Friends,
We’ve had quite the flurry of a week! Last Friday was such a special night at the PACE Center! Evening For Cause was a success and we raised awareness for four main causes doing good here in Denver Metro, as well as around the world. We not only raised awareness, but we also were able to raise over $10,000 for these causes.
Not even 48 hours later, a handful of us were heading to DIA to fly to Haiti. We flew through Miami to Port au Prince with all of our dental gear to go serve and help in Haiti after the hurricane.
We are visiting our dear friends with Believe in Haiti as well as Respire Haiti to provide dental care. However, this trip is very different in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. There are front line disaster responders from all over the world to assist in southwestern Haiti. Dame Marie and other villages are simply decimated from the storm. Oddly, many of the other governments helping have pulled out four days ago.
The Haitian government simply cannot handle all of the help that is needed here now. Many people are dying simply due to lack of aid. In fact, most of the aid currently is being provided by non-governmental organizations and non profits. Cholera is the big concern right now as so many are infected with no end in sight. The disease was not known until it was brought by Nepalese Earthquake relief helpers in 2010, so this is a new disease to deal with.
We’ve met some neat people including a guy named James from Sydney, Australia. He gave up six week s of his life to server here after previously offering his help six months ago fighting ISIS in the Middle East. We’ve also met a guy named Brad from AirTrans who is helping by offering plans to fly people and supplies where needed.
More coming soon as we head over to serve at Respire Haiti. Thank you for your prayers and support for Haiti as they recover from this hurricane.
Follow our bags! These bags are filled with dental supplies and other medical supplies for our week!
