Lifeline took its first team (a team of doctors) to La Gonave Island, off the coast of Haiti, to hold a clinic at the mission of Pastors Benis and Dominique Guerrier. The Guerriers are missionaries from Florida and have been living full time in Haiti since February. They have already started a church, school and have more projects in the works.
The very early morning boat ride to La Gonave was exciting, watching the main island fade behind us and having no idea what to expect ahead. A missionary captain steered us through the unusually choppy waters.
We arrived two hours later-- all wet, some seasick-- but ready for the next leg of our adventure. We loaded about twenty people and at least six crates of medical supplies on two small rusty trucks and two small SUVS and began the ascent to the tip top of the island to the town of Mapua. The roads we took were more like donkey paths, boulder piles, and flood ponds but by the grace of God and our expert drivers we arrived at the Guerrier mission.
The children ended school early so that we could convert the school rooms into doctor's office's. We set up clinic right away and served over a hundred children and adults from the community.
Please continue to pray for Pastors Benis and Dominique Guerrier. Benis grew up in this very village but lived his adult life in the US. Years later, he felt called back as a missionary to his people. He took his wife, a New York native, and their three children to move to Haiti full time last February. They have done so much for their community already. Lifeline has been helping provide Kids Against Hunger food to the village children and hopes to continue to find new ways to partner with the Guerrier's mission.
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