Judson, is doing great. He is healthy and well and now at home with his forever family.

Thank you to the Embassy and all of the doctors, hospitals, host parents who helped to save his life.

Carley Update

Look at our Girl Carley,

Growing, walking and even running. She has come so far. She is getting even more surgery at this time but never complains.

I am Sorry

Dear Friends,

I am so sorry that this has not been kept up. I always worry that I will not phrase something right or that there will be miss spelled words. Well No more. What you see is what you get. I am going to try to update this every month. More if possible. Does anyone know if there is a way for me to upload a word document on here? If so please send me directions. I am not very good with the Internet. love to all Momma V

Help Haiti with the Click of a Mouse!

There are lots of ways you can help Haiti without leaving your computer! Here are just a few ways that will assist AMH with our work in Haiti.

1. Goodsearch.com - everytime you search or shop through goodsearch.com, they donate money to AMH! Just go to goodsearch.com, type "Angel Missions Haiti" in the box under "Who do you goodsearch for?" and click verify. Then search! Or shop through many popular e-retailers (like Target, Ebay, and Barnes and Noble) - a portion of your purchase will go back to AMH. We have only been using goodsearch since May, but our combined searches and purchases are already adding up!

2. Givingoflife.com - vote for AMH to win a grant of up to $50,000! This is a grant for ministries that "give life" to others. You can vote only once, but you can get four or five votes.

3. Fuelinggood.com - vote for AMH to win a $5,000 gas card from Citgo! You can vote once a day until August11th.

These funds would all be a great help to AMH to further our impact in Haiti, but we can't do it without you! Please take a couple minutes to do one or all of these things!

Chrisno

Hi to all, Thank you to all who came out or donated to help Chrisno get his next surgery. It will be next month in California. Darlene and Will are both happy and a little scared as any of us would be if our child had to undergo yet another major Brain Surgery. Please keep them in your prayers.

I will try to post photos of the event. We could not have done this without all of the loving caring support of so many. Dave and Patty opened their home and farm, all had a great time. Even the rain could not stop us. Thank you again. love V

Can not get the photos to upload will keep trying.

Packing Shipping Containers

Hi All,

We are once again receiving a gift of used school equipment.   After our earthquake last year less than 50% of  schools that came down in the quake have been rebuilt.  Considering on about 10% of the Haitian children even had a school to go to before the quake is unthinkable. 

We are in the process of opening a new school in the village of Jolivert.  This area has NO school and never has.   The donation of this school furniture will be shared all across Haiti.  We Thank the Plain City School District for there donation.  If anyone in Ohio wants to help us load on Monday please call or email Vanessa for directions.   We plan to pack 8 shipping containers in 8-10 hours. 

More to come about our new school.  love V

Baby Marck in need of prayer

This is the latest update from Baby Marck's host mother please keep him in prayer

I am writing with a difficult update about Marck. You may recall that in my last update I said that Marck was having some stomach issues. Within a day or two of my email to you, Marck was constantly vomiting and we took him to the ER. In the ER, he had blood work done. All of the blood work numbers came back very low. Marck was admitted to the hospital and underwent testing to rule out leukemia. He had a bone marrow biopsy and 2 blood transfusions. Additionally, blood work was taken to test for a number of odd viruses. Marck was discharged after 4 days and doing much better. There was no diagnosis at the time as many of the test results had not returned. One day later, Marck's biopsy site became infected. Again, he was admitted to the hospital. It became clear that his body was having difficulty fighting the infection due to his low blood cell count. He was again given a blood transfusion and a round of 4 different antibiotics. Marck did fight through and was discharged after 5 days. We also received the results of some of the tests. Marck tested positive for a common virus called HHV 6 (commonly called roseola). Everyone has come in contact with the virus by the time they are adults. Some individuals have a rare response to the virus and it can result in bone marrow suppression. It now seems that this may be the reason for Marck's low blood count. Marck's infection (at the biopsy site) is healed and he is improving, but we still see some signs of sickness. Marck is being closely monitored by a pediatric hematology/oncology team and is receiving excellent care. The virus should go away on its own and we should continue to see improvement. In the meantime, Marck has a PICC line to make regular blood draws and IV antibiotics easier.


Additionally, Marck will have his regularly scheduled EUA of his left eye and measurement of his right eye on next Tuesday. Unless something in his health changes between now and then, he should be fine to undergo those procedures.

-Melissa

Baby Jamie

Hi,

I know there are those of you who have been awaiting an update on Baby Jamie.  He arrived in the US on Friday May 20.  I have had a hard time though trying to write this Blog and show his photos.  As you all know we work for God, these are his children first and he loves them and cares for them more than we could ever imagine. 

Jamie is very close to my heart as so many of the orphaned children are.   His full assessment though was worse than we had thought.  Baby Jamie will have surgery for a G-tube, this will help him to get the needed medications to keep him comfortable.   However he can not have surgery to heal his brain.  So we will do everything humanly possible to keep him pain free until God takes him home. 

Baby Jamie 7 months old only 10 pounds

Please continue to keep Baby Jamie in your prayers, along with all of the children in need of medical care all over Haiti.   We thank you for your support.  love Momma V

Adriano has had a tough time but he is doing better and headed home soon

Judson

Baby Marck, born blind, brought to the US and operated on right away. Look at how great he is doing, he has a wonderful loving host family

Photos of the kids

Look at Carly go. She is doing so well.

AMH has been working very hard since the quake. We have helped with Medical teams both sugical and general practice come to Haiti to help.

At the present we have the following children here getting medcial care:
Carly Delva getting help with braces and learning to walk.

Marck Jonis - has had many surgeries on his eyes. One eye did not take but he now has sight in his other eye. We will continue with his medical treatments.

Judson Candy is in Washington State, his care continues as the doctors have been left stumpted as to what is causing his medical issues.

Adriano Victor had his heart surgery and recovered very well. He was on his way home to Haiti and had other complications with his feeding come up. Adriano has now been cleared to return to Haiti once again and will be reunited with his mother, father and siblings in June.

Sebastien Janvier will return to Haiti this saturday (5/28/2011) He has had his two surgeries and recovered well. We pray Sebastien will have no further complications. We know he is ready to get back with his family who love and have missed him.

Dear Friends and Family,

I am sorry, that we have been away from posting for so long. There is no excuse, we let the earthquake get in the way and have stayed to busy. I am truly sorry.

UPDATE:

AMH continues to grow. We have been able to process medical visa's since the quake and many children have been able to return to their parents and life in Haiti.

I will try to give you an update of each please feel free to email me at Vanessa@angelmissions.org with any specific questions of any child we will do our best to let you know how they are doing.

fist up Vanessa Mesidor, is home with her family and so happy. She is healthy and walking everywhere, has energy and a zest for life that her family has never seen in her.

Host Family needed

Hi Everyone, We have a need for a loving Christian family in the Daytona Beach area. This would be for 3-4 months while he is having life changing surgery.

Please contact Tami Shobe if you or anyone you know would like to host this little boy.

Tami Shobe 419-568-2893 or Tami@angelmissions.org

She will be able to give you an application and all the information regarding hosting a Haitian child.

As all of you know we are coming up on the first anniversary of January 12, 2010 earthquake. So many died, so many were left with major medical problems. Please continue to keep all of Haiti in your prayers.

As we start out this new year AMH is working on a few new projects.
1) the Web site is being redone and the blog will be incorporated with it.
2) We now have 17 children that need sponsors for schooling. This costs $25. a month
3) We have many new children that need to come to the US but getting Haitian passports is almost impossible any more.
4) We had to cancel our first two teams for January due to the polictical problems. But have 4 mission teams set up so far for the spring and summer.
5) Tom and I are looking into working all summer in Haiti with the start of our new school in Julivert.
6) Surgery Center is still on hold pending getting steal in place for the thrid floor.

Haiti needs more schools and feeding programs for the children. We are aware of this and in prayer about what God would have us do to help the children in Port-au-Prince. Land is expensive and building takes a long time now. Please be in prayer with us.

All my love, Vanessa

Hi Everyone,

So much to report do not know where to begin. Blessings to all of you during this time of our Lord. I rejoice in all of the wonderful people who want to help AMH next year in Haiti and in the US.

As the end of this year draws near, I can not tell you where the time has gone. One day I was packing to go to Haiti, the next the earth quake and then this year has went by in a flash.

Last week Vanessa Mesidor moved in to our home. She is the heart patient who had surgery in October. She is doing great and will stay with us until the Cholera has calmed down. The fear is if she goes home to soon and has not had enough time for her heart to heal completely. I now have 4 -16 year old's at my house??? Everyone is getting along great.

One of my Haitian sons also made it to the US for Christmas. Bill Nathan is here visiting and resting. He has been on tour with the Resurrection Dance Theater raising funds to rebuild St. Josephs home for boys and Wings of Hope home for Handicapped and mentally challenged children. If you are looking for a special Christmas present may I suggest donating to the rebuilding of these two great homes who help so many children.

Please continue to pray for our children in need of medical visa's. The Haitian Government has not been issuing passports for the last 3 months. We have many children and doctors lined up that are all on hold until the Haitian Government gets back to running smoothly.

Blessings to everyone. love V

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone

Hi I am sorry for the delay in writing to everyone. I will try to make it up with a few different post that need to get out there.

First Thank you for your prayers and for the Wonderful medical team from Maine who came down to Haiti to help with the Cholera outbreak. It was very scarry when we found our selves traped in Limbe outside of Cap Haitian. But God was with us all through the whole experience and lead a team to get us out.

For those of you who do not know of what I am speaking here is a short version of what happened:

On November 11, we were contact in Port au Prince and asked if we could re direct our medical team of 5 doctors to a Cholera site that was very short handed. The team discussed it and we decided to go. We were flown by UN Helicopter to Cap Haitian and then driven to Limbe to a small hospital Good Samaritian, they were down to a staff of one doctor and 2 nurses. They had over 200 Cholera patients and more coming in the door day and night. We jumped in and went to work. Day and night we helped with the paitients children, mothers, fathers, grandparents, they came in in groups whole families sick and having walked for hours and miles to get to the small hospital. We slept when we could, would get a little rest then right back to it. We had been asked to only stay until Monday, monday came and riots against the UN due to Cholera out break and so many people dieing. We were stuck at the Hopsital compound and told not to leave. They thought they could fly us out the next day. Tuesday came and No flights. I called and ordered my Haitian Staff back to Port au Prince as they were working in another Cholera area in Gonaives. Instead they and two Missionairys came to our rescue. They had brought supplies to the Hospital where we were to get into Limbe through the blockaids. Now to get out they hired local men to ride with us and talk there way out. Nine blockaids later and much tention we made it safley to National 1 to get us to Port au Prince. These wonderful Missionaries took there truck filled it up had a flat on the way up and broke down one mile from their home, these angels sent by God would not take a penny from us. They said that God told them to go into battle in his name to rescue us and I BELIVE THEM. We made it to their house where the mission team there helped to prepare food for all of us. We had a wonderful meal, water for showers, and beds for the night. The next morning the rented a truck to take us to Port au Prince and came with us to make sure we had safe passage. What amazing men of God. Part way to Port the Embassy Convoy met us to also make sure we had safe passage to Port, we were able to get to the house pack all the doctors bags and everyone made there scheduled flight. If God had not sent them we would still be trapped in Limbe. As Haiti is undergoing a lot of tention right now with Cholera and the elections.

Please continue to pray for our rescuers and all the Haitian People. Love Vanessa

Hurricane Tomas

Blessings to all. Yes, we all made it through the hurricane, some better than others. In Port au Prince, you never would have known that we even had a hurricane. However, in other areas the outcome was not as good. Jacmel had some flooding, and the road to Jacmel from Port au Prince is impassable at this time due to a mudslide.

Pestel and our friends, Sister Jo and Sister Fedilas, got hit hard. Their report states that there was a lot of damage due to high winds and the rain. Flooding, deaths, homes destroyed, the farmers' crops destroyed, and plantain trees ripped out by the roots. This is already a very poor area, and it is very hard to access this area. Most Haitians living here make less than 1 US dollar a day. Many families live together and survive on what they can get out of the land. With crops gone the sisters are very worried that many will starve to death this winter.

This country has already had the worst earthquake in history, killing more than 300,000 people and leaving an estimated 1,500,000 people living in tents, then 3 weeks ago a cholera outbreak that continues to spread across the country, now a hurricane.

I can not access email and have had to send this to someone to put on the blog. I am sorry, but we have limited to no electricity right now. We are all fine just working very hard.

Please continue to pray for all of the people of Haiti. More to come as soon as we can upload from Haiti.

In Christ's love and service, Vanessa

We arrived safely in Port au Prince yesterday.   Today and tomorrow we are purchasing meds, IV fluids, and tubing supplies to take out to Dr. Joey.  Right now, we are in Port making up rehydration bottles to take out.  . . water bottles with 8 tsp sugar and 1 tsp salt.   We are trying to use our time wisely.    After seeing the report from the US military, Kez does not know how we are not having a major outbreak here in Port.  Every day she spends her days going to different places to educate how not to get cholera and what to do if you do get it. 

Below is an update that we received from Dr. Joey about conditions.   Please pray that a truck comes our way.  Not having transportation in Haiti is crippling.  Love V

 From Dr. Joey --

Yesterday we worked at a place call Douin, which is about 18 miles away from Lester. It's hard to believe the number of cholera cases that we found. We finished working at 7 pm, not because we saw all the patients, but because we didn't have a projector to work through the night. We first stopped at the nearest hospital, which is about 30 minutes drive from the next village, where we worked and had to share some of our materials and medicines, because they were all out. In that particular hospital, which you will see in the pictures, over 30 people have died in the past 3 days. When we arrived in the village of Douin, most of the people that were sick were unable to walk to the hospital, and because the road is so bad we had to rehydrate them on the spot and use the tree branches as iv poles. One of our objectives is to keep the outbreak from reaching Lester and St Marc. At this point, we can use all the help that we can get. There's another village further down that we weren't able to reach because of flood and the 4by4 truck couldn't make it, so imagine those who have to walk to the hospital. So we have no idea of the number of victims there are in that village. At this point, we can't be sure of  how many people have died from the disease, although the news has shown some numbers. The crew that helped me in that trip is with a group call OPERATION GOD BLESSING. What we need the most is to buy iv's, oral rehydration kits, and some antibiotics. Please let me know your thoughts. I will work all this week in that region. We are also doing a lot education with the population.