{"id":1842,"date":"2013-03-02T21:53:43","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T03:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2013-03-22T15:02:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T21:02:51","slug":"mission-to-haiti-day-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2013\/03\/02\/mission-to-haiti-day-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission to Haiti: Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mission to Haiti<\/strong>
\nfrom Jordan Bennett, Cory Smeltzer and Sara Demaagd<\/strong><\/p>\n

A team of students and faculty from Belmont University School of Nursing is ministering in Haiti during Belmont’s Spring Break.\u00a0 This is the second year a team has traveled there.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Hello all! What an incredible first full day in Grand Goave, Haiti!\u00a0 Our day was as full and busy as it was hot.\u00a0 We began with a traditional Haitian breakfast: spaghetti! It was actually quite delicious, we are considering bringing this tradition home to the states.\u00a0 After breakfast we got to ride in the back of a pick up truck through the little town of Grand Goave to the Siloe school and church.<\/p>\n

At this site is the Pharmacy that supplies the mobile clinics we were be bringing to different communities Monday-Thursday of this week.\u00a0 We spent most of the day organizing the medications and supplies.\u00a0 We pulled expired medications and packed up the materials we will need for our mobile clinic and makeshift pharmacy.<\/p>\n

In addition to organizing and packing the clinic supplies, we got to meet and interact with some local children.\u00a0 We fell in love with their smiles and contagious laughter.\u00a0 One of our Haitians friends Junior told us not to worry they are not laughing at us, Haitians just love to laugh always.\u00a0 We all decided we want to laugh a little more in our lives. What a great lesson to learn!<\/p>\n

Junior also shared some life lessons with us including one shared while riding on the bumpy road in the back of the pick up truck.\u00a0 He told us the bumps were good for your health.\u00a0 So naturally we questioned why, he replied that its a natural gas reliever.<\/p>\n

When we got back to the clinic (around 5:30) we all headed to the beach for a quick swim and to enjoy the beautiful sunset.\u00a0 What a treat to get to see the sun sink below the mountain ranges in the distance.<\/p>\n

We ended the day with a wonderful Haitian lasagna (made by the sweet Haitian ladies who cook all our meals for us).\u00a0 Some CBF missionaries in the area for tomorrow’s church dedication joined us and shared their wisdom from their 25 years spent working in Haiti. They\u00a0 shared their knowledge of their work with Cholera as well as countless other stories.<\/p>\n

Overall we are all looking forward to a good nights sleep, the church’s dedication, and teaching English classes tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Love to everyone at home!<\/p>\n

Jordan, Cory, Sara, and everyone else!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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