On Friday, we spent the day at my friends Randy & Karen Lodder’s school. They canceled classes for the kids so we could have the time to prep all the classrooms for a big painting day today. They did have the teacher’s come to work for a team-building, fun day. It was great to see [...]
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3 Feb
Beautiful images
I am having a hard time putting into words all that we did and saw today. Aside from being tired, it was really a lot to take in. I will try to explain it more at another time. This first photo speaks volumes to me. We drove through a gate to get some stuff out [...]
3 Feb
Arrived
We arrived safely to Port au Prince about 1pm yesterday. We flew in and got all of our bags. I was a little worried since our bags sat over night. In my suitcase with all my clothes I had two soft-sided coolers, one with 20 pounds of frozen cheese and one with 6 pounds of [...]
1 Feb
Returning to Haiti
Well ,we are trying to get back to Haiti. Deb, Anne, Jane and I left MN Tuesday morning and after a great flight to Miami and then several hours of waiting our flight into Haiti was canceled. Luckily, I am traveling with some really fun and laid-back friends. We had many good laughs and made [...]
25 Jan
The surgery was a success!
I got a message from Dr. John last night with an update on Widnerlande. She had heart surgery yesterday, it took 4 hours. The hole in her heart is repaired. She is in ICU and will be for a couple days. Dr. John said the next few days will be a little rough so please [...]
20 Jan
Update on Widnerlande
Below is a note I got Thursday morning from Dr. John: I took her for her surgery early this morning at 6:30 AM to repair her ventricular septal defect. However, she seemed like she had a fever and at the hosptial she was 101 degrees F. So after she was all checked in for surgery [...]
14 Jan
Pa Bliye Ayiti ~ Don’t forget Haiti
Sorry it has taken to a couple days to give you an update. Thanks to all of you that have sent messages of hope, encouragement and prayers the last few days it hasn’t gone unnoticed. As all of you know, Wednesday was the 1st anniversary of the earthquake. It was quite an emotional day but [...]
11 Jan
Quite the day!
Well, all was going very well with Widnerlande and I till we got to Miami to find out that our flight was canceled. No options to get out until tomorrow (Wednesday). Not that big of a deal other than I would love to be home. How do I explain this to a 7 year old [...]
10 Jan
Imagine with me for a minute
I am asking for some extra prayers as I get ready to travel back to the States tomorrow. The reason is I am asking is I am going to be escorting a 7 year old little girl to Chicago that is coming on a medical visa for open heart surgery. Please pray that all the [...]
9 Jan
A place to call home!
Well I have had 2 versions of a bug net set up the past 2 nights. Last night worked much better that pictured below! But I think it is safe to say that I have no new mosquito bites. I actually think that all of my housemates were a little jealous last night. I had [...]
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