This past Sunday, yesterday, my church had a visiting priest who has served the last 16 years as a missionary in Haiti. While having a visiting missionary is usual for us, what was not usual was the plain and graphic description he gave of his area and its people. Most visiting missionaries want to alarm us, while not making us too uncomfortable. This guy was different. He even admitted he didn't like Haiti, but that was where he was called to do His work. When he finished everyone was whipping out the checkbooks for the second collection (our donation to his mission). The irony being that he came right out and said that if we gave him $1,000,000 it wouldn't help. He suggested that we pray - real hard - to support his mission.
I had no idea that children in Haiti only have a 50% chance of making it past the age of 5. And that some mothers mix mud with sugar to make a "cake" to feed their children - not knowing that the mud contains the very parasites that later kill the child. Their bloated stomachs being bloated by worms. Gives a whole new meaning to let 'em eat cake.
There are people who try to do something about this, and one of those is Dan Sweigert, a contracts administrator for the Pinnacle Health System in Harrisburg, PA. Dan, and some associates, volunteer their time and efforts to provide medical equipment for a medical mission in Haiti.
God bless you Dan and anybody helping you. You are all doing the good work. I'm proud to have people like you in our profession. You're in our prayers, but let's see what else we can do to fill the needs.
If anyone can help, or wants to obtain a copy of current needs, Dan can be contacted at dsweigert@pinnaclehealth.org . A little time may save a life.
I had no idea that children in Haiti only have a 50% chance of making it past the age of 5. And that some mothers mix mud with sugar to make a "cake" to feed their children - not knowing that the mud contains the very parasites that later kill the child. Their bloated stomachs being bloated by worms. Gives a whole new meaning to let 'em eat cake.
There are people who try to do something about this, and one of those is Dan Sweigert, a contracts administrator for the Pinnacle Health System in Harrisburg, PA. Dan, and some associates, volunteer their time and efforts to provide medical equipment for a medical mission in Haiti.
God bless you Dan and anybody helping you. You are all doing the good work. I'm proud to have people like you in our profession. You're in our prayers, but let's see what else we can do to fill the needs.
If anyone can help, or wants to obtain a copy of current needs, Dan can be contacted at dsweigert@pinnaclehealth.org . A little time may save a life.
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