God is good!

Greetings friends and loved ones,

First of all, God is good! I am feeling much better and we are all safe. We are staying with a group called GAIN (Global Aid ??) They are a ministry of Campus Crusade providing us with clean water, more food, and medicine. They also made arrangements with the 82nd Airborne to provide security for us as riots have broke out where we have given mobile medical care and food. I have yet to feel an aftershock but they have been happening mostly at night… it makes some of us quite anxious but we finish off the evening with praise and worship and debriefing we all have been so exhausted it is not too hard to fall asleep.

I have met many new friends and even though the time together has been short, we feel like a family. Many of us who are here left the states quickly and left many loved ones at home. The men have adopted us women traveling alone and have been very protective. They even made us move to the back of the bus when we reach checkpoints or border patrol to make sure we are safe.

It hit me yesterday when a woman walked into the clinic with twins in her arms… clearly too old to be the mother with infants less than 6 mo old she explained her daughter was crushed in the rubble of their home and she is left to care for the children. They are living in an IDP (internally displaced people ) camp basically a clearing of land filled with sticks and sheets for shelter where ppl are living because their homes are destroyed or they are fearful of another collapse. We were able to provide formula, vitamins, and food as well as emotional support. Pray for the people of Haiti. Their wounds are healing but their hearts are aching.

Yesterday I was a nurse, pharmacist, and a dental hygenist. Many of us are stretching and wearing many “hats” but we are working together well. We saw 150+ men women and children in 4 hours of the clinic opening. God is good!

I miss you all but God continues to reveal why I am here.

In Him,
Cassie

safe arrival

Greetings! I wanted to let everyone know we made it safely. Hard to believe we traveled for over 24 hours. I am so thankful for phenergan, an anti nausea med. I got very sick on the bus and had a rough night but God is good. These people are hurting and we are here. The team has a lot of energy despite the long night and we feel energized and ready to go. Pray for strength. We had 13 doctors join us and packed limited amounts of food, enough for 20 ppl not 35. We are living on rations and lots of water. Thanks mom for the pop tarts I split one with a friend this AM and i tasted amazing. I love you all. Thanks for your prayers and

-Cassie