An e-mail letter from Samaritan's Purse Canada, received last week-
Dear M,
Although you have been back from Haiti for a number of weeks now, we just wanted to send you another email to thank you again for serving with Samaritan’s Purse in our medical clinics. I hope that you were blessed and encouraged as you worked alongside people from many backgrounds in our clinics and that you felt the Lord’s presence with you as you worked so hard. The staff based here in Calgary have certainly been praying for each of our volunteers, for the team in Haiti, and for the Haitian people. Although a short email cannot appropriately express our gratitude for your willingness to use the gifts and skills the Lord has given you to serve in this way, I still wanted to send you this message to say ‘thank you’ personally.
At Samaritan’s Purse, we recognize that everyone processes the intensity of an experience such as your time Haiti differently. We would like to give you the opportunity to connect with one of our team members, Becky Matchullis, who has a background in nursing and who has travelled to Haiti over the past year to support and encourage our Samaritan’s Purse team on the ground there. I have included a brief bio below and she will follow up with you over the next week or so. This may be a brief conversation, just sharing a few highlights and challenges of your time in Haiti, or it may be longer – it is up to you – and we just wanted to provide you with support as you have returned home and jumped back into your life here in Canada.
Well acquainted with life changes, cross cultural adaptation and international transitions, Becky was raised in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Canada, where she attended boarding, international and public schools. She spent 6 years working as a nurse with critically ill patients and their families in ICU. She has lived in Indonesia, Cambodia, eastern and western Canada as an adult. Becky is a member of the Samaritan’s Purse Spiritual Care Team and often offers training and debriefing to field staff and volunteers who have served with Samaritan’s Purse Canada.
Thank you again for serving with Samaritan’s Purse and may the Lord richly bless you for your willingness to have done so!
Kindly,
C
