Medical Ministry at Watermark

Watermark Medical Ministry Haiti Update February 18th

After our initial trip to Haiti in January and with some time to process our experience, I wanted to give you all an update regarding where we are talking about heading…

Mission of Hope (http://www.missionofhopehaiti.org/content), the mission we worked with in Haiti, is looking for long term partners.  They have a very well run and Christ-centered mission, including an outpatient clinic, orphanage, school, and a planned hospital.  They are about 10 miles outside of Port au Prince, and well positioned to be a strategic location as the city rebuilds.

Hill Country Bible Church in Austin has a long term partnership with Mission of Hope.  They coordinated the first trip that we were a part of, and have continued to coordinate multiple follow on trips.

Both Mission of Hope and Hill Country Bible are good long term partners, and we believe it is likely we can continue to work with them to bring medical teams to Haiti.

For those of you who are called to go in the near term, I recommend you contact Hill Country Bible at go@hcbc.com , as they continue to plan and send medical teams for week-long trips.  There is a need for surgical and medical skills, at all levels of skill from nursing to physician.  Also there is a growing need for physical therapy and wound care skills.

In the longer term, we are looking at a program to train and disciple young Haitians to be community health workers, initially with a focus on wound care, physical therapy, and use of prosthetics; and later training them in preventative health.  There would be opportunities for many short term trips over several years, with the vision of raising up the next generation of Haitian medical leaders.

I encourage you all to be in prayer over your involvement in these efforts.  Personally my short trip to Haiti has had a profound effect on my understanding of the Gospel and increased the depth of my love for Christ.  In the process of trying to follow Christ, I realized both my shortcomings, Christ’s incredible holiness, and my need for his grace.  I went to bring Christ to Haiti, and realized he was already there in very profound and significant ways; and what a joy it is to join him in his work.

As more plans come together, we will keep you all informed.

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