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A Central, South Carolina, high school student is among a team from the state who helped Haitians in need after the January 12 earthquake.
Brandon Bryant, an 18-year-old student at Daniel High School, is the son of Joy Bryant, executive director of alumni and constituent relations at Southern Wesleyan University (SWU). Brandon was the youngest of the 14 serving on the team. Also on the team were two current SWU students and four alumni. The team left South Carolina on January 27 and spent nine days in Haiti, delivering medical supplies and providing treatment to victims.
The high school senior–and future SWU student–recalls one of his most memorable and fulfilling moments while serving in Haiti.
“Being an assistant to Dr. Caleb Trent from St. Louis was amazing,” says Brandon (pictured with Dr. Trent). “Together we worked on one patient whose lung had collapsed. I held the IV fluid bag as we moved him on the stretcher to the back of a pickup truck. We traveled to an open field that was once a soccer field, there a medical helicopter was waiting and we lifted the patient into the helicopter. He was transported to a hospital.”
Brandon felt God’s pull to go on a missions trip while attending a missions conference last summer at Table Rock Wesleyan Family Camp in South Carolina.
“Our speaker, Dave Tolan, gave a challenge to all,” says Brandon. “Some are called to pray, some are called to give and some are called to go. For me I might forget to pray, being a student I’m limited on funds, but I was willing to go.”
Despite the threat of aftershocks and the uncertainty of entering a damage-ravaged country, Brandon wasn’t afraid to make the trek south with the rest of the team.
“God knew about the earthquake when he called me [to go] last summer,” says Brandon. “Two weeks before we were to leave, the earthquake hit. I was ready to go that day and figured they needed our team to help now more than ever. I’m glad we were able to keep our plans and go.”
A South Carolina newspaper also interviewed team members about their trip. To read the complete story visit IndependentMail.com.
–Photo courtesy of Joy Bryant
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