peace*love*HAITI: Blog Procrastination, part 2

Why is it so hard for me to write a little update on the blog?
It does NOT mean that we have forgotten or are giving up.
We are still as dedicated as ever to helping in Haiti!
We are more determined than ever before.
Maybe it is too hard to think too much about what is happening in Haiti when we are so so far away. Maybe it is too hard to relive everything that happens on every trip: trying to help our patients when there is no treatment available, the amazing landscapes, the poverty, the flowers, the trees, the sea, all the beautiful people that we consider family that we only get to see a few times a year, the contrasts, the sameness, the faith, the love.
Once and awhile I just shut myself into my own little world and the door locks behind me.

I apologize for not posting a single photo or writing a single word about our April trip.
In a nutshell... it was short but so very sweet.

PLH joined forces with a great team from Sagebrush Church from Albuquerque, NM (again) and Dr. Aquis (the hardest working dentist you will ever meet in the US or in Haiti). We paired with the unstoppable Fabienne Goutier! Rounding out our team was a bunch of amazing translators and logisticians, without whom we would not function for a minute.

We saw many patients and Sagebrush installed a gigantic diesel generator. Now- for the first time ever- the clinic has power when it really needs it! And boy does it need power to run the lab, nebulizers, and to see after 8pm. No more suturing, delivering babies, or starting IVs by head light or cell phone. Progress!!!

Thank you so much- we could not have helped treat over 500 medical patients and over 300 dental patients without YOU. Yeah, you. Thanks a million.

Here are some photos......