Back from Haiti - off to Med-School

Well folks, she made it back! Last Friday at about 12:15pm, Carly and her team touched down at Ronald Reagan Airport in DC. And after a 3 day support raising trip, I was there to meet them with a fully functioning 15 passenger van (that had previously been broken down until some great mechanics from Afghanistan spent two days fixing it).

Many members of the team found that they had caught some type of food poisoning or E
Coli while in Haiti making the trip home quite a stop and start kind of trip. Carly too was sick for the rest of the weekend, but I believe that the whole team has made a full recovery.

While there they saw nearly 500 patients at the eye clinic and were able to repair or reconstruct a few of the buildings in the village that had been damaged by the earthquake. To quote Carly directly, she said, "I saw some of the most beautiful people and country side you could ever imagine, but I also saw some of the most horrifying things and heard of the most terrible stories." She then went on to say about the spiritual state of things, "I've never felt God's presence so powerfully, but I've also never felt an evil presence so strongly either." With Haiti being a very real stronghold for voodoo and witchcraft, the team was on their toes and in prayer regularly for God's protection and provision.

So after getting healed up from her intestinal ailments, Carly began her orientation at medical school yesterday. She's a bit nervous, but far more excited.

There's also a lot going on at the church with the fall coming up, the student ministry ball has really gotten rolling. Lots more details to come later, but praise God for the team's safe and fruitful journey to Haiti and back. To God be the glory for His work, through His people, to care for and love on His sheep.


After His Heart,

ZB