Blessings At Prison

Mathew 25:36


“I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”

Dennis and I were blessed today with getting to go to the prison in Port Au Paix and run a clinic for the men and women housed in the facility. I prayed all morning that God would get the right people to see us today. I also prayed that we would not get in “over our heads” with illnesses we had no idea how to treat. Our first patient had us concerned and fear began to creep in. We had told the guards we would see 50 patients today and it took us 25 minutes to see the first one, and we’re still not sure what is going on with him. We’re going to try to get him in to the clinic here to see our doctor. Anyway, the rest of the day went more smoothly. We had a wonderful interpreter with us who handled all the communication for us and we were able to see about 42 patients. There are still so many to be seen and we need to take back some medications with us that we did not have today. We gave out lots of Ibuprofen for “waist pain” (which we understood to be low back pain) and Benadryl for itching.

It was an awesome day and we are happy that we will be returning tomorrow. Please be praying as we hope to be able to visit the prison each week and do follow-up care with the patients we are seeing. Sometimes it’s just the little things we can do, such as smile, or stumbling over the language and letting someone have a good laugh that allow us to heal the hearts of the broken that God puts in our hands. We pray that He will continue to bless us as we grow and learn, laugh and cry and try to be His hands and feet.

Lori