Medical Attention; Hurricane Relief

Dr. Bill and Dr. Lillian, overseeing the sorting
of medications.

Our third annual Medical Mission Team just returned from Haiti, where they were able to treat nearly 500 people in two of our partner communities.   We partnered with the staff at the One Family Clinic in Croix-des-Bouquets to expand the scope of our clinics and create long term treatment plans for several patients.

In the farming community of Baugè where nearly all of the crops were blown or washed away, we were able to distribute over 5000 meals along with the clinic.   This clinic is the first hosted at this site, where the 4th One Family Church will soon launch.

Additionally, we were able to send 3 trucks of food, water, and medicine and volunteers to bring aid to Jerèmie, a town nearly completely destroyed by the Hurricane.   We are deeply grateful to all who donated to these efforts- your generosity truly made an impact!

Pastor Alsa helped patients select reading glasses. 

Nurse, Lab Technician, and Doctor,  all from the One Family
Clinic, joined with our American volunteers to provide free
care to over 500 people. 

Each patient was given ingredients to
prepare 25 meals.  

Each patient was evaluated and treated as necessary.  While
many people had common ailments, we did see several
that required more in depth treatment.  

Women came great distances to bring their babies to the clinics.

Chris and Capson deliver the good news of a new baby arriving
next spring!

After Matthew... Hurricane Relief

Friends, Thank you for watching and praying with us as Hurricane Matthew approached and hit Haiti.   The storm has passed and we have been able to assess the damage and needs of our partner sites.  One Family Foundation in Croix-des-Bouquets suffered minimal damage.   We had some fallen tree branches and large puddles.  Thank you, Lord for your protection! At One Family Church in Garraud, Pastor Maxò reported that everyone is ok, but the crops are completely washed away, and we lost some goats.  Additionally, the old church was completely washed away, but the new church stood strong, praise God! We’ve heard that Pastor Jacsòn and his family at One Family Church in Maissade are ok.  We don’t yet know if the crops or goats survived.  Pastor Kesnel is visiting there tomorrow.   The Restoration Farm and future One Family Church in Baugè have suffered serious damage.  The farm is completely flooded; as is most of the village.  Clean water and food supplies are extremely limited.   This remote farming village has lost nearly all of its current and future crops.  There is a desperate need for short-term relief and long term aid to replant.  God is with us.   We are just beginning to receive reports of the extreme devastation suffered in the west and south regions.   While we do not have any partner sites in these areas, we do have family and friends that we have not yet heard from.   As we learn more, we wish to be poised to help in whatever ways we can.  God is good. Our annual Medical Mission Team, led by Chris and Jen, is scheduled to leave on Friday, October 14th.  We are expanding the focus of this trip to include both medical care and food and water distributions.  Our most immediate need is funding to purchase medicine, food, water and seeds.   We will simultaneously be preparing to replant our fields as soon as the ground allows, and complete any necessary construction/repairs.    As always, we will be purchasing as much as we can in Haiti.  Purchasing locally brings another dimension to aid; helping both the recipient of the food and the local small- business people.    Give Now  {Designation: Residency:Chris Savini} Please join us in continued prayer for the people of Haiti.  It is estimated that 90% of the people earn their living through agriculture.   Already small reserves are going to be quickly exhausted, and the cost of food is sure to rise.   The sad reality is that food insecurity results in abandoned children.  The foundation of 1013 Missions is a commitment to the reduction of child abandonment.   The road ahead promises to be long and difficult, but we rest in a greater promise.   Sometimes God works by diverting a hurricane and sometimes he works by mobilizing his people  We ask everyone who is in a position to help to do so.  In Christ, Chris & Jen Savini, on behalf of 1013 Missions and One Family in Christ Foundation