Monday-written by Darby Gallo

I still am not able to comprehend how we had so many different projects going on today with our group of 17. God not only blessed us with many different talents but with the ability to be flexible and able to jump around from one thing to the next with such ease. 

Shelly, Allison, Allison and I went off this morning walking to a village about 1.5 miles away in the mountains to do blood pressure screening and for Shelly to check up on some of the clinics patients. Shelly gave us a crash course on how to take blood pressure so when we got there we would be able to jump in right away. Since we were in a village we went around house to house and saw many different people. We saw three babies, one of which who had six fingers on each hand. The extra finger was tied off and would eventually fall off. Another lady we saw wasn't so young-in fact she was about 95. Luckily Shelly came with a cane and we were able to give it to her to replace the stick she had used for years. Each person we saw we gave a months worth of vitamins. 

Caitlin organized all of the birthing  kits and all the medical equipment and also got the vitamins organized in the bags of thirty vitamins each which is where Shelly gets her vitamin supply from that she distributes in the communities. 

A group of 8 or so ventured to Paul which is one of Pierre's satellite campuses. The group surveyed for the new school in Paul and were exposed to how pastor Pierre's mission extends to great lengths. In Paul there is a clinic already built and functioning. The vision is to have the school moved to a new and larger site and to have a place for missionaries to stay. Paul is another great example of a place where we can sit and imagine what will be there 5 years from now and then have a group come down when it is completed and have them sit in Paul visioning yet another place where Pierre can extend the mission. 

Lisa and Deb worked with Edvens in child sponsorship and recorded and updated Westminster's sponsorship files for about 20 kids. We have a list of 150 to get through during the week so hopefully we will be able to power through and get this list completed. 

After school let out Deb taught an English lesson to BMSEC which is an English club that meets twice a week. We sang head shoulders knees and toes and bingo. At the end though the kids said thank you to Deb, which wasn't only amazing because of their gratefulness but because of their ability to say their extensive thank yous in English. 

And finally while the boys were playing a pickup game of soccer, a group of girls got together to dye scarves to be taken to the US to be sold. We didn't necessarily know what we were doing but they did. Jenny (Haitian Jenny, not to be confused with my mother) took leadership. 

We look forward to the food distribution tomorrow and are grateful for the prayers you send our way.