I want to let you all know that I am sorry that we were not able to get the blog up each day this week like we did the first week. Most of that was do to how busy we have been over this last week, and secondly, when we were able to get things updated, the internet was down. So I am now making sure that you should have each days update.

Well this morning started even earlier than our usual mornings as we had to get up and get off to the airport to catch our early flight. It was amazing how even thought it was so early in the morning, many of the children and translators were up to greet us one last time before we left to come back home.

As we climbed into the little bus one last time and started driving down towards the gate, a lot of thoughts were going through our head. There is so much need in Haiti, and while we feel like we were only able to put 1 drop in a bucket, by our being there, it was at least 1 drop, and we hope that with many others continuing to volunteer and come down here, those drops will continue to multiply. That is all that we can do, and I think that is all that God asks us to do. We have to do the best that we can with what we have. As we left it was easy to think, if I had only done this, if I had only done that, etc, etc, etc, I could have made a bigger difference here. The problem with that “if I” sentiment as I reflect back on it is that “I” can really do nothing without God. Like I mentioned yesterday, the only one that can really watch over all of the people in Haiti is God.

We leave this place far from filled with answers of what we have seen and done here over the last few weeks, but we leave, knowing that there are little miracles going on every single day, despite the tragedies that these people are faced with. It is very easy for God to get the blame for all of the bad things that have happened, and all of the little miracles just get swept underneath the rug. I would like to share with you a few of these miracles that we experienced in Haiti over the last 2 weeks.

Adnise and young lady who was 22 years old who had never walked before in her entire life, walked for the first time on 5/17/2010. She started out required moderate assistance of 2 P.T.’s, when we left she was modified independent requiring now assistance aside from her walker.

A young man who was involved in a serious motor vehicle accident fracturing bilateral fore-arms, left femur, and bilateral tibias, finally began making progress with the healing of his extensive wounds.

A young man was taken to the operating room for a routine ORIF for an unstable radius fracture to his left for-arm when he coded on the operating table. Instead of performing surgery the doctors spent the evening performing CPR when the young mad stopped breathing.  The next morning this same young man was walking around the first floor wing of the hospital wondering why his arm wasn’t fixed during “surgery.”

Celinise a mother of a teenage daughter who suffered a severe leg injury during the earthquake necessitating and above knee guillotine amputation. When we first arrived in Haiti she could stand up and hobble about 10 feet. When we left, she was able to walk 350 feet using crutches, and she had a different outlook on life.

Fritzner the gentleman that I evaluated in the ER for admission to the hospital for stroke rehabilitation. A week and a half ago he required maximum assistance to stand, while he still has a long ways to go, he has progressing to min assistance using a quad cane.

The list goes on and on, but perhaps the biggest miracle of all of those is the fact that God provided a way for us to be able to go on this trip. What a blessing it was to be able to touch so many lives in such a short period of time. Thank you for all of the prayers for us and for the people down there. We want to continue to ask you to pray for these people that they may know and feel God’s presence in their lives.

Below are pictures of the sites that we saw as we made our way back to the airport.

These scenes are in sharp contrast to these scenes that we saw on the same day coming back home:

These images show drastic differences between the two worlds we experienced in a 24 hour time period. We are very grateful to be home, and yet we are left with a lot of sadness of what we have left behind. We will spend the next few days coming to terms with our experience, and we both hope to be able to return to Haiti soon. Phil 4:13