As I sit here tonight and realize all that has happened since I last wrote, it seems like months ago although it is only days. March 5 we had our 4th annual banquet and we are so thankful to all our supporters. We have received so much love and support from our fellow healthcare workers, missionaries, pastors, and friends. They have been with us every step of the way. Most of all we are thankful to our Lord Jesus Christ who has provided us the avenue for all things good even when we ourselves did not know which way to go.
Since our last trip we have been organizing for our next trip which will leave this saturday March 13th. There are 13 people on this trip and they are so excited. I was present as our new Hearts Afire team leader was organizing his team at the last team meeting. This is the first time that Hearts Afire has sent any other team leader other than the founders to head a team. We are extremely proud of James Lohmann who has proven to truly be a strong leader in all ways. He has participated in 15 missions with Hearts Afire and has organized all our medications and supplies since 2006. He has been our volunteer inventory coordinator and believe me he has volunteered many 100′s if not 1000 hours plus in all his efforts. We are very excited because he will continue to support Hearts Afire efforts in Petit Goave. They will again be working initially on the Wesleyan compound and then move to our new location at a new clinic opening just in time for us. Our team will fly right into Port-au-Prince and then drive to Petit Goave.
We are thankful to Harvest Tabernacle ministries who is helping host a special program at Riverview High School this Sunday march 14th at 3pm-6pm. This fundraiser is Hope for Haiti where they will be raising money for 3 wonderful organizations working in Haiti one of which is ours. They are hosting a great afternoon of Jazz and the Arts.
Hearts Afire has also hired our new employee Lynnette Haskins who will be our new project coordinator. We are thankful to God for growing us big enough that we can get some more help for Barb and the office. We look forward to what God has in store for us.
Dr. V (aka Vilma Vega MD)
About Vilma Vega, M.D.
