Traveling back to Haiti March 12-19, 2011

Our next team departs on Friday, March 11 to rendevous in Miami before leaving on the early flight to Port au Prince Saturday morning. Our team includes Terry Franzen and Gwen Seeliger, Christ Church, Norcross, GA, a group from St. John's , Minneapolis, MN, including Dr. Dianne Pizey, Russ Stephens, and Bill Peterson, Dianne's friend - Rev. Ward Bauman, director of the House of Prayer, Collegeville, MN, his daughter Suzanne Bauman from San Francisco, his sister Karen Cook also from northern California, Terry's friend - Nurse Carole Miller from St. Thomas, Coral Gables, FL, and Terry's friend - Dr. Bob Rosenthal from Washington, DC. We will work with a Haitian doctor and Haitian nursing students at our clinics. Terry and Dianne have traveled to Haiti together many times. Russ has gone on one trip with them. Welcome back! Everyone else from the US is new to the group, and new to Haiti, I believe. Our plan is to get our meds prepared Saturday after we are settled at the Hopital St. Croix Guesthouse in Leogane and Sunday after church and lunch at St. John's partner St. Phillipe and St. Jacques. Then Monday we will staff a clinic at the in Gressier at St. Phillippe and St. Jacques followed by two clinics on Tuesday and Wednesday at Christ Church's partner, St. Joseph of Arimethea in Jasmin. We hope to return to visit each school on Thursday and Friday. We also plan to meet with Pere Kesner Ajax, the head of the Partnership Program for the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti on Friday. Of course, we will be working with our partnership priest, Pere Kerwin Delicat throughout the week.  Please pray for our safe and successful journey to our Haitian friends and then a safe return to our families. I will do my best to post daily during our trip. So, check back for updates! Terry