Haiti Day 2

I received a warm welcome from the staff today. They have prayer and worship at 7:30 every morning before work. They pray for the nation, the patients, and the work that they are doing in the clinic. I prayed and worshiped along with them  and have been invited to join them every morning before work. They sing of the same hymnals that we use at my church at home.

In some ways Haiti is different and yet so similar to home: the food, the singing, the language, and the good natured humor reminds me of my home church. But the infrastrucre and the regular black outs are different...

 I told the staff that I only speak Creole no French, no one seemed to mind. One staff member tried to speak to me in English and was told to stop putting on aires and speak Creole. This made me laugh. He is apparently the chatter box of the team. I have been introduced to everyone but I am so bad with names that I will have to be more attentive when people are spoken to so as not to insult anyone by failing to call them by name.

I worked with a doctor today that was exceptional. I later learned that he also teaches at the medical school, which may explain why he is such a great teacher. He was so patient with me and explained everything to me. He evern allowed me to examine patients and asked me what my questions to acertain what I knew.

I shared my plans to work and teach medicine in Haiti with him. I wondered if he thought they were feasable, apparently I have nothing to worry about. So I am going to focus learning as much as I can  in medical school and leave the rest to God.

This is truely an amazing experience. And to think that I have only been here for 2 days!