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The Story of Lynne-Vie After four trips to Haiti, Columbia Pharmacist and Minister Randy Brown and his best friend thought they'd never be needed there again. But the earthquake January 12, 2010, changed that. What follows is the story, the writer says, of the Hand of God working through some remarkable circumstances to let a young Haitian amputee walk again. The story shows, the writer says, that "We all can see miracles every day if we will just pay attention. This just doesn't only happen in Haiti, but it can happen in Columbia, too. Click on headline for story plus photo(s) to be posted by Janella Brown Well, I guess it all started when Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana. I know that seems an odd place to start when this story is about a girl from Haiti, but that's when it began for Randy. He felt God's call to go help in some capacity and somehow my pharmacist husband and our friend Vinger Bennett ended up in Louisiana cutting fallen trees for people who had hurricane damage. And there he met Lonnie Nolt from Ohio. Now, fast forward to January 12, 2010 and the earthquake that devastates Haiti. As many of you know, Randy had been to Ouanaminthe, Haiti four times since 2006. He worked with a Christian medical group out of Eastern Kentucky at a clinic and school in Ouanaminthe set up by Hugues Bastien (who is an amazing story within himself). Had felt that their help no longer needed in Haiti Randy had decided, along with best friend and mission companion, Lee Boyd, who got Randy started going to Haiti to begin with, that they would probably not return because the clinic was running independent of mission teams now and really didn't need them. But when the earthquake hit, it was a call to action. I knew Randy and Lee could not stay away, their hearts hold a special place for the people of Haiti. Everywhere we went, Betty's or Walmart, everyone would ask him if he was going, he would say he wasn't sure, but down deep we both knew. The team went and worked to help with the victims that made the journey from Port-au-Prince. The town they go to only felt a tremor but there were citizens from there in Port-au-Prince at the time of the earthquake, and many more people who needed help. So Hugues got together supplies (these people who barely have anything themselves) and loaded a bus with supplies to take to Port-au-Prince and to bring local citizens and family members home. One of these was Lynne-Vie, a nineteen year old recent graduate from Hugues' school, Institution Univers. They relief team went to Haiti not knowing if Lynne-Vie would even be alive They went not knowing for sure if she or others had survived. She had but others had not. She had gone to the capitol city to find a college to attend and while there, during the earthquake, a wall fell on her crushing her left foot. She might have died there but her friend who had run out of the building ahead of her went back in for her, and thankfully got her out. But sadly, her leg had to be amputated, as were thousands more. She made the long bus ride back to her home on very poor roads to her thankful parents, so glad she was alive, but I'm sure saddened by the great loss of her leg. In Haiti, it is hard enough to find work if you are able, but with a disability that makes it almost impossible. Emails went out from the full-time missionaries there at the clinic to anyone that they could reach, asking for prayers and a miracle for Lynne-Vie. Randy read his email and that's where Lonnie Nolt from Ohio and Hurricane Katrina comes in. Lonnie Nolt is an amputee himself-and prosthetic engineer You see, Lonnie is an amputee himself, and not just that, but he is a prosthetic engineer at Ohio Willow Wood, which makes parts for artificial limbs. You see where I'm going with this now, right? God! He planned this out years ago. Randy made one phone call and Lonnie told him to find someone to make and place the prosthesis and he would send the components. So Randy found a former UK football player, also an amputee, in Owensboro, named Tom Watson, who would make the prosthesis but couldn't go to Haiti. Randy went to Owensboro, KY, to learn mould making So Randy went to Owensboro, learned how to make the mould and measurements and last month returned to Haiti and made cast moulds of Lynne-Vie's stump. He brought these back to Kentucky, where Tom took the mould and measurements and made a prosthesis, and Wednesday May 19th, Randy and our fourteen year old son Ethan took Lynne-Vie's leg and placed it on her for the first time. With only minimal help and practice, she wanted to walk alone and I received a texted video that made me cry tears of joy. It was Lynne-Vie all smiles as she walked for the first time without help. It was amazing, I felt like I did when my children took their first steps, only better. I can only imagine how her mom felt. It was awesome... our God is AWESOME!! After years of preparation, God worked it all together! Wow! It was all Him! The people involved were just vessels He filled with the knowledge and willingness to go out and help someone else. All can work miracles everyday, not just in Haiti, but in Columbia, KY, too We all can see miracles everyday if we will just pay attention. This just doesn't only happen in Haiti, but it can happen in Columbia, too. Open your eyes to God and be willing to let Him lead you. Some may say this was all coincidence but I say there are no coincidences or luck... it is all God's plan, if we are willing to let Him work though us and He can and will!! Pray for Lynne-Vie that God will continue to do great things in her life, I feel like He will! Also continue to pray for the people of Haiti, for every good story like this one there are thousands of others who need someone to step out of their comfort zone and so something. People in our own backyard need help, too If you can't go to Haiti, open your eyes and see that there are people in our backyard who need help too, maybe nothing more than a kind word! or smile. Share the Love of Jesus everyday with someone or lots of someones! -Matthew 25:40. To see Lynne-Vie take her first steps alone, click on Haitian amputee walks for the first time since earthquake Those who would like to make a contribution for Haiti, can make donations can be mailed to me with the check made out to SBMI (Separate Baptist Missions Inc) with "Haiti" written on the memo line. My mailing address is: Randy BrownPeople can contact Bro. Randy Brown, at his home phone (270) 384-4512 A note from Randy Brown: "The organization I work with is C.O.C.I.N.A. (Coalition for Children in Need Association) it is a non-profit organization that has no administrative cost and all board members are volunteers. Their website is www.haiticocina.org There is a video under the clinic that was made when our team was in Haiti a couple of years ago. You may recognize my bald head."-Randy This story was posted on 2010-05-30 15:43:20
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