tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45261330962037929532024-02-19T09:11:31.478-06:00peace*love*HAITIWHAT are we working on???
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Along with love, compassion is the face of altruism. It is a feeling from deep in the heart that you cannot bear others’ suffering without acting to relieve it. As compassion grows stronger, so does your willingness to commit yourself to the welfare of all beings, even if you have to do it alone. You will be unbiased in your service to all beings, no matter how they respond to you. Our next trip is October, 2021!Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-62699751352340090702021-04-26T17:25:00.002-05:002021-04-26T17:25:30.651-05:00Waiting, waiting, waiting....<p> What a year it has been!</p><p>Due to Covid and the political scene we had to cancel our Spring 2020 trip, not even plan a Fall 2020 trip (due to Covid and cancer), and cancel our Spring 2021 trip too! </p><p>Discouraging, to say the least. Are we giving up? </p><p>NEVER!</p><p>We are planning our Fall 2021 trip and are feeling mighty positive that it will happen.</p><p>Thank you so much to everyone that has been giving us supplies~ we think we may have enough face masks now, but maybe need suitcases still.</p><p>Stay tuned for more as the time gets closer!</p><p>Love you all!</p>Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-57293875263874595892020-02-26T08:58:00.001-06:002020-02-26T09:03:31.758-06:00LEAP INTO MUSIC 💟Come to our benefit at Duluth Cider this Saturday, February 29, LEAP DAY!<br />
The amazing Gaelynn Lea organized this event for us and is playing with Alan Sparhawk in their band, The Murder of Crows, as well as Katy Vernon, Jerree Small, Kyle Ollah, and Four Mile Portage! We have Oasis Del Norte (the tasty taco truck) too!<br />
Come and have fun, spread joy, live the life of community.<br />
If you can’t afford a ticket, come anyway.<br />
Let’s show Haiti how much we care!<br />
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<br />Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-45217852447967977532020-02-07T15:28:00.002-06:002020-02-07T15:28:39.346-06:00FALL 2019 trip to PANYOL (also known as peyi lok locks you up)The political scene in Haiti was pretty sketchy this fall, and it was not possible to travel up to Lacoma due to the road blocks and manifestations. President Jovenel Moise was asked repeatedly by Haitian citizens to resign, and he would not. According to Haiti's National Network for the Defense of Human Rights at least 59 people killed and 189 injured in the many, many protests that took place all over the country. The country was locked down. It was called "peyi lok", and things went from bad to worse.<br />
Why were people protesting? Why was "peyi lok" a thing? Government corruption is nothing new, but things were worse than ever after the collapse of PetroCaribe. PetroCaribe was an oil program offered by Venezuela. Starting in 2006 Venezuela offered aid and cheap financing for Haiti (and other impoverished Caribbean countries) to buy gasoline and diesel and other petrol products. Basically the government bought oil from Venezuela at 60% of the price, then deferred the rest at a 1% interest rate, and then was to use the funds generated by this to provide the country with infrastructure, healthcare, educational programs, agricultural programs, sanitation, and electricity. <br />
Few of these programs were ever started, none were ever completed, and the debt to Venezuela grew to over 2 billions dollars before the program collapsed. After the collapse, the price of fuel skyrocketed, massive fuel shortages began, and protests became a daily event.<br />
When we first started coming to Haiti in 2010 after the earthquake, one US dollar was worth about 42 Gourde. Now one US dollar is worth 100.24 Gourde. Schools were closed for months, no one could get to work, banks were not open, the country was frozen, "locked down". <br />
We decided to go anyway. We wanted to help, but we needed to be safe, so we headed straight up to the remote mountain village of Panyol. <br />
There can't be any road blocks because there aren't any roads!<br />
We hired Dr Aquis (the dentist) and Nurse Derise to work with us, and we saw many patients.<br />
Dr Laura came with and cared for the hairy beasts as well, and of course Nurse Fabienne helped with all the logistics and saw patients too!<br />
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If you want to read more about the situation in Haiti, check out this article from fall 2019 in the New York Times. It is written by Edwidge Danticat.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span>Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-59537611801823173472020-02-06T20:17:00.001-06:002020-02-07T15:32:04.684-06:00SPRING 2019We went to Lacoma this spring!<br />
We just had a small group, Tricia and Julie were the medical staff, Kervens and Wes were the translators, and Jay was our driver and all around helper-guy. <br />
We were BUSY, just how we like it. A couple of days we also had 2 Haitian resident doctors, working on the "social" part of their residency. They had a month of remote medicine, no water, no electricity, no lab, no nothing. We all were so happy to teach and learn from each other.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our repeat guests! Love her lots</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Haircut and mustache trim</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our pharmacy! Many suitcases, so many suitcases donated. We can't thank you enough!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">School kids come in for vitamins, dewormer, and well child checks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These guys are Haitian residents doing their "social" rotation! Yes, 2 doctors.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, there was a trench dug across the road, blocking us. We just detoured and drove through the river!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby in the baby scale. It is not a swing! Hi TEK!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each of these slip is a patient record from their visit that day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our team! So mighty!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TMatt loves the fresh air!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite tree</td></tr>
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<br />Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-8400065271574988282020-02-04T00:16:00.003-06:002020-02-04T00:18:25.589-06:00FALL 2018- Lacoma we love you! Here are some pics from our fall trip of 2018! It was bittersweet. It was Sagebrush's last trip to Lacoma. The giant cistern that they helped the community build, that collects the condensation from the roof of the church and the school, is finished and functioning. That means there will be irrigation to the land below, and all kinds of veggies will be grown. Sadly, the water filtration system was not working, so the community did not have clean water (nor did we). A new filter needs to be installed by a professional from Port au Prince. We drink a million, billion small bottle of water.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beginning of a day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many rental trucks, so little battery power</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donkey parking lot </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have the best patients!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love this woman! She comes to see us every trip. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Veterinary clinic too, yo!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's all bah, bah, bjaaah all day long!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She was 10 going on 20</td></tr>
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<br />Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-15677182960173108892018-04-06T11:37:00.000-05:002018-04-06T11:43:12.833-05:00Pictures from our November trip-- just a few!<br />
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Last trip was amazing!<br />
We went to Haiti for 10 days, and spent the first part of our trip up in the gorgeous mountains above Kenscoff in an area called Nan Panyol, Haiti. Nan Panyol is a farming community and is a two hour walk from Obleon, the first point that transportation is available for anyone from the village to travel to see a doctor in the city. If it isn't raining too hard you can take a motorcycle on the trail, but that wasn't an option on our trip.<br />
We partnered with the Oganizasyon Sante Peyi Pam and saw 60-90 kids or so at the school, then opened up shop in the church and saw many patients from the community.<br />
It was cool and dreamy.<br />
We can't thank everyone enough for all the love and support over all these years and all these missions. We could never do it without YOU!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet potato supper cooked on chabon grill</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tricia and Kervens see a patient in their office</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our mobile clinic is REALLY MOBILE!</td></tr>
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<br /><span id="goog_196399704"></span><span id="goog_196399705"></span>Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-75567909806876174672017-07-20T19:30:00.003-05:002017-07-20T19:30:45.207-05:00Spring 2017- what a great trip!We had a fantastic spring trip to Lacoma. This trip was all about community! We really combined our groups with the local groups and became one big family. We had both a medical team and a construction team and we worked together with the local professionals and volunteers with the single goal of healing Lacoma.<br />
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The details are always a little different but the story is always the same. Every trip to Lacoma brings growth and family. For some unknown reason this community is home- home to 60,000+ Haitians and home to Peace Love Haiti. We can't stay away. The second time that I went there was in the spring of 2011. The team house was freshly finished and there were still a LOT of rocks there lying around and constructions remnants and garbage. One morning we woke up at about 6am and there were 20-25 elderly women sitting around outside the house. "What the heck? Are they here for some free tylenol?" I said to Evey. We watched them for a bit and soon we realized that they were out there tidying the yard and planting some mangey dying sticks. This is the desert, and the aloe grows but not much else. Well, the dying stick that they planted just outside of the team house has grown and grown. It is about 300 times bigger than any other tree in the yard and now provides shade for our tents- no longer do we have to fry our brains if we sleep past 6am. Our support for the community and their support for us just gets stronger and stronger. One love.<br />
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The spring trip was fantastic. Our PLH/Sagebrush medical team consisted of 2 RNs, a veterinarian, an EMT, a dentist, an oral surgeon, and their assistants. We had Winnie and Milo translating and Kervens running the pharmacy. We had our Lacoma workers Nurse Fabi and Madam St. Daman doing triage and Fanny and Woodlin doing lab work. We saw a LOT of patients- both human and animal. It made my heart so happy to have a vet on our team and she was busy! Once word got out people from all over the community showed up in our yard, happy to wait in line to vaccinate their sheep, goats, dogs, and cats. Dr Laura would put a collar on each animal that was vaccinated and I think she ran out of them by the 3rd day.<br />
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We had a construction team of 6 volunteers that were working on rebuilding part of the school- the hurricane last fall ripped the roof of a couple of classrooms. Our team worked with the local workers and the Haitian engineer and got the foundation set for part of a new addition. It looked like mixing cement in the sun by hand all day was a lot harder than being a nurse....<br />
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Another huge project underway was the replumbing of the community's water source. All the water comes from "up the mountain" and until now I have never pondered what that really meant. Of course this isn't potable water, but it is the only water. This water trickles down the mountain through a series of mysterious pipes and there are many sites around the area to access it. It is the source of the water at the filtration station outside the clinic that 3 Strand Cord and Sagebrush built. The hurricane dumped boulders on the pipes where this water originates and stopped the flow, so there has been no water in this area since October. The community (lead by Pastor Gesnel) bonded together and worked long hard hours to replumb the mountain so Lacoma and the surrounding areas could have water again. Community!<br />
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<br />Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-82165959590054861202017-03-19T14:50:00.000-05:002017-07-20T16:46:29.917-05:00SPRING medical mission is almost here!!!We went to southern Haiti after Hurricane Matthew.<br />
Diane, Tricia and I flew down in an MAF plane for HERO, a Haitian disaster relief organization. Les and Kervens drove the truck down (even though we were told the roads were not driveable) and met us in Les Cayes.<br />
The destruction was unbelieveable. Houses, trees, crops, EVERYTHING had been flattened. <br />
Here is a video of the coast along Port Salut....<br />
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we had a hard time getting around. The roads, the rain, uffda.<br />
We made it to several remote villages that had not received any help since the hurricane. Unfortunately, 10 days or more out from the event the crisis relief turned into moral support and counseling as many people were showing signs of PTSD. People were already replanting their fields, but there will be a big gap in edible food between planting and harvest. Few mango trees were left standing, all kinds of animals were lost, and the plantains won't be back for a year.<br />
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I have a million photos that I will put up eventually. Our next trip is 3/30- 4/8 and will be to Lacoma as is tradition. Just I am going from the US branch of PLH, but I am going to meet up with Fabienne and Kervens and a big team from Sagebrush church in Albuquerque.<br />
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<br />Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-72243400379955611062016-10-01T16:07:00.001-05:002016-10-01T16:07:49.028-05:00Hurricane Matthew--- go awayWe are thinking about everyone in Haiti and Jamaica bracing for the hurricane and hoping and praying that it loses strength by the time it reaches southern Haiti..... the warning extends all the way up to Mole St. Nicolai.<br />
Here is the latest update----<br />
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/01/americas/hurricane-matthew/">http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/01/americas/hurricane-matthew/</a><br />
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The first giant cholera outbreak was just after the hurricane in 2010. Hurricane Tomas.<br />
We remember because we were there.Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-69981123936352457202016-09-17T11:45:00.002-05:002016-09-17T11:45:24.015-05:00What if..........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>WHAT IF our religion was each other,</b><br />
<b>IF our practice was our life</b><br />
<b>IF prayer, our words</b><br />
<b>What if the temple was the Earth</b><br />
<b>IF forests were our church</b><br />
<b>IF holy water- the rivers, lakes, and oceans</b><br />
<b>What if meditation was our relationships</b><br />
<b>IF the teacher was life</b><br />
<b>IF wisdom was self-knowledge</b><br />
<b>IF love was the center of our being?</b><br />
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<b>~ Ganga White</b>Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-86336498554620788712016-09-09T22:44:00.000-05:002016-09-09T22:44:02.401-05:00Plans change with the windHello all!<br />
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So we have a big plan change....... not surprising eh?<br />
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The presidential election in Haiti is on 10/12 and, historically, this can mean a bunch of unrest.<br />
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Naturally, no one wants to be involved in anything that could potentially be dangerous, so Sagebrush has decided to postpone their fall trip to Lacoma.<br />
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What does this mean?<br />
It means that Peace Love Haiti is going anyway.<br />
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We are changing our dates to October 19-29 and will all fly in together- Tricia, Diane, Julie, Les, and Dr. Mark. It will be a week after the election and we will be very very safe and so happy to finally get there.<br />
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Thanks for all your support~ we love you all!<br />
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Oh--- and we have a go fund me to help us raise enough money for the trucks we need to get to Lacoma!!!<br />
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Check it out!<br />
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<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/2njhe8qk">https://www.gofundme.com/2njhe8qk</a><br />
Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-73829689318600228222016-08-30T12:54:00.003-05:002016-09-02T12:26:27.251-05:00Blog Procrastination, part 2Why is it so hard for me to write a little update on the blog?<br />
It does NOT mean that we have forgotten or are giving up.<br />
We are still as dedicated as ever to helping in Haiti!<br />
We are more determined than ever before.<br />
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.<br />
Once and awhile I just shut myself into my own little world and the door locks behind me.<br />
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I apologize for not posting a single photo or writing a single word about our April trip.<br />
In a nutshell... it was short but so very sweet.<br />
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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.<br />
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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!!!<br />
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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.<br />
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Here are some photos......<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr Aquis injects some anesthetic before he fills a cavity</td></tr>
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<br />Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-71328392200200472932016-03-27T16:22:00.005-05:002016-04-07T15:15:13.941-05:00Easter in HaitiEaster in Haiti is much different than it is here in Etazini (the United States).<br />
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3 years ago we were staying in St Louis du Nord for a couple days over Easter- it wasn't safe for us to be out and about the area due to rain and other factors. We stayed at the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission and our dear friend was the director then. NWHCM was a GIGANTIC resource for the area at that time. They fed thousands of people daily and that was amazing. They housed us and fed us during the huge cholera outbreak in 2010. They have a beautiful surgical suite for surgical mission teams to come and use. They have an orphanage for babies/toddlers and an orphanage for disabled kids that is still running. Some of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life I met at NWHCM. Sadly, the mission wasn't all bon bagay (good stuff). Anyway....we were stuck there as I said. <br />
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Easter. Haiti. Rara bands. Thunder storms. Torrential downpours. Mud. There were fervent, heartfelt religious ceremonies that we didn't understand happening continually. All the electrical energy that goes along with the ceremonies and the thunderstorms was hitting us nonstop-- everything was so intense! And we were not working; we couldn't run a clinic during this special time of year.<br />
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So this was Easter 2012. Church started at 730am but people started arriving around 530am after spending the whole night Rara-ing. We watched the Christian ceremony from the rooftop of the mission- of course the sermon was in Kreyol so we didn't understand the words. The whole town and both orphanages were in attendance, as well as all the missionaries. The courtyard was PACKED with people standing everywhere inside, outside, and on the street. The sermon was intense and the volume waxed and waned as the clouds swirled around, unpredictable.... finally after about 90 minutes the sky turned black and CRACK BOOM!!!! The loudest thunder and the most intense lightening display hit right over our heads. I swear that Tricia's hair was standing on end. The entire congregation- including us rooftop viewers- immediately went running for shelter. It rained for the next 24 hours. To be honest, ever since that day I have felt more than a little unsettled over the equinox.<br />
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Rara bands are marching bands in Haiti- they have a certain distinct rhythm. They march for miles and miles, with people joining in all along the way. The leader of the band is usually a big religious and/or political leader and usually has a whistle and a whip. They march to celebrate Vodou and to have their voices be heard by everyone. The bands are active for 6 weeks between lent and Easter and seemingly the night before Easter is the big one. I have no clear idea how the religions or Vodou and Christianity intertwine during this time- or if it is an African thing that involves the spring equinox-or if it is something more. <br />
The main instruments in the Rara band are the vaksin (bamboo trumpet) and the klonet (a type of horn); there are also drums, tcha tcha (maracas), bells, kes (a stick-like thing), graj (metal scrapers), flutes, rattles, and twompet (trumpet). The leader toots away on the whistle and whips the whip around to clear their path as they march for mile after mile. This marching can happen anytime during the day or night. If two Rara bands meet up head to head there will be a confrontation. We have stitched up more than one laceration from this sort of thing.<br />
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<br />Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-14011938949413099762016-03-15T09:40:00.002-05:002016-03-27T14:42:37.903-05:00Update on the SpringWell, things have a way of being fluid.....<br />
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Our spring plans have changed and the May trip to Lacoma is being postponed until fall. <br />
We are still going in April though!<br />
Out of our control. <br />
Many factors have gone into this decision. Some changes here on the home front have forced us to postpone our 2nd Lacoma trip of 2016 until fall. When I look at the sketchy nature of the elections that are scheduled for exactly when our trip was planned, I feel like it may be a good thing.<br />
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Here is something that was written on our blog years ago.... I can't remember where it came from but it rings so true!<br />
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"When you care enough about strangers to leave your comforts behind to help, something inside of you happens. You discover that life is not what you have, it's what you give away."<br />
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Love to you all from team Peace Love Haiti<br />
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<br />Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-67080974271430984492016-03-08T16:58:00.001-06:002016-03-09T19:58:13.547-06:00Spring trips are brewing!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>THIS IS OUR 6th YEAR OF PEACELOVEHAITI!!!</b></span><br />
<b>Thank you so much for all these years of support- we love you!</b><br />
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We will be joining forces with the Sagebrush team (from Albuquerque) from April 8 through the 19th and will zoooom up to Lacoma!<br />
We will support our regular patients and also hope to do some mobile clinics as well. There are no roads of course so we will just head out to the remote areas on a couple of dirt bikes. It will be amazing to help those that are not mobile enough to walk into "town" to come and see us. <br />
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PeaceLoveHaiti returns to Lacoma in May with a small but mighty team... Dr Grace and Julie Louise will be providing the medical care along with Kervens and Marc translating and running the pharmacy. <span style="color: #20124d;"><b>We need some big suitcases and also items from the Dollar Store </b></span>like PG kits, clotrimazole and hydrocortisone cream, sunglasses, antibiotic ointment, and lubricating eye drops. And TUMS!!! Always TUMs. Everybody loves TUMs.<br />
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When is Dr Mark going you ask?<br />
Mark will be going in May too-- with dates to be determined!<br />
He will continue supporting Dr Bordes in Canaan ..... I think the OR must be close to completion.<br />
We hope to have some pictures soon of what the buildings look like nowadays.<br />
Imagine! C-sections will finally be available to this area and we can't thank you enough for helping us get to this level. We plan to send teams to this clinic sometime soon to help with both medical and surgical interventions and also to provide education for the Haitian medical team that runs this clinic every day.<br />
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I need help organizing the donations in my basement!<br />
Email me if you are willing to come over and spend a few hours with me....... peaceloveHaiti@gmail.com<br />
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<b>If words were leaves, would you prefer fall or spring?</b><br />
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Here is a lil video from days gone by titled "QUICKSAND"... filmed by Tricia back in the serious clown show days......<br />
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<br />Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-62224606236882689672015-12-14T08:55:00.001-06:002015-12-14T08:55:40.409-06:00Update from November 2015 trip~~ thank you soooo much<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-41105373595655726782015-11-30T12:56:00.001-06:002015-11-30T13:25:22.083-06:00We had a great NOVEMBER trip to LACOMA!We had a great trip to Lacoma. We supported the cholera clinic with every single thing they needed- like chairs, bleach, IV's, lactated ringers, antibiotics, anti-nausea meds, WATER, ORS, cots, buckets, lights.............. yes. Everything. They needed everything. Without these supplies so generously donated by YOU the cholera patients would not have lived.<br />
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LOVE and so many THANKS to everyone who supports us!!! </div>
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Especially this trip- it was such a hectic pace to gather everything and leave ASAP that we hardly can remember how it all came together. </div>
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Here are some words of wisdom from Ram Dass:<br />
"When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you don't get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying, 'You're too this, or I'm too this'. That judging mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are."<br />
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Here is a loooooong really really loooooong rinky-dink compilation of pics and videos from the first few years of Peace Love Haiti that I strung together years ago. It was missing forever but turned up today~ it does show some of what we are up to when we are down south. One love. </div>
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Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-79355997658796218542015-11-03T17:24:00.005-06:002015-11-03T17:39:53.898-06:00Fall trip in progress...... and some not good news from the NWDay 2 of clinic today for Drs Mark and Greg! (And Bourdes too of course)!<br />
They were busy!<br />
They referred to the day as "malaria and parasite day" and presently they are bringing a woman to a better equipped facility as her labor isn't progressing........ someday there will be a OR right in Canaan and the OB docs will be able to perform C-sections right there and then.<br />
Never give up hope! Keep trying!!! Spreading love all around the town......<br />
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We are very upset with an urgent report from Lacoma today-- there is a cholera outbreak.<br />
We are scrambling to get going ASAP and we need a lot of supplies for IVs and a lot of IV fluids and the truck for more days and more $ for gas and and and..... stay tuned.<br />
Keep praying and send a lot of extra love to our friends in NW Haiti~~~<br />
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This lil pumpkin was born at 27 weeks! She is 4 weeks old today... AMAZING!!!<br />
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Dr Mason, Dr. Bordes, & Dr Widstrom--- twa bien Dokte!Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-2579404049520650332015-09-24T10:54:00.001-05:002015-10-05T17:15:23.068-05:00AUTUMN----be a LIGHT in the days of growing darkness<br />
A beautiful summer leaves us RECHARGED and ready to get to work......<br />
Thank you to everyone that was involved in the benefit at RT Quinlan's earlier this month- the musicians, dancers, and PLH supporters! It was an incredibly fun night, to say the least.<br />
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We are officially a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization!!! Of course we still have a LOT of work to do on that level....and a LOT of funds to raise for our works in progress.....oh do we have PLANS!!<br />
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We are helping build an OR at Dr. Bordes' clinic in Canaan--- an OR will allow him to perform lifesaving C-SECTIONS!!! Surgery is not an option for 99% of the women in this area.<br />
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Another upcoming trip is our annual fall medical mission to LACOMA!!!<br />
The small yet mighty team of Tricia, Julie, Les, & Kervens will be heading up the dusty trail to support our farming friends of the nord ouest. <br />
May seems like forever ago--- and May was the last time any team was there. <br />
Sagebrush Church has a group going there in less than a month- whew! 4 months is a looong time without support1!! We are so THANKFUL for their faithfulness.<br />
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So many people in Lacoma come to us for their chronic health conditions~ we are their primary care providers. GERD, hypertension, myopia, malnutrition, parasites, and back pain lead the list with many URI infections too- and don't forget way too many cases of typhoid, malaria, STDs and good old-fashioned gastroenteritis. Diarrhea is still the number one killer in areas such as Lacoma. Imagine if your neighbor dying of diarrhea was as commonplace as the change from summer to fall. <br />
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THANK YOU to everyone for all your years of coming along with us to help!!!<br />
Even if we aren't all together physically we KNOW you are with us!!!<br />
ONE LOVE!!!!!Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-83191585622126323122015-06-08T11:28:00.004-05:002015-09-24T10:55:36.713-05:00LACOMA MAY 2015---- Patient population EXPLOSION!We had a great trip to Lacoma!<br />
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we got a phone call Saturday morning from Lacoma and the big news was it had RAINED ALL NIGHT!!! <br />
It hasn't rained for more than an hour in this area in the past 2 years and FINALLY they got some relief! </div>
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We saw more than 140 patients each day in clinic and the dentist, Dr Aquis, saw at least 60 each day....... whoaaaaa were we scrambling! </div>
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We had many cases of typhoid this trip again, we ran out of tests. Before they ran out 100% of them turned out positive. Hurray for antibiotics! Thanks to all that donated to the Hermantown Middle school! Also many many thanks to all that donated to our truck fund-- we only had 2 flat tires the whole trip!!!! Thank you everyone for your bales of love and support over all these years!!!!<br />
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MMmmm plantains and pikles and eggs!!!</td></tr>
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Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-66236171110194579912015-05-04T17:45:00.000-05:002015-05-04T17:45:10.856-05:00THANK YOU HERMANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL!!!!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">THANK YOU so MUCH to MRS HINTSALA'S CLASSES that raised over $782 for medications and collected a TON of soccer stuff for our next trip!!!! We appreciate you more than you will ever know!!!!!!</td></tr>
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Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-18194873244965256542015-05-01T17:13:00.001-05:002015-05-04T17:39:12.520-05:00Pix from our March trip!!!We had a short and sweet trip in March!!!<br />
Here is the clinic in Canaan after many improvements!!! The dream---<br />
to build a surgical suite with 3 rooms separate from the clinic!<br />
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What a beautiful spot!<br />
Dr. Bordes is doing an outstanding job providing (almost) free care to the people in this area and there is even a labor and delivery room. A surgery/hospital is needed so there can be c-sections! How many women and babies don't make it because they have to access to that care?<br />
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Chabon (charcoal) being made from scrubby little bushes. Chabon is the heat source for cooking and heating anything that needs to be heated for most of the population. </div>
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Look! The clinic has a "perception" room.... I wish we had one at Essentia's ER......</div>
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<br />Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-6181532333274596232015-04-14T09:09:00.002-05:002015-04-14T09:10:34.994-05:00Just a little Paulo Coelho for you.......<span style="font-size: large;">From the prologue of the Alchemist.....</span><br />
The Alchemist picked up a book that someone in the caravan had brought. Leafing through the pages, he found a story about Narcissus.<br />
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The alchemist knew the legend of Narcissus, a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to contemplate his own beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the narcissus.<br />
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But this was not how the author of the book ended the story..........<br />
He said that when Narcissus died, the goddesses of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears.<br />
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"Why do you weep?" the goddesses asked.<br />
"I weep for Narcissus", the lake replied.<br />
"Ah, it is no surprise that you weep for Narcissus", they said, "for though we always pursued him in the forest, you alone could contemplate his beauty close at hand."<br />
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"But... was Narcissus beautiful?" the lake asked.<br />
"Who better than you to know that?" the goddesses said in wonder. "After all, it was by your banks that he knelt each day to contemplate himself!"<br />
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The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said:<br />
"I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected."<br />
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<br />Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-90871674329664290082015-03-09T21:21:00.001-05:002015-03-09T21:21:59.222-05:00We had a GREAT trip to Lacoma in November!<br />
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Not only did we have 5 nurses, we had a physician... a massage therapist and a DENTIST!!!<br />
Yep. This is all true. It happened, and will continue.<br />
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It was a pleasure to team up with Sagebrush Church (based in Albuquerque,NM. USA) and Dr. Aquis (based in La Plaine, Haiti) to bring a whole spectrum of care to the people of Lacoma.<br />
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Our next trip is planned for March 20-27 and we will be concentrating on Dr. Bourdes clinic in Canaan (by Croix-des-Bouquets on the outskirts of Port au Prince). Dr Mark Widstrom & I will be providing OB/GYN services to the area.<br />
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The next trip to Lacoma will be in May!!!!! Peace Love Haiti and Sagebrush will again join forces and hope to help as many folks as we can. <br />
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Here are some pix from the last trip...........<br />
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Tricia Mattson and Julie Koskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198409851145486565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4526133096203792953.post-30618313755659162442014-11-10T11:32:00.001-06:002014-11-10T11:35:13.781-06:00NORTHWEST HAITI in NOVEMBER--- take #5Preparing for this next trip--- leaving FRIDAY already---<br />
thinking a lot about the other November trips. <br />
You never know what to expect. <br />
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Seriously-- the one constant thing about working in Haiti has been lack of control. <br />
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Transportation is an incredible obstacle even for us--- the people with the 4-wheel truck! <br />
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Flat tires (9 in one 2-week trip), broken tie-rods, broken axels, getting stuck in quicksand, lack of available diesel fuel, manifestations, unreliable car rental companies, flooding, massive amounts of mud, washed out roads, hurricanes, traffic jams, herds of slow moving cows, slow moving crowds of people, crooked cops, unbelievable erosion... all these things (and more) have interrupted what we planned as a easy trip up the road! <br />
Flying the friendly skies is an option but the cost is not friendly at all. <br />
We have also tried buses, tap taps, motos, our feet, hitchin a ride. <br />
Nothing goes as planned. <br />
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Giving up control is tough but what a great lesson learned!<br />
And it is re-enforced daily and multiple times each trip. <br />
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<b>ALLOWING things to happen rather than MAKING them happen is a really important lesson to learn... at it allows us to live life POSITIVELY. </b><br />
The only thing you can control is yourself. <br />
You cannot control another person, situation, or event. Good grief.<br />
Positive energy comes from so many places-- the beauty of nature, connecting with our creative flow of energy, giving to others, loving relationships, spirituality, music.... the flow of life.... and life constantly renews itself.<br />
Giving up control- surrendering--- <br />
concentrating on your own positive energy allows you to learn from adversity and grow from it. <br />
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Complete acceptance of what is... plus faith that all is well (even without your input).... plus positive energy = surrendering control and ALLOWING yourself to experience life as you choose.<br />
And I don't mean give up fighting for what you believe in-- I mean give up trying to control it!!! Never give up fighting for what you believe.<br />
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Ok, that's it for today. I am supposed to be packing, gathering, trying to fix the washing machine by replacing the tub bearing or something-or-other.....and did I mention packing. <br />
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Here are some pictures from Peace Love Haiti trips of yesteryear:<br />
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