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Mission Report – Oct. 19, 2009	“Normally, the patients left behind after the surgical team leaves are very sick patients. One young man we have was in a scooter accident. He is very clear and articulate that God has spared his life. He was very sick after the accident…”
Mission Report – Oct. 16, 2009	“There is the little boy named Sonson. He is an inner city kid. He comes from Port de Paix, the capitol of the northwest department. His mother had three children when her husband abandoned them. Now, only Sonson is left alive…”
Trip Photos – October 209	Here are some photos of Canadians at work in Haiti.
Weddings in Haiti	“The week before the surgery team comes in, a couple from Kentucky comes to Haiti. Diane and Joe have a very special ministry. They help couples get married...”
Mission Report – Oct. 10, 2009	Can you possibly imagine what is going on in this photo?
Mission Report – Sep. 26, 2009	Tortuga Island is perhaps the poorest place in Haiti. There are roughly 45,000 people there, but no water…
Miracle at Beauchamp	“We had prepared roughly 160 sandwiches for the kids at the vbs for snacks so we did not want to have more kids than we had sandwiches. As kids piled into the church we eventually had to shut the doors because there were more children than we had…”
Mission Report – July 21, 2009	“I think we had more children outside in the shade of the tarp and the trees than the adults had in church inside the house! Our young people from Manitoba did a wonderful job of acting out the story about the unjust servant…”
Mission Report – July 11, 2009	“We brought 150 peanut butter sandwiches, which the young people all made up in the morning before we left the mission. The children came in, row by row, learning to not push, and to show respect…”
Mission Report – July 9, 2009	“The soup that they are devouring… it was some of the dehydrated vegetables that Ontario Christian Gleaners donated, and was shipped on May 20th. God is so good. It is wonderful to see the things He is doing with the work we have given Him…”
Mission Report – July 5, 2009	“She had seen the doctor, and had a prescription, but was distraught that perhaps the medicine was not taking the fever away. While she waited, I prayed with her. By the time they left us, the baby’s fever was gone…”
Mission Report – July 3, 2009	Here she is with one of the tiny preemies we had in April…This baby’s young mother was only 15 years old. She has no family, and nowhere to live. With the extreme lack of food since the hurricanes, she was unable to carry her baby full term…”
Power Point Presentation – A Mat Goes to Haiti Download MatGoesToHaiti.ppt (4.6MB)	View a 9 slide Power Point presentation showing how a mat made from recycled plastic milk bags travels to Haiti and becomes a bed for an entire family. See Mats-for-Haiti Program
myKawartha.com Article – Handiwork Promotes Healing in Haiti, May 14, 2009	“A group of local crafters have put their spare time and talents towards a good cause, providing medical and personal supplies to more than 300 impoverished people in Haiti in less than a year…” See Mats-for-Haiti Program
Mission Report – May 7, 2009	“This year, the bananas are noticeable by their absence.  The hurricanes ruined them.  Also ruined by September’s storms were the cashews.  Here, on the huge ‘pomme’ tree, what Haitians call their cashew trees, inside the mission, the cashews are all withered and black…”
Mission Report – May 5, 2009	“Diannie is extremely thin.  Her mother had just had a baby, and could not be here to have her admitted for surgery until later.”
Mission Report – April 29, 2009	“Oberon’s anxious family were among those whose hands were raised toward heaven, along with the family members of our patients who became members of our ‘worship team.’  Of all the times of the day, the portion that brings the most tears of holiness and reverence to my eyes are those times of evening worship with our patients…”
Mission Report – April 26, 2009	“He is a wonderful boy.  As strange as it seems, he has never forgotten that when all the people were gathered around outside to stare at his enormous leg, I went over, put my arms around him, and prayed…”
Mission Report – April 24, 2009	“We all prayed for Frankie and for his parents.  And we all cried.  I am thankful that this short and painful life is not all there is!  I am thankful that God’s justice is bigger than these things…”
Mission Report - April 21, 2009	“Prince is a very brave young man.  But, sitting in the very big chair, getting an IV prior to surgery, all alone with strangers, he looked much smaller than he really is…”
Photo: Geoff	Geoff praying for a patient with a serious injury.
Photo: Loree	Lorree with a patient who needed surgery for a broken ankle which had never healed.
Photo: Dr. Dubois	Dr. Jean-Yves Dubois with a young patient.
Photo: April/May 2009 Canadian Team	The Canadian mission team together for the first time at JFK Airport (minus Geoff and Jessica)
Photo: New Mother-To-Be	A new mother takes a much needed rest between contractions... working and waiting, in a safe and holy environment.
Missionary Journal – Rev. Tina Leslie, Mar. ‘09	“I learned something this trip to Haiti: If a mother is too malnourished, her milk does not have enough calories to keep her baby growing...”
Missionary Journal – Rev. Tina Leslie, Mar. ‘09	“ We used to have spikes hammered into the walls, and periodically the bags of IV fluids would pop of the wall and hit the patients...”
Missionary Journal – Rev. Tina Leslie, Mar. ‘09	“I felt so sad when I saw him, that a tiny little body could have been so hungry for so long..”
What Does a Canadian Missionary Look Like? – Karen and Aileen	“Here, they are taking a break from their work to hold a tiny baby, only three lbs, named Isaiah…”
What Does a Canadian Missionary Look Like? - Maureen	“In addition to training Haitian young people to be skilled Medical Lab Techs, Maureen has a special heart for helping children who are recovering…”
What Does a Canadian Missionary Look Like? - Grace	“The trip was absolutely amazing.  I am so happy I went and I did not want to be back in Canada when it was all over…”
What Does a Canadian Missionary Look Like? – John Mills	“John feels great satisfaction in doing construction work, and working with his hands in Haiti.  He says it gives him time to build relationships...”
HPIC Article – From Machetes to Mango Trees	“Ten-year-old Wilken fell out of a mango tree one Saturday afternoon and put his teeth through his lower lip, displaced his top front teeth, and broke his arm...”
Hamilton Spectator Article - Canadians Need Help to Get Food to Haiti, July 23, 2007	“When a baby dies in your arms, it changes you for the rest of your life. Rev. Tina Leslie knows this from experience…”

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