The 2nd Austin medical team is en route to Haiti via the Dominican Republic this morning.
Team members:
Tyler Goldberg, MD - orthopedic surgeon - Texas Orthopedics
Matt Crawford, DO - orthopedic surgeon - Westlake Orthopaedics
Meghal Mehta, MD - ER doctor - Emergency Service Partners - Seton Hospitals
Ellen Hatridge, MD - anesthesiologist - Austin Anesthesiology Group
Mahalia Smith, MD – internal medicine, wound care specialist -Houston, TX
Robert Knox, RN – Texas Orthopedics, surgical nurse
Amy Romer, RN - PICU, ER nurse
Kelly Harris, RN – ER nurse, member of Hill Country Bible Church
Jan Walters, RN – Austin Pain Associates/Stonegate Surgery Center
Tim Reese, RN – retired Army officer, VA clinic, Cedar Park
Sharon Depmore, LVN – Texas Orthopedics
Chris McAteer, CST – Austin Pain Associates/Stonegate Surgery Center
Jehona Tafilaj, CST – Brackenridge weekend trauma team
A huge thanks to Dr. Robert Wills, Austin Pain Associates for guidance in developing this team!
List courtesy of Texas Orthopedics Blog
The team is bringing six wound vacs, generously donated by KCI of San Antonio. These will be critical to the healing of the complex wounds that Mission of Hope is treating.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Tweets from Haiti
Bob King is serving at Mission of Hope: Haiti. He and his team left Austin on Jan. 21. Bob keeps us updated via Twitter on all that's happening on the ground.
A sign right outside a collapsed house..many folks did this in hopes that people would help them unbury their fam.
Meditating on Matthew 11:25.... Without the Resurrection...there is no hope!
Huge breakthrough! MOH has now become the only hospital in PAP to be able to do ORIF (open reduction internal fixation).
The military is is almost done approving a chopper landing zone at MOH. They will soon be airlifting patients in need of surgery to MOH!
Texas Ortho group just showed off again last night...they did the 1st hand reconnection sugery since the earthquake on a 16 year old girl!
Wonderful nurse brought a young man into our hospital...he was under the rubble and got hit with a pick from the rescuers.
I've been with Laurens Van der Mark most of the afternoon...he is one of the unsung heroes here at Mission of Hope...he knows how to get it done!
Meditating on Acts 6:1-7....this will be a key for MOH as they manage so many things while staying on mission. Their staff is 1st rate!
The Chief Medical Officer at the University of Miami has shown us much favor...probably could get little boy to Miami or the USS Comfort!
3rd military chopper with patients this morning...we are anxiously awaiting medical team 2!
for more tweets, follow Bob King on Twitter
A sign right outside a collapsed house..many folks did this in hopes that people would help them unbury their fam.Meditating on Matthew 11:25.... Without the Resurrection...there is no hope!
Huge breakthrough! MOH has now become the only hospital in PAP to be able to do ORIF (open reduction internal fixation).
The military is is almost done approving a chopper landing zone at MOH. They will soon be airlifting patients in need of surgery to MOH!
Texas Ortho group just showed off again last night...they did the 1st hand reconnection sugery since the earthquake on a 16 year old girl!
Wonderful nurse brought a young man into our hospital...he was under the rubble and got hit with a pick from the rescuers.
I've been with Laurens Van der Mark most of the afternoon...he is one of the unsung heroes here at Mission of Hope...he knows how to get it done!
Meditating on Acts 6:1-7....this will be a key for MOH as they manage so many things while staying on mission. Their staff is 1st rate!
The Chief Medical Officer at the University of Miami has shown us much favor...probably could get little boy to Miami or the USS Comfort!
3rd military chopper with patients this morning...we are anxiously awaiting medical team 2!
for more tweets, follow Bob King on Twitter
Friday, January 29, 2010
Big News
We need to get some huge news out....this CRAZY team just set up the first ORIF in the whole country! ORIF, which stands for Open Reduction Internal Fixation is a method of surgically repairing a fractured bone.
Also, we just did the 1st hand reconstruction surgery in Haiti.
The other hospitals are now finding out that we are the only hospital in Haiti capable of doing ORIFs which is big news. Now we’ll start getting transfers from other hospitals because of this capability.
This has been the “A Team”! These dudes rock!
-Bob King
Also, we just did the 1st hand reconstruction surgery in Haiti.
The other hospitals are now finding out that we are the only hospital in Haiti capable of doing ORIFs which is big news. Now we’ll start getting transfers from other hospitals because of this capability.
This has been the “A Team”! These dudes rock!
-Bob King
Only God Could Do This
Hill Country Bible Church Northwest enews
Download a pdf version to read the rest of Tim's enews.
Dear Church Family -
I cannot begin to tell you all the "only God could do this" events that have happened over the last several days regarding our relief efforts in Haiti. Each time something new happens, I just stop in my tracks in utter amazement at how God has connected the right people with the right skills at the right time to bring about miracles in Haiti. I wanted to give you an update...
Download a pdf version to read the rest of Tim's enews.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Follow Texas Orthopedics
It's been our honor to partner with Texas Orthopedics. Check out their blog for frequent updates from our medical teams in Haiti:
http://www.txortho.blogspot.com/
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Mission of Hope: Haiti
I could write for hours and not come close to capturing all that God has done that I have seen and heard thru my small eyes and tiny ears. I am just sitting in awe of our Father. This has been God’s story as he has used a cooperative effort involving dozens of churches and organizations and hundreds of people to accomplish the extraordinary. It has been a Kingdom effort by the church, medical community, and people of Austin.
Our partners Mission of Hope Haiti are dedicated to a long-term effort to rebuild Haiti and reach every man woman and child in Haiti.
-Chris
Live for Jesus
This young man was trapped under a building earlier this week and was at church today playing a solo on the sax, "Great is Thy Faithfulness." He said to us, "I used to live for me... I now can only live for Jesus!"
-Bob King (via twitter)
Nothing is Impossible
Medical supplies crowds the hallways at HCBCYesterday, God reminded us again that He can do the impossible. Our hallways were crowded with medical supplies on Saturday when we learned that “Hope for Haiti” in Belton, Texas had an opening on their cargo plane to airlift our supplies to Haiti. The catch? It must be inventoried, packed well, and labeled ASAP. God provided volunteers from dozens of places throughout the community, including Grace Covenant Church. Volunteers arrived and completed the “impossible” task by 3:30 pm. A donated moving truck and a covered cargo trailer left HCBC at 4:00 pm with all the donated supplies.
In total, 31 skids of medical supplies (22 tons) were shrink-wrapped and perfectly packed with an accurate shipping manifest. They will reach Haiti by early next week and be delivered to Mission of Hope’s compound all free of charge.
That same day, God miraculously provided 2 landing slots for Sunday afternoon directly into Port-au-Prince. Mission of Hope: Haiti fed more than 450,000 meals.
Friday
a volunteer labels medical equipment in the hallways of Hill Country Bible ChurchIn Austin
Starting at 9:30am, companies including Seton, Texas Orthopedic, Austin Radiology, Austin Samaritan, Cedar Park Regional, MD Anderson and Austin Pulmonary and Critical Care began bringing donations of medical supplies.
The hallways of HCBC were filled with more than $1,000,000 worth of medical supplies and equipment.
Volunteers from Austin Stone, Grace Covenant and several other churches and organizations jumped in. The volunteers inventoried and condensed boxes.
At 8pm, both jets were loaded with incredible drugs, equipment and supplies.
In Port-au-Prince
A logistical team of five men from HCBC arrives in the city.
Mission of Hope feeds more than 450,000 meals.
Airport
The airport building itself is cracking (photo by Bob King, in Haiti)The Haiti team made it to the airport.
Just waiting on those docs to land!
Sunday
Church service Sunday morning in Haiti
Team in Haiti reports bus broke down on the way to to airport to pick up docs....please pray. This morning they attended worship service at Mission of Hope Haiti compound with 800 kids and a handful of adults. Powerful stuff!
Friday, January 22, 2010
A Recap of God's Work
Friday/ 22nd
11:30am
Haiti. This time last week, it wasn't even on your mind. Today, the images of devastation flood our TV and computer screens and haunt our thoughts. The extent of the tragedy is so overwhelming that even the most trained military, medical and disaster relief experts don't know how to begin to help. As a church, we asked God, "What do you want us to do?" God answered us through a remarkable chain of events...
3:00 pm, Tuesday: Church leaders received a call from Haiti.
The pastor of one of our partner churches (in Florida) was in Haiti at a compound operated by *Mission of Hope Haiti. He was calling to ask HCBC for help. MOH has been serving Haiti for over a decade and was slated for a segment on "NBC Nightly News" that evening. With the welcome publicity came a problem: with only two volunteers in their stateside office, MOH was concerned they would be overwhelmed with calls once the story aired. Could we help on such short notice?
5:55 pm, Tuesday: HCBC staff and volunteers joined forces together and set up a phone bank and volunteers to field calls and assist in taking donations within two hours of MOH's request. The phones started ringing shortly after the story aired, and over $120,000 was raised via phones and website for MOH.
But God wanted us to get up close and personal with the people in Haiti. As we continued discussions with leaders at MOH, they told us the harsh reality: Logistics in Haiti are a nightmare. Their teams were exhausted from feeding over 100,000 people a day. Did we have people who could locate vehicles to assist with distribution of needed supplies? And the supplies themselves are scarce; could we send more desperately needed medical supplies? We answered these questions with "yes."
Wednesday morning: an HCBC member e-mails the church to say he has two private planes available and access to the airport in Port au Prince if we could supply the fuel. Could we use the planes? Again, we said "yes!"
6:00 pm, Wednesday: We held a conference call between local doctors and medical specialists and the medical team in Haiti to determine the biggest needs. By the end of the evening, we had assembled our first medical team and by Thursday morning, had a second team assembled. These teams will relieve exhausted medical personnel who have been serving in Haiti since the quake occurred.
6:30 am, Thursday: Five men (four from HCBC NW and one from HCBC Pflugerville) leave for Haiti via the Dominican Republic. Their goal is to purchase vehicles in the Dominican Republic and transport them to Haiti to help with distribution of supplies. While in Port au Prince, they will also work with MOH to develop an infrastructure to provide short and long term relief in the form of food, medicine and medical supplies and eventually, to rebuild Haiti.*
9:00 am, Friday: The HCBC team arrives safely in Port au Prince ready to get to work!
Saturday, January 23: We will deliver approximately 13 tons of donated medical supplies and send skilled medical personnel to Port au Prince via chartered flights (please let us know if you can give toward fuel costs!)
God connected our path with Mission of Hope Haiti at just the right time and brought forward individuals from within our church and around the nation who felt compelled to help. We urge you to pray for all those who will be directly serving and supporting Mission of Hope Haiti.
How can you be part of the ongoing story of hope for Haiti?
• Give. By giving, you will be helping finance medical teams and supply flights from Austin to Port au Prince. Give here.
• Volunteer. If you are available on Friday, January 22, to receive, inventory, condense, pack, transport, or load medical supplies then please e-mail us at go@hcbc.com or call 512-331-5050.
Go to www.hcbc.com/haiti for more details on how you can help bring hope to Haiti. May we bring glory to Jesus Christ as we make ourselves available to serve the people of Haiti.
-Tim
11:30am
Haiti. This time last week, it wasn't even on your mind. Today, the images of devastation flood our TV and computer screens and haunt our thoughts. The extent of the tragedy is so overwhelming that even the most trained military, medical and disaster relief experts don't know how to begin to help. As a church, we asked God, "What do you want us to do?" God answered us through a remarkable chain of events...
3:00 pm, Tuesday: Church leaders received a call from Haiti.
The pastor of one of our partner churches (in Florida) was in Haiti at a compound operated by *Mission of Hope Haiti. He was calling to ask HCBC for help. MOH has been serving Haiti for over a decade and was slated for a segment on "NBC Nightly News" that evening. With the welcome publicity came a problem: with only two volunteers in their stateside office, MOH was concerned they would be overwhelmed with calls once the story aired. Could we help on such short notice?
5:55 pm, Tuesday: HCBC staff and volunteers joined forces together and set up a phone bank and volunteers to field calls and assist in taking donations within two hours of MOH's request. The phones started ringing shortly after the story aired, and over $120,000 was raised via phones and website for MOH.
But God wanted us to get up close and personal with the people in Haiti. As we continued discussions with leaders at MOH, they told us the harsh reality: Logistics in Haiti are a nightmare. Their teams were exhausted from feeding over 100,000 people a day. Did we have people who could locate vehicles to assist with distribution of needed supplies? And the supplies themselves are scarce; could we send more desperately needed medical supplies? We answered these questions with "yes."
Wednesday morning: an HCBC member e-mails the church to say he has two private planes available and access to the airport in Port au Prince if we could supply the fuel. Could we use the planes? Again, we said "yes!"
6:00 pm, Wednesday: We held a conference call between local doctors and medical specialists and the medical team in Haiti to determine the biggest needs. By the end of the evening, we had assembled our first medical team and by Thursday morning, had a second team assembled. These teams will relieve exhausted medical personnel who have been serving in Haiti since the quake occurred.
6:30 am, Thursday: Five men (four from HCBC NW and one from HCBC Pflugerville) leave for Haiti via the Dominican Republic. Their goal is to purchase vehicles in the Dominican Republic and transport them to Haiti to help with distribution of supplies. While in Port au Prince, they will also work with MOH to develop an infrastructure to provide short and long term relief in the form of food, medicine and medical supplies and eventually, to rebuild Haiti.*
9:00 am, Friday: The HCBC team arrives safely in Port au Prince ready to get to work!
Saturday, January 23: We will deliver approximately 13 tons of donated medical supplies and send skilled medical personnel to Port au Prince via chartered flights (please let us know if you can give toward fuel costs!)
God connected our path with Mission of Hope Haiti at just the right time and brought forward individuals from within our church and around the nation who felt compelled to help. We urge you to pray for all those who will be directly serving and supporting Mission of Hope Haiti.
How can you be part of the ongoing story of hope for Haiti?
• Give. By giving, you will be helping finance medical teams and supply flights from Austin to Port au Prince. Give here.
• Volunteer. If you are available on Friday, January 22, to receive, inventory, condense, pack, transport, or load medical supplies then please e-mail us at go@hcbc.com or call 512-331-5050.
Go to www.hcbc.com/haiti for more details on how you can help bring hope to Haiti. May we bring glory to Jesus Christ as we make ourselves available to serve the people of Haiti.
-Tim
Pouring In
Thursday/ 21st
7:15pm
Another Amazing Day!
In less than 24 hours we have seen an amazing response. We have 18 medical staff leaving on 2 planes with 2 pilots that have donated their time. We will have the highest priority medical supplies aboard from several places throughout Austin. The entire city has come behind this! Thanks to many of you who have been putting in many hours and making sacrifices for the cause!
Mission of hope passed out over 390,000 meals yesterday, that's almost double the U.N.'s goal for yesterday!
The teams of volunteers have been amazing! Keep Praying!
-Chris
7:15pm
Another Amazing Day!
In less than 24 hours we have seen an amazing response. We have 18 medical staff leaving on 2 planes with 2 pilots that have donated their time. We will have the highest priority medical supplies aboard from several places throughout Austin. The entire city has come behind this! Thanks to many of you who have been putting in many hours and making sacrifices for the cause!
Mission of hope passed out over 390,000 meals yesterday, that's almost double the U.N.'s goal for yesterday!
The teams of volunteers have been amazing! Keep Praying!
-Chris
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Almost There
Thursday/ 21st
4:45pm
We'd ask that everyone stop and pray at 6:20pm Central Time tonight.
Pray specifically for the team's trip to Haiti, safety during their travel, and for the medical teams leaving this weekend.
- Asa
4:45pm
We'd ask that everyone stop and pray at 6:20pm Central Time tonight.
Pray specifically for the team's trip to Haiti, safety during their travel, and for the medical teams leaving this weekend.
- Asa
Medical Teams Planned
Thursday/ 21st
9:45am
What a day! The call center has wrapped up. More than $120k was raised for Mission of Hope Haiti. 5 HCBC men headed out at 6:30am this morning to take over the logistics and distribution at the Mission of Hope Haiti and to deliver needed resources and supplies.
Last night we gathered with local doctors and medical personnel and spoke with the medical crew on the ground with Mission of Hope Haiti. We will be sending 2 medical teams and up to 26,000 lbs of medical supplies out on Saturday.
We also would love partners in funding these efforts. Each chartered flight (9 passengers plus 6.5 tons of cargo) will cost about $21k round trip in fuel. People can give directly to this at www.hcbc.com
HCBC NW will also be the gathering point for the medical supplies. Volunteers are needed Thursday and Friday to Receive, Inventory, Condense, Pack, Transport and Load the medical supplies. Please pass the word. Volunteers can email go@hcbc.com or call 512 331 5050. Work will be from 9am to about 6pm Thursday 21st and Friday the 22nd. We also plan to pack the plane Friday night.
-Chris
9:45am
What a day! The call center has wrapped up. More than $120k was raised for Mission of Hope Haiti. 5 HCBC men headed out at 6:30am this morning to take over the logistics and distribution at the Mission of Hope Haiti and to deliver needed resources and supplies.
Last night we gathered with local doctors and medical personnel and spoke with the medical crew on the ground with Mission of Hope Haiti. We will be sending 2 medical teams and up to 26,000 lbs of medical supplies out on Saturday.
We also would love partners in funding these efforts. Each chartered flight (9 passengers plus 6.5 tons of cargo) will cost about $21k round trip in fuel. People can give directly to this at www.hcbc.com
HCBC NW will also be the gathering point for the medical supplies. Volunteers are needed Thursday and Friday to Receive, Inventory, Condense, Pack, Transport and Load the medical supplies. Please pass the word. Volunteers can email go@hcbc.com or call 512 331 5050. Work will be from 9am to about 6pm Thursday 21st and Friday the 22nd. We also plan to pack the plane Friday night.
-Chris
Take Off
Thursday/ 21st
6:30am
A team of men from HCBC left today for Haiti via the Dominican Republic. Bob is leading this team to support Mission of Hope Haiti and scope out future missions and redevelopment projects for this ministry. You may have seen NBC's Nightly News Story on Mission of Hope.
Please pray for safe travels, and for God to open opportunities for the Gospel to be shared with the broken and hurting.
Today especially: Please pray for pathways to open for them to purchase the vehicles needed to help with distribution of supplies. They discovered this morning that a national holiday begins today in the Dominican Republic where they land this evening, and where they intended to purchase vehicles to drive to Haiti!
Please pray that our team would be a source of strength and encouragement to the folks who have been on the ground since the earthquake, and that God’s supernatural strength and energy would infuse them all to save lives and help mend wounded hearts.
The men on this trip include:
Bob: our intrepid adventurer and senior team leader
Wayne : licensed professional counselor with expertise in trauma work and international business
Matthew and Jonathan: 3rd world experience, business administration, entrepreneurial and creative thinkers, strategic and logistics problem solvers.
Ray: military logistics and distribution background, large airport management background. 3rd world experience.
Bob and the team will be blogging here, as updates come in.
You can find more information here.
-Amy
6:30am
A team of men from HCBC left today for Haiti via the Dominican Republic. Bob is leading this team to support Mission of Hope Haiti and scope out future missions and redevelopment projects for this ministry. You may have seen NBC's Nightly News Story on Mission of Hope.
Please pray for safe travels, and for God to open opportunities for the Gospel to be shared with the broken and hurting.
Today especially: Please pray for pathways to open for them to purchase the vehicles needed to help with distribution of supplies. They discovered this morning that a national holiday begins today in the Dominican Republic where they land this evening, and where they intended to purchase vehicles to drive to Haiti!
Please pray that our team would be a source of strength and encouragement to the folks who have been on the ground since the earthquake, and that God’s supernatural strength and energy would infuse them all to save lives and help mend wounded hearts.
The men on this trip include:
Bob: our intrepid adventurer and senior team leader
Wayne : licensed professional counselor with expertise in trauma work and international business
Matthew and Jonathan: 3rd world experience, business administration, entrepreneurial and creative thinkers, strategic and logistics problem solvers.
Ray: military logistics and distribution background, large airport management background. 3rd world experience.
Bob and the team will be blogging here, as updates come in.
You can find more information here.
-Amy
A Phone Call From Haiti
Tuesday-19th
At 3:15 this afternoon we discovered our ministry partner in Haiti needed a national call center set up to receive responses to a story that was going to air on NBC Nightly News at 5:30.
In less than two hours we had a phone number up on multiple web sites and ready for NBC, call center operational with 10 volunteers and 8 staff, access to cover the partner’s e-mail traffic and receive contributions, transferred the partners phone service to the call center here, voicemail service initiated, multiple meetings rescheduled out of the call center room, training and dinner for the workers and started lining up how we can get some additional strategic people and supplies on the ground there in the next couple of days.
-Doug
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