January 26, 2012
Bonswa,
Greetings for Pignon Haiti…….
Thursday night and we just got back from an evening
sharing time with the Hope Spencer, IA team. The first Hope
team arrived this noon and the first Sunnybrook team left on
he same plane. Three people from the Sunnybrook team are staying on
for the second week in addition to Paula and I.
We worked on a rough schedule for the week and
it’s looking like another full week ahead. The major focus
will be the adult conference at Pastor Francois’s church. The
school bench project will continue as well as rice/bean distribution
program. We’ll again visit UCI, Guimby and some of the other mission
sites. Some of the “newbees” are planning to head off to the Citadel and
also climb Mt. Pignon.
One of the young people that I met our first year in Haiti, and
helped with high school, is currently in Ghana, Africa doing a
project. He called yesterday to wish us well. Cell phone technology
is truly amazing! Jesula arrived Tuesday night. It’s good to see her again
. She is currently between nursing jobs so we hope she finds work soon.
This weekend she is supposed to introduce us to her boyfriend for the first time.
I think she is a little nervous about that. I always kid her that I need to approve
anyone that she may be getting serious about. Might be a wedding in the future!
People continue to comment how much we resemble each other! For those
of you that don’t know, that’s a joke’
We have some sad news to share, while maybe not so sad to
some of us that have been here for a week. The goat that has been tie
d in the front yard making a lot of noise disappeared yesterday. The last two nights
we have had goat for a main meat dish. Kind of miss the little fella’ but he did taste
good! No new news on the dog front. She comes and goes! The geese were a
little more aggressive today. I went after one of the males with a basket today to
call his bluff. After a lot of hissing, honking and wing flapping he backed off from
his attack position. Hopefully he’ll leave us alone for a few days now that he
knows I’m the boss. The peacocks are roosting in the trees and settled in for
the night. Some days it seems like we are living in a zoo!
Paula and I are half way through our time in Haiti. The time
is going fast and we have really enjoyed our stay but do
miss our ice cream, TV, couch and hot showers.
Until next time…….Bondye Bene Ou
Dean
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday January 21, 2012
Bonjour from Pignon Haiti,
It’s Saturday night and all is well in Pignon.
We have had two really full days. Everyone is really tired and
can use a day off. Friday the team did the first rice/bean distribution
to over 300 families. We worked through Pastor Francois’s church.
He and several other pastors bring members of their congregations
that really needed some help. The people and Pastors were very grateful
and thankful that we would do this for them. Many prayers were said and answered!
We also got started on the school desk project. The materials
arrived by truck from Cap Haitian at 9:30 pm Thursday night.
The power was off so had to unload the truck by flashlight and
cell phone lights. The workmen did a very good job at the end of
a long day. Friday morning we set up the saws, fired up our
generator and started cutting the desk pieces. We are cutting lumber f
or 40 desks and hope to get them assembled, varnished and delivered to
some schools next week. Another part of our team headed out to Guimby to do
some repairs on the school that we support out there. The roof was leaking very
badly in the valley, another section was sagging and the water pipe to the school
from the spring on the side of the mountain has been broken for over a month.
The guys had to make two trips and were able to get the roof that was leaking rebuilt.
They found rotted wood underneath the tin and had to do quite a bit more repair than
anticipated. We will work on the rest of the projects next Wednesday when we go
out to visit the students. Another part of the team got ready for the bible schools
that were going to be done on Saturday. We are doing two sessions at two different
church locations with about 400 kids.
Saturday morning it was off to the bibles schools. The whole team went to
supervise/manage the kids. We sang, read a bible story, a craft project and
games out doors. Finished up with a snack and then back to town for lunch
. The hit of the day was Tim found Rufus(a puppet) that he had left here ten
years ago in a store room. The kids hadn’t seen a puppet before and really
went crazy. Even the parents that were there were fixated to the story. After
lunch most of the team went out to do the second bible school and a couple
of us stayed back at the dorm to finish cutting the wood for the desks. Monday
will be an assembly and varnish day.
Tomorrow we are going to UCI to visit the Mompremiers and worship
in their church. After lunch we will take the team on a tour of the UCI facilities,
visit well sites and the irrigated garden projects. Back to Pignon in the late
afternoon and if time permits do some rice/bean distributions to individual homes.
We have a young goat (kid) in our yard that desperately wants to find her
mother. I hope mom comes pretty soon or it will be a long night. The peacocks
are in the roost, the roosters are napping to get ready for the 3:00am serenade,
the dog ran off with her friend so other than the goat it is rather quiet! The generator
is off so we will have power as long as the batteries hold out. Hopefully we’ll make
it until Monday.
Bondye Beni Ou,
Dean
Bonjour from Pignon Haiti,
It’s Saturday night and all is well in Pignon.
We have had two really full days. Everyone is really tired and
can use a day off. Friday the team did the first rice/bean distribution
to over 300 families. We worked through Pastor Francois’s church.
He and several other pastors bring members of their congregations
that really needed some help. The people and Pastors were very grateful
and thankful that we would do this for them. Many prayers were said and answered!
We also got started on the school desk project. The materials
arrived by truck from Cap Haitian at 9:30 pm Thursday night.
The power was off so had to unload the truck by flashlight and
cell phone lights. The workmen did a very good job at the end of
a long day. Friday morning we set up the saws, fired up our
generator and started cutting the desk pieces. We are cutting lumber f
or 40 desks and hope to get them assembled, varnished and delivered to
some schools next week. Another part of our team headed out to Guimby to do
some repairs on the school that we support out there. The roof was leaking very
badly in the valley, another section was sagging and the water pipe to the school
from the spring on the side of the mountain has been broken for over a month.
The guys had to make two trips and were able to get the roof that was leaking rebuilt.
They found rotted wood underneath the tin and had to do quite a bit more repair than
anticipated. We will work on the rest of the projects next Wednesday when we go
out to visit the students. Another part of the team got ready for the bible schools
that were going to be done on Saturday. We are doing two sessions at two different
church locations with about 400 kids.
Saturday morning it was off to the bibles schools. The whole team went to
supervise/manage the kids. We sang, read a bible story, a craft project and
games out doors. Finished up with a snack and then back to town for lunch
. The hit of the day was Tim found Rufus(a puppet) that he had left here ten
years ago in a store room. The kids hadn’t seen a puppet before and really
went crazy. Even the parents that were there were fixated to the story. After
lunch most of the team went out to do the second bible school and a couple
of us stayed back at the dorm to finish cutting the wood for the desks. Monday
will be an assembly and varnish day.
Tomorrow we are going to UCI to visit the Mompremiers and worship
in their church. After lunch we will take the team on a tour of the UCI facilities,
visit well sites and the irrigated garden projects. Back to Pignon in the late
afternoon and if time permits do some rice/bean distributions to individual homes.
We have a young goat (kid) in our yard that desperately wants to find her
mother. I hope mom comes pretty soon or it will be a long night. The peacocks
are in the roost, the roosters are napping to get ready for the 3:00am serenade,
the dog ran off with her friend so other than the goat it is rather quiet! The generator
is off so we will have power as long as the batteries hold out. Hopefully we’ll make
it until Monday.
Bondye Beni Ou,
Dean
Jan 18
January 18, 2012
Bonswa,
Wednesday night in Pignon, Haiti.
We have news, an addition to our family! Little did we know that when you move into a house in Haiti
a dog comes with it! She comes and goes but usually takes her afternoon nap on our patio.
Sometimes she brings a friend. I don’t think she is monogamous to us but that’s Haiti.
We loaded up the truck this morning with 24 cases of paint and headed out to a rural
satellite medical clinic of the hospital. It’s about a 45 min drive and the roads weren’t too
bad. Two river crossings, we’re glad the water is low this time of year, up a steep grade a
nd we were there. The place is Lauvintua(sp?). It is kind of on the upslope of the plateau
before you get up to the mountains. Really quite a pretty drive. Unloaded the paint, got a
tour of the clinic and back to Pignon. Finished out the day getting some tin for repairing
the roof out at Guimby school, wood to build some benches on the back of the truck and
getting a new simcard installed in one of the phones. We have one phone in for repair but
don’t hold out much hope! Late afternoon I built benches for the back of the truck so it’s more
comfortable to sit on the back of the truck.
The first team from Sunnybrook arrives tomorrow noon. We think we are ready but
you never reallyknow in Haiti. We are anxious to see them and get started on
our projects. Over the next three weekswe are doing a rice/bean
distribution program, 300 families through a group of local churches and then
100 individual homes scattered around Pignon, two bible
schools, two adult women/men bible conferences, bible stories at
some of the other elementary schools, various building repair
projects and building new school desks for all ten of our sponsored
elementary schools(700 desks). A couple of teams have been
able to build 30 a week but I don’t think we will get that many
done because of all are other projects. It will take many team
s to complete the project.
We tried to watch a Beth Moore DVD tonight,
part of Paula’s Tuesday morning women’s bible study curriculum,
but part way through the DVD player quit working. We tried the laptop
but didn’t have the right software loaded. Since we weren’t connected to the
internet we were out of luck. We will have to wait until some of the “techies” arrive.
Paula and I have been in Haiti a week and the time has gone
quite fast. We still miss our TV, newspaper, diet coke and ice cream b
ut we’ll catch up when we get home. The Haitian people are very gracious to us.
Until next time…..Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
Dean
Bonswa,
Wednesday night in Pignon, Haiti.
We have news, an addition to our family! Little did we know that when you move into a house in Haiti
a dog comes with it! She comes and goes but usually takes her afternoon nap on our patio.
Sometimes she brings a friend. I don’t think she is monogamous to us but that’s Haiti.
We loaded up the truck this morning with 24 cases of paint and headed out to a rural
satellite medical clinic of the hospital. It’s about a 45 min drive and the roads weren’t too
bad. Two river crossings, we’re glad the water is low this time of year, up a steep grade a
nd we were there. The place is Lauvintua(sp?). It is kind of on the upslope of the plateau
before you get up to the mountains. Really quite a pretty drive. Unloaded the paint, got a
tour of the clinic and back to Pignon. Finished out the day getting some tin for repairing
the roof out at Guimby school, wood to build some benches on the back of the truck and
getting a new simcard installed in one of the phones. We have one phone in for repair but
don’t hold out much hope! Late afternoon I built benches for the back of the truck so it’s more
comfortable to sit on the back of the truck.
The first team from Sunnybrook arrives tomorrow noon. We think we are ready but
you never reallyknow in Haiti. We are anxious to see them and get started on
our projects. Over the next three weekswe are doing a rice/bean
distribution program, 300 families through a group of local churches and then
100 individual homes scattered around Pignon, two bible
schools, two adult women/men bible conferences, bible stories at
some of the other elementary schools, various building repair
projects and building new school desks for all ten of our sponsored
elementary schools(700 desks). A couple of teams have been
able to build 30 a week but I don’t think we will get that many
done because of all are other projects. It will take many team
s to complete the project.
We tried to watch a Beth Moore DVD tonight,
part of Paula’s Tuesday morning women’s bible study curriculum,
but part way through the DVD player quit working. We tried the laptop
but didn’t have the right software loaded. Since we weren’t connected to the
internet we were out of luck. We will have to wait until some of the “techies” arrive.
Paula and I have been in Haiti a week and the time has gone
quite fast. We still miss our TV, newspaper, diet coke and ice cream b
ut we’ll catch up when we get home. The Haitian people are very gracious to us.
Until next time…..Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
Dean
Monday, January 30, 2012
Cholera numbers
Dear All,
Up today Jan 30, 2011 CTC ( Cholera Treatment Center)
at the Hospital Bienfaisance De Pignon:
Total patients Received :4,830 patients
Total hospitalised today: 0 patients
Total discharged: 4,795 patients
Total deceased : 35 patients
: Even though that we have 0 cholera for this week, do not be surprise
that we will have more cases become soon because the incidence of cholera
rain production, humidity and in balance of sanitation.
Up today Jan 30, 2011 CTC ( Cholera Treatment Center)
at the Hospital Bienfaisance De Pignon:
Total patients Received :4,830 patients
Total hospitalised today: 0 patients
Total discharged: 4,795 patients
Total deceased : 35 patients
: Even though that we have 0 cholera for this week, do not be surprise
that we will have more cases become soon because the incidence of cholera
rain production, humidity and in balance of sanitation.
Monday, January 2, 2012
PFH Projects
The following List is a list of Priority Projects put together by Larry Madole.
PROJECT LIST
HOSPITAL COMPOUND
Doctors Living Space
1. Windows and screens
2. New kitchen in unit over garage
3. Lights and fans
Outpatient Clinic
1. Build new steps to dorm
2. Fix balcony out back
4. Paint outside of building
5. Install lights and fans as needed
6. Install stools, showers and sinks
7. Shutters and screens - lower part
8. Paint rooms as needed
9. Finish tile on steps
Lower part of Hospital
1. Screens on windows
2. New shutters on windows
3. New cabinets and counter tops in nurses station
4. New lights and fans in all rooms
5. New wiring throughout lower part
6. Paint all beds
7. Old bathrooms redone and teach people how to use them
8. Springs on all doors leading to outside.
Maternity House
1. Tile all floors
2. Crepe all walls
3. Paint inside and out
4. Finish wiring
5. Install lights and fans
6. Install all stools, showers and sinks
7. Bars on windows
8. Screens and shutters
9. Finish back steps to roof
10. Build septic tank
Hospital Grounds
1. Cement drives and parking
2. Landscape grounds
3. Plant trees and flowers- build bougainvillea trees from steel
4. Build a water catchment system
Lab
1. Paint outside
2. Fix windows on west side of building
Eye Surgery
1. Paint outside
2. Paint inside
3. Work on wiring
Eye Clinic
1. Paint and tile floors
Family Clinic
1. Paint inside - all rooms
2. New floor tile
3. Lights and fans
4. New plugs and switches
5. Needs rewired
Gyrlene's Office
1. One air conditioner
2. Cabinets with doors
3. Paint second room
4. Cabinets for books
5. Needs printer HP lazer jet
Main Office
1. 36' x 60" file cabinet
2. Paint Hall
3. Need one l0,000 BTU 15" high air conditioner
Minnesota House
1. Replace plumbing
2. Look at New septic
3. Fix stools and showers
4. Fix kitchen and new stove
Iowa House
1. Replace all wiring
2. Install new inverter
3. Install hot water heater
4. Put bars on upper story windows
5. Build new railing on top
6. Put canopy on top
7. Tile floors on upper floor
Schools - All
1. New signs
2. New desks
Three Bears School
1. Well
2. Latrine
3. Paint
Sonshine School
1. Kitchen
PROJECT LIST
HOSPITAL COMPOUND
Doctors Living Space
1. Windows and screens
2. New kitchen in unit over garage
3. Lights and fans
Outpatient Clinic
1. Build new steps to dorm
2. Fix balcony out back
4. Paint outside of building
5. Install lights and fans as needed
6. Install stools, showers and sinks
7. Shutters and screens - lower part
8. Paint rooms as needed
9. Finish tile on steps
Lower part of Hospital
1. Screens on windows
2. New shutters on windows
3. New cabinets and counter tops in nurses station
4. New lights and fans in all rooms
5. New wiring throughout lower part
6. Paint all beds
7. Old bathrooms redone and teach people how to use them
8. Springs on all doors leading to outside.
Maternity House
1. Tile all floors
2. Crepe all walls
3. Paint inside and out
4. Finish wiring
5. Install lights and fans
6. Install all stools, showers and sinks
7. Bars on windows
8. Screens and shutters
9. Finish back steps to roof
10. Build septic tank
Hospital Grounds
1. Cement drives and parking
2. Landscape grounds
3. Plant trees and flowers- build bougainvillea trees from steel
4. Build a water catchment system
Lab
1. Paint outside
2. Fix windows on west side of building
Eye Surgery
1. Paint outside
2. Paint inside
3. Work on wiring
Eye Clinic
1. Paint and tile floors
Family Clinic
1. Paint inside - all rooms
2. New floor tile
3. Lights and fans
4. New plugs and switches
5. Needs rewired
Gyrlene's Office
1. One air conditioner
2. Cabinets with doors
3. Paint second room
4. Cabinets for books
5. Needs printer HP lazer jet
Main Office
1. 36' x 60" file cabinet
2. Paint Hall
3. Need one l0,000 BTU 15" high air conditioner
Minnesota House
1. Replace plumbing
2. Look at New septic
3. Fix stools and showers
4. Fix kitchen and new stove
Iowa House
1. Replace all wiring
2. Install new inverter
3. Install hot water heater
4. Put bars on upper story windows
5. Build new railing on top
6. Put canopy on top
7. Tile floors on upper floor
Schools - All
1. New signs
2. New desks
Three Bears School
1. Well
2. Latrine
3. Paint
Sonshine School
1. Kitchen
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