Thanks so much for your prayers for James as he was in Haiti
this last week at Grace Medical/Dental Clinic - a ministry of Healing
Haiti.
All flights were on time (even early!), and 4
pieces of luggage arrived with him. The customs officers were a little more
interested than usual in the contents of the luggage, but after detaining him for
a few minutes and looking through each piece, they finally released him to his
waiting hosts.
The clinic, which is part of Grace Village is a
fairly new facility. It is bright, clean, and well maintained. He had the luxury
of 24 hour electricity provided by 2 on-site generators. This not only provided
stable power for the lab, but also allowed him to have a fan in his room at night
time. It was a very hot and humid week in that part of Haiti, and unusually dry
for this time of year. The rain has not been good so far this
summer.
Every installation brings it unique challenges.
This time, he was missing a small, but essential part of an analyzer that had
been donated to the clinic from another source. Without this part, the other
parts that he brought could not be used. He prayed that God would provide - and He
did!
Last year at this very same time, he was at another
clinic less than a mile away. He remembered that they had 2
extra,
non-functioning instruments that had the part he needed. He went over to them and
asked if they could have this part. It seemed like a simple request to us, but it
turned out to be quite a challenge to finally get the piece released. Hopefully,
some lessons in sharing and cooperation between organizations were learned!
He
was able to proceed with the installation and training, as planned at
Grace.
The next day,he had a call from the organization
next door concerning a problem with one of their lab instruments. He was able to
go back again and make a simple adjustment to get them going again. We pray that
this simple act of kindness will encourage them to share and cooperate with
other organizations in the future.
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