This medical clinic in Haiti, directed by Dr. Maudelin Mesadieu, was built by Hearts 4 Haiti and officially dedicated in 2020. Submitted Photo

PROSPECT — When the Rev. Jim Lewis went on a mission, he soon made it his mission.

Now retired, the former minister of the Karns City and Chicora United Methodist Church went on a mission trip to Haiti years ago, through the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He began making two such trips to that country each year.

“Those people needed so much ... They still do,” Lewis said. “But slowly, surely, we were able to make a difference. Medical care wasn’t close to sufficient. People, kids, would go untreated. They were so far behind.”