MOL Team Meeting Update for Feb. 1st Trip
Volunteers with Missions of Love, under the direction of Dr. Bob and Betty Johnson, met Thursday night at Reflections of Christ Church in Hartford, KY to prepare for the upcoming trip to Haiti Feb. 1. What was originally planned as an evangelical and construction trip to the MOL compound in Jolivert has changed to providing emergency medical aid to earthquake victims at hospitals in Port Au Prince. Non-medical members of the group have postponed their trip to Jolivert due to grounded flights in country, secondary to lack of fuel. Logistics of the Feb. 1 trip are still in progress. A group of 2 surgeons, 1 MD and 6 nurses will be joining Guerry Cenord, a Haitian physician that MOL sent in earlier in this week. Dr. Guerry has been providing medical aid to earthquake victims, working 18 hours a day, dividing his time between PAP General Hospital and Father Rick Frechette’s hospital, St. Damien.
Many medical supplies have been generously donated over the last week from individuals and business’s in IN, KY and FL. Six hundred pounds of urgently needed medical supplies were packed Thursday night for the team to carry in. The bags contain an assortment of supplies which include IV sets, infant formula, peroxide, syringes, surgical gloves, bandages, ACE wraps, analgesics, sutures and antibiotics. A jar of peanut butter and a few MRE’s were also tucked in due to the lack of available food in PAP.
Thousands of pounds of supplies are being shipped next week to our medical clinic in Jolivert. MOL will help support hospitals in Port De Paix and Gros Morne as the influx of injured refugees pour into the countryside.
Please continue to pray for all those affected by this monumental disaster. We are so thankful for you’re out poring of financial support.