babe i love you and aubrey so much. i am very thankful for the opportunity here but it has its ups and downs as you can imagine. don't have any sort of time line of events or what is going on. living day to day trying to coordinate medical supplies to get out to the clinics. a medic and myself are going around to all the different NGOs picking up supplies they can't use or can't transport and delivering it ourselves. you begin feeling like you make a difference but realize it will be a long long time before any of this is cleared up. ....it is pretty safe here so don't worry about me. pray for the children because clearly they are the ones that will hurt the most. who knows when they will ever get a chance for an education again.. .not that it was great to begin with. met a 7 year old boy today who lost all of his family and has a broken leg that needs to be set but we don't have that capability. surgeries are being done with handsaws... i've seen it. without antibiotics or pain management. they're a tough people but i fear they are so used to "hand outs" that it is hard for many of them to develop a sense of pride in their country and begin to build it back up....
Also, an update from our troop FRG (Family Readiness Group) :
Combat medics and Haitian medical volunteers treat patients at the
forward operating base set up by the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st
Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan. 18, 2010.
The squadron does not have the supplies to establish a clinic, but is
seeing patients brought to the FOB with the supplies they have. They are
looking for additional medical resources such as clinics or hospitals in
the area to refer the more critical patients. (Photo by U.S. Army)
forward operating base set up by the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st
Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan. 18, 2010.
The squadron does not have the supplies to establish a clinic, but is
seeing patients brought to the FOB with the supplies they have. They are
looking for additional medical resources such as clinics or hospitals in
the area to refer the more critical patients. (Photo by U.S. Army)
Capt. Buddy Davis talks with an international relief agency doctor at a
local hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. Davis is a
physician assistant with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Squadron, 73rd
Cavalry Regiment. Davis visited the area hospital trying to find a place
to send critical patients who show up at the forward operating base the
squadron has established in the city. (Photo by U.S. Army)
All the Way!
4 comments:
amazing.. our prayers are with them..
Praying for them and Haiti! Thanks so much for sharing!
Ben will truly bless and encourage many alongside his troop/medics. I feel honored to have a friend with such a huge heart for God, his family and the people of this beautifully broken world. May God draw near to all of you and put his divine protection over Ben and his team as they serve and care for the beautiful Haitian people! Amen! Love you guys and thanks so much for sharing this with us.
wow chels.. our prayers are with you and aubrey, and of course ben. he is doing amazing, and i can't imagine being there. i'm so glad your sharing these tid bits of emails with us to read about . its encouraging to hear that things are happening..
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