New Physical Therapy Center at Bethesda Medical Center - Haiti

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New Physical Therapy Center at Bethesda Medical Center - Haiti
Bill and Julie Edler, missionaries with One Mission Society, moved to Haiti in 2016 full time. Bill serves at Emmaus Biblical Seminary. Emmaus teaches, equips, and empowers the future leaders of the Haitian church. Julie, in addition to taking care of their two small children, works part-time as a physical therapist at Bethesda Medical Center (BMC).

Julie grew up in Bangor, Northern Ireland, and Bill is from Youngstown, Alberta, Canada. They met while serving with OMS in 2010 and were married in 2011.

Julie arrived in Haiti in 2014 and worked with Dr. Rodney Baptiste for one year at Bethesda. BMC is a ministry of One Mission Society. Haiti has a weak healthcare structure, with roughly 40 percent of the population lacking access to essential healthcare. Bethesda exists to provide this essential care. We treat between 100 - 150 patients per day, with many of these patients coming from far away and arriving at the clinic as early as 5 a.m. Each patient that walks through our doors hears the Word of God in morning devotions and our staff takes opportunities to share the Gospel and pray with patients as they feel led.
The mission statement: Bethesda Medical Center exists to evangelize and disciple through medical outreach and providing quality affordable health care to patients.
Julie added a much-needed service of PT for the patients. In 2016, Julie returned to Haiti with her family. Dr. Rodney had a vision for long-term care for PT services. In the summer of 2016, the plan was put together to start the project for the new PT building. The fund raising began. The idea was that the PT could help the people in Haiti and there wasn’t a PT center within five miles. The center can serve a large population. 
On Friday, December 29, 2017, Bethesda opened its new physical therapy department.
Many patients have stokes and are in pain. If people are coming for PT, they can also be treated for other needs provided here. Bethesda has different clinics, which run on varying days, including TB, HIV / AIDS, malnutrition, diabetes, antenatal, baby clinic, and community clinics. They will come for PT once a week, so you can build a relationship with them and share the Gospel of Jesus while treating their illness. 
The PT clinic is up and running. Our first team arrived on Jan 1 to start the new year. The greatest need is teaching the Haitians to step into this new role at the clinic. 





January, 2 – 5, the visiting team worked with patients and taught newly graduated students from a local PT school. The team also gave generously to the PT clinic by bringing many new supplies.

The need in Haiti is great, and not just for their physical needs. In a culture of Voodoo, many people come to ask for help for their pain, with the belief that it’s Satan’s power that is hurting them, through a witchdoctor’s curse or an angry spirit attacking them. Julie explains this widespread problem in her recent blog: The grip of Satan:  https://bjhaiti.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-grip-of-satan.html.

Julie says, “We had a special service with staff, missionaries, and even radio 4VEH. The building is beautiful and exactly what we need. Dr. Rodney was so proud that all the materials for the building were from Haiti and the building was designed and built by Haitians. Even some of our physio equipment was built in Haiti. He explained one of the biggest things a missionary can come and do is to train nationals and that is our goal for this new physio building. We want to employ a local Haitian physio technician who will work alongside me so that Bethesda can provide long-term physiotherapy services. Please pray for the funds we need to employ a PT tech and that God will give us wisdom in choosing the right person.”
Our prayers are that people will come to OMS-Bethesda for help that will set them free from pain and fear. Our job as missionaries is to train the Haitians to take our job. Will you partner in this mission? 
If you would like to support this need in Haiti, please consider a donation at:  https://onemissionsociety.org/give/Bethesda-Medical-Center.

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