Dr. Dave Miller is leading one of our medical teams in Grand Goâve.  He’s currently partnering with another organization with which HSM has ties called Lifeline.  Within this group is also Dr. Lavera Miller, Dr. Laura Hannon, and Starr Nyby.  Dr. Miller sent us this update tonight (sent from an iPhone so edited a bit for context and complete sentences);

What an incredible day.  We started at 7:30 with an 8 month, still born baby.  We saw tons of injury and disease and ended tonight at 9:30 with the birth of a healthy baby girl.  Pretty much sums up the whole of the joy and sorrow in this country and this world.

This region is bad, probably worse than Jacmel. 12% of population is dead.  20% is seriously injured.  Most local hospitals are not functioning and are out of supplies (and not just antibiotics).  Their generators are out of fuel,  their food is gone, their nurses missing, and their doctors swimming in the deep end without lessons.

There are dozens of humanitarian workers arriving but minimal coordination.  It’s an imperfect system smashed into this imperfect world with thousands dead, dying, or fearing such.  Everyone sleeps in the street for fear of being caught inside during the next big one.  The only real hope lies in a supernatural power.  I think we all should ask specifically for God to heal Haiti.

Heal Haiti.
Heal Haiti.

We are humbled by how little we can do with antibiotics and wound care. They have plenty of needs for that plus more.  For instance, their house was flattened with their son inside.  They have no food or water and are living under a tarp out front of their former home.  There is some stinky green puss flowing from a leg gash.  God please heal Haiti.

The road to restoration in Haiti is a long one.  But we believe it can happen.

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