This Global Partners assignment is with the brand spanking new School of Nursing, The Wesleyan University of Haiti on the island of LaGonave. Once again, Larry will be teaching computer. Marty will be teaching a foundational Bible class.
The nursing school has been the dream of several visionaries for years. One, Janice Cotrone, is the prime mover and make-it-happen guru. An RN herself, Janice took the ball and ran with it when it became a real possibility a couple years ago, with the establishment of the new Wesleyan Hospital. She is still running, now with the goal clearly within reach. With several years of living in Haiti under her belt as a missionary nurse, Janice has contacts on the island; and, as a doctoral student at Indiana Wesleyan University, she has contacts in a well-respected nursing school in that American university. Add very enthusiastic cheerleaders in her husband and son, boundless energy and vision, a beautiful can-do attitude and - best of all - a realized and accepted call from God along with His enabling, Janice is accomplishing a Herculean task.
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| Janice Cotrone, RN, Dean School of Nursing, The Wesleyan University of Haiti |
And, it looks like the Lord is honoring the vision. Just too exciting! With the partnership of Indiana Wesleyan University; several student scholarships provided by Compassion, International, as well as some given privately; faculty from IWU, Taylor University, medical and academic professionals, the first freshman class of 30 is slated to launch October 1. When this group finishes in four years, they will be prepared to sit for boards in the states as well as in Haiti.
"Without a (God given) vision, the people perish." (Proverbs 29:18)
The vision of The Wesleyan University of Haiti,
with its fledgling school of nursing, is becoming
the reality -
and the people, Lord willing,
will not perish
but will flourish!
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