Presca and Annette

Leopold, the nurse at the center,
brings her baby for the first
examination after delivery. She let me
hold Presca!

Volunteers from Streeter, Illinois

This past week we had a great group of
volunteers from Streeter, Illinois.
Two nurses helped me with a newborn
assessment form. They helped Sister
Anna with a variety of projects at the
Center. Thanks, Streeter group, for
all your help. We enjoyed working with
you!

Drying the puppies

Marie and Christine (a visitor from
Illinois) are drying the puppies and
try to get rid of fleas. The puppies
like the drying more than the bath!

The puppies

We have little puppies running around
the grounds of Center of Hope.
Blackie, their mother, delivered 5
petite chen (small dogs). Here we are
giving the dogs their first bath.

Save a Family Program

Phil is introduced to the Joseph
Family. The youth at Our Savior's
Lutheran Church will be sponsoring this
family in their "Save A Family Program".

Celebrating with Marie

Lots of people come to Chez Antoinne's
to celebrate Marie's birthday. Madame
Sergo made a delicious birthday cake!

A Birthday Dance

Frenel asks Marie for a birthday dance!

Another birthday at the Springfield House

Marie, the youngest of the clan, turned
23 on January 21st. We had a fun
gathering at Chez Antoinnes. Here
Marie receives a present from Nicole.

Beautiful layettes

Thanks to the women of Grace Lutheran
Church in Wildrose, ND for making
beautiful layettes for the Center of
Hope. The first layette was given to
the nurse, Leopold, at the Center on
Tuesday. She delivered the next day
and her baby went home from the
hospital in this layette set. Thanks
Jean Sevre for coordinating this!

Time for friends to leave

Mange Takk (many thanks in Norwegian)
to Terrie and Phil for coming to see me
in Haiti. Thanks to all those who sent
items with them. Thanks to Our Saviors
Lutheran Church in Wisconsin for
sending breast pumps, bras, coloring
books, pencils, toothbrushs/toothpastes
and money. Thanks to the women of Grace
Lutheran Church of Wildrose, ND for
sending beautiful layettes. Thanks to
the UND School of Medicine for sending
lots of soap and wash cloths. Thanks
to Judy at the SOM for making MORE
layettes. Thanks to Susie and Jennie at
Altru Urgent Care for sending treats.
Thanks to the UND PA program for
sending more treats. And special
thanks to my sister for sending even
more treats!
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Phil gets a new addiction

Terrie and I introduced Phil to the
computer game "free cell". He's now
addicted!

Fwd: Terrie gets a pedicure

Jose treated Terrie to a pedicure the
night before her departure.

Lutheran worship

Ten of us met in the conference room at
the Center of Hope on Thursday at 5 pm
to worship and have communion led by
Pastor Phil Blom.

Terrie presents soap

Here Terrie presents Casimur with a
suitcase full of soap and wash cloths
from the UND School of Medicine in
Grand Forks, ND. He plans to
distribute it to a mountain village in
need.

A Day in the Mountains

Terrie, Phil and I joined the Hilton
group for a day trip to Grand Fond to
see a post (clinic). We walked a short
distance as the roads were very muddy
and we left a vehicle down the road.

Fwd: The Due Date

Here Phil and Terrie are helping me in
the prenatal clinic. Phil is given the
job of telling us when the mother's due
date is in relation to their last
menstrual period and how many weeks
they are currently pregnant. He
learned quickly!

Lots of bras

Thanks to Our Saviors Lutheran Church
for the wide variety of bras. Some of
them were very sexy!!

Breast Pumps and Bras

Here Phil shows me the supply of breast
pumps and bras provided by his
parish...Our Saviors Lutheran Church in
Wisconsin

Phil Blom and Terrie Wold come to visit

Phil and Terrie arrived on Saturday,
January 15th. It was great to have two
good friends with me for a week!

Maternal Death Rate

Today an aunt and neighbor arrive at
the Center of Hope with a baby born
yesterday at the hospital. The mother,
age 20, died within two hours of
delivery. The obstetrician thinks
cause was aminotic emboli but there is
pathologist here to confirm a
diagnosis. The health agent where she
lives has found a "wet nurse" for this
baby to breast feed. HHF is working
very hard to identify high risk
pregnancies and develop interventions
to prevent this kind of story.

Birthday in Haiti

It was very exciting to eat outdoors
and wear a sundress on January 11th.

Birthday Cake

Nicole's cook (Madame Sergo) made me a
very tasty birthday cake!

Fun at the Party!

We all had fun at the party. There was
dancing and prestige (beer) and more
dancing!

Fun at the Party!

We all had fun at the party. There was
dancing and prestige (beer) and more
dancing!

Midnight on New Year's Eve

A Spanish tradition on New Year's Eve
is to eat 12 grapes one by one as a
bell rings. Each grape represents a
month of the year. Eating each grape
slowly represents good luck for each
month in the year to come!

Happy New Year to all and wishing you
good luck too!

Fun at the Party!

We all had fun at the party. There was
dancing and prestige (beer) and more
dancing!

A sauce for the pork

Here some of the women prepared a sauce
made of butter, garlic and lime juice
to pour over the pork. It tasted so
good!!

Cutting the Pork

Here Dr. Omar (orthopedist) uses his
surgery skills to cut this juicy,
tender pig!

Do not be fooled!

Here Dr. Ariel (internist) pretends
that he is helping cut the meat. He is
not a surgeon nor a cutter of meat!

Dr. Enrique is resting

Dr. Enrique (radiologist) began very
early this morning with the pig roast
project. Here he is taking time to
rest.

The Pig Roast

They injected the pig with spices and
onions. It smelled very good as it was
cooking! This is the first pork I have
had since I arrived in Haiti.

The Pig Roast

Early Friday morning the Cuban doctors
killed a very large pig and begin
roasting a pig for the New Year's Eve
Party. They started roasting him at
1pm and he was ready to eat at 9pm.

New Year's Eve

As I was starting to get ready for the
New Year's Eve party, Sister Mary Mac
arrived at my house. She had a woman
with a hand injury and Xrays with her.
We hopped in the car to find Dr. Omar,
the orthopedist. We found him at Cuban
house #1. She had a fracture of the
distal radius. Here Dr. Omar puts on a
cast on the veranda of Cuban house #1.