Kelsey Sommer (Yoder) is Western’s new Spanish teacher, but has been connected to the Mennonite Church and lived in Oregon all her life. Soon after the earthquake in Haiti, her father, Clark Yoder, joined Dr. Guesly Dessieux (born in Haiti) and his team from Santiam Memorial Hospital in Stayton. A nurse at Santiam Memorial, Yoder and Dr. Dessioux’s team bring their medical experience to the people in Haiti doing relief work.
For more information, check out the links below. Western will also post messages from Yoder and company as Sommer receives them.
› Oregonian: Stayton doctor, originally from Haiti, will lead a medical team into earthquake zone
› Statesman Journal: Stayton to the rescue in Haiti
› Clip is from SalemKATU and a part of the article Doctor born in Haiti to return for relief effort.