Much deserved praise and gratitude has been expressed over the last couple of weeks about the visiting doctors from Samaritan's Purse, HCJB Global, and ISOH/IMPACT (who went to serve at Double Harvest, a partnering ministry). But we cannot begin to illustrate the heroic dedication and self-sacrifice of our Haitian doctors and nurses who are working hand in hand with the visiting medical teams.

Dr. Bernard, Dr. Claude Louis and our team of nurses have worked around the clock since the earthquake struck, caring for their injured neighbors. These medical servants have suffered their own losses of friends and property. Our own community health doctor, Dr. Agenor, who died in the earthquake, was a close friend to Dr. Bernard and Dr. Clause Louis, and yet they have not had a moment's rest to grieve his loss.

Our hospital staff have stayed out of the limelight, quietly attending to neverending the needs of their countrymen. They pray for their patients, dressing their wounds, resetting fractured bones and speaking words of encouragement.

When the earthquake hit, it only took a few hours for these doctors and nurses to realize they would need all the help they could get. And when generous organizations sent their medical volunteers, they were welcomed with open arms. Across cultures, languages and borders, doctors and nurses from the US and Haiti are working hand in hand to heal their patients.

This level of servanthood is simply an earthly expression of the example given to us by Jesus Christ, the Divine Healer. And nothing makes us more grateful as a Christian organization than to see the gospel at work in our hospital, to see the word of God with such deep roots in the hearts and lives of the people.

Thank you for the role you've played in encouraging our Haitian medical team through your gifts of prayer and financial support. You are as vital a part of our medical ministry as the doctors and nurses who make their rounds hour after hour.

You can keep the relief efforts moving forward