Last Day in Haiti



On Monday Pat & I rode with Keith as he went to visit people in the valley in the area of the cholera outbreak. Here Keith is giving chlorine for water treatment to one of the health agents in the area. One grain would treat 1 gallon of water.

 

The Artibonite River was the contaminated one bringing the cholera infection to the people. It is the largest river in Haiti.

While there we visited lots of people Keith had connections with. He treated any sick animals present. Here a little boy is bringing his goat for treatment.



Pat & Keith treating a goat.



I just couldn't leave a pig out of my trip blog from Haiti. Pigs are not kept for food in Ethiopia and so seeing pigs tied up and raised in Haiti was a treat for this Iowa farm girl! A lot of Keith's work has been spent on eradicating foreign swine diseases from Haiti.

On Tuesday morning Kelly brought me to the ocean so that I could put my feet in before leaving Haiti. The water was clear and beautiful.

A little girl at the ocean fishing. She caught a little fish just as we got there.

Pray for Haiti. Hundreds of tent cities exist that popped up after the earthquake. Pray that the Lord would calm the storm Tomas that is heading towards the southern peninsula. The missionaries have strong houses and are not in danger, but these tent-dwellers are super vulnerable.

Quote from Kelly's blog on Monday: "Please pray for Haiti as we face Tomas. The reports are better this morning as Tomas has weakened to a tropical storm. The discussion on the National Hurricane website say it will weaken for another 48 hours and then strengthen into a hurricane again and turn and come across the Southern part of Haiti. We REALLY don't need a hurricane. We had a freak windstorm a few weeks ago and it killed several in tents, a hurricane or even a tropical storm will really be bad. Please pray that Tomas will stay away. Not to worry though if it does come we will be safe. Our houses are strong and we have supplies on hand. It's the hundreds of thousands in tents that will not be ok."
Kelly's blog site:  http://vetmissions.blogspot.com/