Tuesday.

Today, marks the 6 year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. What's more is that it falls on a Tuesday, the same as that fateful day. Many people here consider this to be a bad omen because, as Fabienne admits, it's a "primarily voo doo town." She marvels at the amount of Christian conversions as a result of the misisons coming to town. Misisons like ours: Hope for Haiti. 

Today, by the numbers:

4 surgeries

30 dental 

37 OBGYN

177 general practice

A total of 248 patients!!

Today, 102 "Days for Girls" kits were given out. Alicia Zubiri passionately demonstrated and spoke about feminine hygiene, assuring the recipients of the kits that "each one was made with love for YOU."

Today, I worked in the pharmacy with the amazing Tara, Amy, Joy, Sherry, Nancy K., and David. These incredible individuals, deftly handled the influx of demanding patients. 

Today, a baby's life was saved. At first, his mother was not present because she had only enough money to send one patient and chose her child over herself. But when the team realized that she had a terrible condition herself, they worked with the Haitian team to get her out to the clinic site to be treated. 

Today, Lauren realized that she needed to give it up to God. When she did, she was given the incredible gift of clarity. As she drove along the road from the hotel back to the site, she was given a completely new perspective. She was able to "look [the Haitian people] in the eyes and pray for them right there." 

Tonight, Fabienne shared. She is convinced that, even if we help one person, we are fulfilling God's purpose for our lives. He arranged flights and buses and whatnot to get us to a certain place in our lives where we are present to HELP. What we are giving is "not a handout; it's a hand up," according to Jackie and Yvonne. 

Tonight, Dr. Bordes bravely shared with us his harrowing experience with the earthquake those 6 short years ago. His testified that God wanted him to be "useful to [his] community," which required him to rebuild after the devastation. He went from planning a clean, private clinic in his parents' home to a public clinic where "we don't have a lot, but we don't lack much." He believes that God gives one of three answers to prayer: YES, NO, and WAIT. After surviving the earthquake, rebuilding his practice, and making the decision to help his fellow Haitians, Dr. Bordes truly leads by example. 

Tonight, we discussed some of our KAIROS moments. What are yours?