{"id":1899,"date":"2013-03-07T21:46:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T03:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2013-03-22T14:59:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T20:59:14","slug":"mission-to-haiti-day-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2013\/03\/07\/mission-to-haiti-day-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission to Haiti: Day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mission to Haiti<\/strong>
\nfrom Marie Peters, Robin Cobb & Robin Queen<\/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>\"\"<\/a>Bonjour!<\/p>\n

What a magical end to our Haitian journey….<\/p>\n

We began the day with a traditional pumpkin soup, usually reserved for new years day. During slavery, the soup was reserved for wealthy land owners however after the revolution it became a symbol of the Hatian people’s independence. Our final clinic was in Nantiso, just a short ride from our bungalows along a river garden.\u00a0 After leaving the trucks behind, we carried the clinic equipment by foot along a path through lush banana trees and fields planted with corn and green beans. After setting up shop in a local’s front yard, we began our assessments. After a week in this country, we all are feeling more comfortable with the process including communicating in our broken Creole. Over 60 patients were seen by lunch time including a seizure patient and a young woman with TB suffering from a throat cyst that prevented her from eating. We also saw the usual procession of stunning Hatian children and cherubic infants that steal our hearts on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

We returned to Siloe to drop off supplies and for one last good bye to all our incredible translators. The afternoon was spent at a nearby beach. We all were thrilled to get a taste of local crafts at the makeshift markets as well as chargrilled Roma lobster with jalapeno-lime marinated conch meat, arguably the highlight of our day. A few of us took a long walk while others explored the coral reef as the sun went down.<\/p>\n

The powerful effect this trip has had on all of us will last a lifetime…<\/p>\n

With love,<\/p>\n

Marie, the Robins and the rest of the gang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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