Haiti Update
MK
Description
Collection
Title:
Haiti Update
Creator:
MK
Date:
3/3/2010
Text:
Just wanted to post an update from Chase's wife tonight.
I heard from Chase again this evening and we had a decent conversation
before the line went dead. The update is below. He is working with a
ministry called < <URL Redacted>> Mission of Hope that has been in
Haiti since 1998. Located about eight miles north of Port Au Prince, MOH is
in a strategic location and is doing incredible things. Chase said they are
feeding up to 400,000 people a day! They have 18-wheelers coming in
delivering much-needed supplies that are then used by MOH or distributed
throughout Haiti. They also have a church, school, orphanage, clinic and are
building a hospital. Chase and others will be setting up the prosthetic
clinic in the basement of this hospital.
Chase went around Port Au Prince today and said that people are slowly
getting back to living life again. Vendors are out selling their wares in
the streets and cleanup is beginning. There are piles of rubble everywhere,
but some buildings are left standing and operating once again.
He passed by a white-looking field about an acre in size. He was told that
it is a sulfur mine area but has now become a dump for an estimated 80,000
bodies. The bodies were dumped there in hopes that the sulfur would cover
the stench of the decay. Horrible. Just horrible.
Part of the amazing timing of this trip which seemed random but was
certainly ordained by God is that Chase was able to take part in a very
important meeting today with all the international players involved in
medical and prosthetic care in Haiti. He said it was like the UN- people
from all over the world from various organizations and the UN, WHO, IRC,
USAID, Handicap International, etc. It was a very serious meeting for people
to report who they are and what their intentions are in Haiti.
Chase was third in line to stand up and speak, and he said he was nervous
but just prayed for the right words to communicate. He was relieved that no
one drilled him with questions like they did with the others and he credits
that to the solid reputation that Mission of Hope has in Haiti. He had
several people come up and talk to him afterwards and was invited to a
second meeting tomorrow for prosthetists to go over more technical details
of prosthetic care there.
He also spent time playing with kids in the orphanage today and can't wait
to go back and play more tomorrow.
Chase feels amazing favor from the Lord and miraculous provision. Thank you
for your prayers!
He ended the call by saying, My life will never be the same... and neither
will yours! Looks like we have some new adventures ahead and I can't wait!
I'll post more as I hear from him. He's been trying to send pictures so
hopefully I can post them soon.
Mark Kirchner CPO
MK Prosthetic & Orthotic Services
<URL Redacted>
4319 Medical Drive Suite 106
San Antonio, Texas 78229
210.614.9222
210.614.9333 Fax
I heard from Chase again this evening and we had a decent conversation
before the line went dead. The update is below. He is working with a
ministry called < <URL Redacted>> Mission of Hope that has been in
Haiti since 1998. Located about eight miles north of Port Au Prince, MOH is
in a strategic location and is doing incredible things. Chase said they are
feeding up to 400,000 people a day! They have 18-wheelers coming in
delivering much-needed supplies that are then used by MOH or distributed
throughout Haiti. They also have a church, school, orphanage, clinic and are
building a hospital. Chase and others will be setting up the prosthetic
clinic in the basement of this hospital.
Chase went around Port Au Prince today and said that people are slowly
getting back to living life again. Vendors are out selling their wares in
the streets and cleanup is beginning. There are piles of rubble everywhere,
but some buildings are left standing and operating once again.
He passed by a white-looking field about an acre in size. He was told that
it is a sulfur mine area but has now become a dump for an estimated 80,000
bodies. The bodies were dumped there in hopes that the sulfur would cover
the stench of the decay. Horrible. Just horrible.
Part of the amazing timing of this trip which seemed random but was
certainly ordained by God is that Chase was able to take part in a very
important meeting today with all the international players involved in
medical and prosthetic care in Haiti. He said it was like the UN- people
from all over the world from various organizations and the UN, WHO, IRC,
USAID, Handicap International, etc. It was a very serious meeting for people
to report who they are and what their intentions are in Haiti.
Chase was third in line to stand up and speak, and he said he was nervous
but just prayed for the right words to communicate. He was relieved that no
one drilled him with questions like they did with the others and he credits
that to the solid reputation that Mission of Hope has in Haiti. He had
several people come up and talk to him afterwards and was invited to a
second meeting tomorrow for prosthetists to go over more technical details
of prosthetic care there.
He also spent time playing with kids in the orphanage today and can't wait
to go back and play more tomorrow.
Chase feels amazing favor from the Lord and miraculous provision. Thank you
for your prayers!
He ended the call by saying, My life will never be the same... and neither
will yours! Looks like we have some new adventures ahead and I can't wait!
I'll post more as I hear from him. He's been trying to send pictures so
hopefully I can post them soon.
Mark Kirchner CPO
MK Prosthetic & Orthotic Services
<URL Redacted>
4319 Medical Drive Suite 106
San Antonio, Texas 78229
210.614.9222
210.614.9333 Fax
Citation
MK, “Haiti Update,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/231273.
