Haiti Jan. 2, 2013

Yeah, excited this time and not as many bags which made it easier turned out to be a big Blessing as I got to pack an extra bag with no charge so able to send more goods like supplies to Haiti. Off to Haiti flight went well and I was able to hang out in the airline lounge with a pass in New Jersey airport so that was a nice start to the trip. During the flight I read in the Bible about faith out of Hebrews 11 and felt that was to be the focus of the trip. I had a talk with a young man next to me who inquired about the Bible I was reading. He didn’t have a religion he identified with and we had a good discussion about God. Interesting he flies planes and rents them we talked about him flying medications to Haiti which wouldn’t be so far since he lives in Florida. I gave him a card and hoped to connect on that in the future, God willing, as it’d be a good way to get medications in Haiti for mobile clinics. I pondered on the readings, faith with works was the message and I believe that God is going to use my Dad for his mission work and myself for mine to make a difference in Haiti. My Dad is there to fix biomedical equipment in the trauma hospital Bernard Mevs and work on training people to do so as well. I’m going to help with mobile clinics to be sustained and run by local Haitian clinicians after my departure with help provided in getting medications and equipment. All of these goals will be challenging and hard requiring faith to press on through the obstacles that will no doubt arise. I was happy to have learned from a message through a friend that picked my Dad up that made it safely to Port au Prince. Yes, this trip is off to a good start.