050794570827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-71270316438593609972010-02-04T08:42:00.000-08:002010-03-04T14:52:47.874-08:00Tuesday February 2nd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCowgNzViK5z-axVRzwY1Y1zzaXe12DvSLMOKbIyhI3vqbvcY_6RWexZhupQADrTL-eznYRuQnJWwp02W3IA6u4wo2JXw0DP0j27dIf5diMRtjBOf17CzuVuspe_HThHhj6-X3ecsc6Ylm/s1600-h/IMG_0071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCowgNzViK5z-axVRzwY1Y1zzaXe12DvSLMOKbIyhI3vqbvcY_6RWexZhupQADrTL-eznYRuQnJWwp02W3IA6u4wo2JXw0DP0j27dIf5diMRtjBOf17CzuVuspe_HThHhj6-X3ecsc6Ylm/s640/IMG_0071.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>Today Joel Blake and I left early and caught a tap tap in search of dental instruments. We rode to the top of Petionville and walked down Delmas (we remembered there was a dental store somewhere around here) about 40 blocks in search of the store. We finally found it and bought the needed instruments. We then got back in a tap tap and headed for the Petionville Chapel. When we got there we went in to the chapel and started visiting with the members and asking them how they were doing. We asked if anyone had a toothache and within 15 minutes we had a line of about 40 people. They moved things around in the Bishop's office and set up a chair so we could do our work. We did extractions all day long and made arrangements to come back on Thursday. We will need to go get some more instruments as some of the people needed more extensive dental care. So we will go look for those tomorrow. Caught a tap tap back home to another great Haitian meal. It felt good to get to do some dentistry again! Tomorrow we are going to a tent city of 9,000 that has not had any medical care at all. Should be interesting.Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966413050794570827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-4735619828859494052010-02-02T08:57:00.000-08:002010-03-04T14:49:13.941-08:00Monday February 1stToday I went to a new hospital called Comunite Hopitale de Haiti, we had in our group one nurse, one EMT and three translators. Two of the translators Joel Blake and I are dentists. We get there and say put us to work. They send us over to work along side and to also replace the Korean team that is just leaving. We are in a triage/post-op unit. We must have shown up at the busiest time of the day because it's packed with people. Now keep in mind our unit doesn't have a medical doctor in it. The first patient I treated was a young girl with her right leg amputated just below the knee. She had a femur fracture with external fixation screws. I cleaned and redressed her wound. The next patient I treated was a three year old boy with a 2 inch laceration on his foot that just had gauze placed over it. It needed to be sutured so Joel and I numbed up his foot with lidocaine as he screamed bloody murder. Once numb we placed the sutures and dressed the wound. It went on like that from 9:30am until 4:00pm without even a water break. I was just exhausted!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNnnbILQzpwWLBRJbwE4Zji8R03hrWAHYdC_blPZvG0YOmqaXlRnFj0cnVY3LMkHDEB1GHNlw8LFuMUI2Nyt2l2Q8rRFDHS_bVPmlfeQeyCbS075sTkzjvku1vJCtidCpwKYanN6TsK1h/s1600-h/IMG_0070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXNnnbILQzpwWLBRJbwE4Zji8R03hrWAHYdC_blPZvG0YOmqaXlRnFj0cnVY3LMkHDEB1GHNlw8LFuMUI2Nyt2l2Q8rRFDHS_bVPmlfeQeyCbS075sTkzjvku1vJCtidCpwKYanN6TsK1h/s640/IMG_0070.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>On the way home in a tap tap, we stopped and bartered for some sandals to shower in and to get some Haitian food. It was the best! I have missed eating this food alot. Then we stopped at the Centrale Chapel to check on the members and see how they are doing. All together another rewarding day of service. So glad I came!Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15966413050794570827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363946984652596781.post-51844677350744393882010-02-02T07:25:00.000-08:002010-02-02T07:25:51.176-08:00Meridian Magazine : : Church Update: Haiti: Returning to Church after the Quake, Part 4<a href="http://www.ldsmag.com/churchupdate/100202church4.html">Meridian Magazine : : Church Update: Haiti: Returning to Church after the Quake, Part 4</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0