Family and Friends,
Just wanted to post a quick note to ask all of you to pray for people in Haiti right now for protection from the spread of Cholera. We have been seeing additional cases in Ti-Rivier, and we hear about more and more being infected in the communities all around us. Just today Patchouko saw three trucks in a row passing through town filled with people hooked up to IVs, traveling from St. Jean (sort of our county seat) to Les Cayes (sort of our state capital) where the good, international Cholera clinic is located.
Dr. Paul Farmer, a highly respected American health professional who has been working in Haiti for many years, recently called Haiti the most-infected-with-Cholera place on Earth at this time. Clearly we are in a danger zone where it could kick into a higher gear and really spread rapidly and max-out the facilities available to deal with the disease. Let's pray that this scenario doesn't play out.
Nurse Sue says we have also been seeing more cases of Malaria lately, about one per day in the clinic. This is a side effect of rainy season and the increase in the mosquito population.
We also expect a medical mission team here in about a week, so pray that they will be protected as they come into conatct with all kinds of diseases and infections in the mobile clinics.
All of us in the Mission Haiti compound....staff, missionaries, and kids...are all doing fine.
God Bless,
The Grimms
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