Midwives for Haiti Trip Day 7

Friday October 5th 2012

I can't believe this week has already flown by!  But I am so excited to get home to see Josh and the kiddos tomorrow night if all my flights go well. 

Today we all took a beautiful walk out on the hills behind the wonderful MFH house to watch the sunrise before we headed back to the hospital to check in on our patients from the week for one last time. 

The best thing that has changed at the hospital is Dr. Alice that is here with me has brought donated linens and  arraigned to have a bunch of washable pads and linen for the women to use.  Even more amazingly, she is personally paying a lady to wash and stock the supply daily to ensure the women have a dry place to lay after delivery.  She is just awesome!


We then visited a small women's embroidery shop and I was able to buy a beautiful table runner.  They do amazing work and we are going to hire them to embroider the MFH logo onto things for volunteers to buy. 

Then we were in charge of teaching the students for the day in the classroom in our house and had fun working case studies from the week with them.  Their graduation from the program is just 1 month away and it is a huge deal for them. We have loved listening to them practice singing songs they will perform together at the ceremony.

Then we went back to the orphanage and purchased some beautiful art work that the boys had made to sell to support their families. 

We then had a great time revisiting the history of MFH from it's very start in 2004 by going to the original location of their school in a nearby town of Panteousu. 

Of course we ended the night out on our porch playing cards and chatting away.  I am so glad I have been bless with being able to spend time with these amazing people who if it weren't for them this whole organization wouldn't exist, and the women of Haiti would be even worse off. 


I am ready to be home with my family, but I can't wait to return here and see all the great things to come!  We will head out for the rough 3-4hr drive back to Port-Au-prince bright and early tomorrow morning.  Hoping it is a much less eventful trip home this time around!