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Returning Home

Returning Home

The October team to Haiti is back and team members are reflecting on their time working at the Clinic of Hope. Here are some highlights of the trip, written by the team leaders, Dr. Joe and Linda Markee: Sunday morning worship with the Haitians was an indescribable joy. We saw over 1,200 patients and more [...]

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From the Rooftop

From the Rooftop

Written by Katie Boyts, a member of the medical team working in Haiti. 5:48 a.m. and I am sitting on the rooftop of the clinic in Terre Blanche, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. Listening to the chatter of patients waiting to be seen. It occurs to me this early morning that I quite definitively [...]

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Medical Conference

Medical Conference

The medical conference hosted by the Haiti Foundation of Hope team working in Haiti this month was like rain for parched land, said one of the doctors who attended. The one-day conference was organized by Haitian and American team members and featured presentations on pneumonia, skin infections, diarrhea, eye problems and anemia. The presentations were done [...]

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One Year and Nine Months Ago

One Year and Nine Months Ago

Written by Carrie Petersen, a member of the medical team working in Haiti: We arrived safely in Haiti today. After traveling for more than 20 hours, we ate a hearty meal and are now resting for tomorrow. On the drive to our final destination today, we took a right turn onto a road that I’d [...]

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Fears Dissolve into Feeling at Home

Fears Dissolve into Feeling at Home

Written by Lisl Ruckert, a member of the June 2011 team, and published in the Brownsville (Ore.) Times: The country of Haiti has always been a place that is close to my heart, though my first opportunity to go there happened just two months ago. My dad has gone there on medical mission trips almost [...]

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