Univers Medical Center Opens with Haitian Staff in July 2008

After a week of staff orientation, the 24 recently-hired Haitian professional and support staff opened the doors of the clinic to patients on July 8, 2008. The flow of patients increased over the next couple weeks, and the staff began to function beautifully and independently. The clinic started seeing patients 30 to 40 hours per week.

Many people in the United States and Ouanaminthe have sacrificed time, talent, money, equipment and supplies to make this dream become reality.

Nurse Sheryl Jurich and Dr. Roger Jurich from Kentucky and Tennessee have spent 50 days on long and short mission trips to Ouanaminthe to help with staff interviews and hiring, selection of talents needed, and coordinating clinic matters with Dave Mann and Hugues Bastien. Sheryl said in a report, “one only has to see the pictures of the staff, a total Haitian staff, to sing the praises of our Lord and to know that…the people in Ouanaminthe…are being blessed above all we could ask or think.” Sheryl provided this scripture verse to cover the situation:

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory…forever and ever.”
Ephesians 3:20-21 NKJV