April 27 Post from Team 8 in Haiti

Greetings from Port-Au-Prince, Donna and Carolyn both left yesterday and are home safe and sound - four hours late out of Miami due to weather but both home safe. Ken is staying over a second week and he and Mark are now holding down the fort. The same basic mission, running the warehouse and sharing Truth whenever the opportunity presents it's self.

Very hot today, probably pushing 98 and very high humidity but the Fla. House folks are doing a super job of supporting us with water, ice and anything else we need. Our thanks and gratitude to all of the personnel there.

The Doctors, Nurses and other professional staff (PT's PA's etc) are a joy to work with. Super attitudes toward their jobs and the Haitian people. Some of them have been here multiple times but for a lot of them this is their first experience in this type of environment and their attitudes are overwhelming positive and professional. Very grateful and appreciative for our help.

On a more somber note, we continue to lose infants in the pediatrics unit. This is very hard on the Nurses in particular. In the States they are accustomed to saving probably 49 out out of 50 of infants who come into their Hosp in distress. Over here it seems like they are losing close to fifty percent. Ken has been spending a lot of time in prayer for the babies and with the staff.

A couple of logistical notes for anyone who may be coming down:

1) If at all possible you need to book the entire trip with America. Personal experience and ongoing reports from others indicate significant problems (delayed and canceled flights, missed connections etc) with the other airlines serving Port-Au-Prince. Additionally, American is still allowing two checked bags (fifty pound limit ea) into Port-Au-Prince with no checked bag fee.

2) There is an ongoing need here for the following items if anyone has room in their checked bags.

• Tarps (10x12 probably work best)
• Powdered Gatorade is an ongoing need both for yourself and for patients

Let me close by saying that there is a over flowing abundance of opportunity here to share Truth and serve Him. (more on this in the next couple of days).

Your fellow servant,
Mark