DAY 5

Hailey: Today was very hectic. This morning after breakfast we went to a nutrition clinic that an American mother and daughter have in the city. They are so overwhelmed. They just moved to a new location and are struggling with staffing and supplies. This is really sad because they have such a huge impact on the community. What they do, or at least what they did today was helped moms with breastfeeding education and formula feeding. They also take admits everyday into a nutrition program they have for malnourished babies and young children. It’s all about their age compared to their weight, but we saw some incredibly malnourished babies today. There was a 6 month old baby whose arm was probably the circumference of like a bottled water lid. You could see his spine and ribs. We also saw a 4 year old boy who if you saw him probably looked like an average 1 year old boy. And he just had a very sad affect that never changed while he was in the clinic. The mother and daughter, Mickey and Liz “admit” these children in their program and supply them with proper food or nutrients necessary to pick back up growing and developing. It is truly amazing, they check on these people once or twice a week until they are healthy and normal growth. They’ve also taken in some babies that moms just leave at the clinic. Also, they offer their phone number and say there are available 24/7. This is crazy that they just drop whatever they have in the US, move to Haiti where they believe they are called, and just help hundreds of families every single day. Every day they struggle to stay afloat and you can tell how exhausted and stressed they are, but they never quit and they have amazing and huge hearts for these people. So if you have a second, stop and think about what you may be going through daily and just think about this family and how awesome they are and how they could use your thoughts.

Kayley: Today we went to Children’s Health Ministry which is a program for malnourished children. Mickey and Liza (Mother and Daughter) run this huge organization that helps over 700 babies, children, and pregnant moms. They give babies formula and Medika mamba. (peanut butter mixture packed with nutrients to help the children gain weight). They give the pregnant and breastfeeding mothers rice (with nutrients in it) to keep them healthy. They do STD screenings and treat the mothers before birth. This ministry does so much it is incredible. There are so many babies in need here and they are doing so much to help them. I got to take a babies blood sugar and check his hemoglobin level. That was something you don’t do in maternity clinical! I just ask for prayers for this ministry because they are doing so much good, but are being attacked so much because of the lack of help. They definitely need some helping hands and some good workers so they can get some rest and not completely burn out. They are so compassionate and have the right attitude for what they are doing so I know God will provide the help they need! Goodnight!

P.S. Who is blondie??