Day 7
Wednesday, Sept. 17
Ngodzi
Mary started our day with team devotions on how Jesus loved children and how we must all be like children to enter the Kingdom of God. After breakfast Mark, Myrtis and Connie went to Malendo to give out 188 nets. As in the previous distributions, the villagers who received nets sign with their thumb print.
Mary attended the antenatal clinic where she saw a 7 month pregnant woman with pre-eclampsia and a blood pressure of 194/120, a potentially fatal condition. After much coaxing, she agreed to transfer to the government hospital in Salima.
Kim assisted in the dressing room today, and dressed a 5 or 6 year old boy who fell into a fire and had extensive burns to his right arm and leg. Her next case was a woman with a heel abscess that needed I&D (incision and drainage), done by Hank. She also treated several tropical ulcers.
In the afternoon, we joined a HIV/AIDS drama group in a remote village where they preformed three skits illustrating various modes of HIV transmission and how it can be prevented. We were impressed by the powerful acting, the attention of the crowd (including the children), and the village chief’s public admission that he was HIV positive, but living a full and apparently healthy life. Hank gave a brief message The village session was closed by prayer from a village elder. On the way home 16 of us squished into a 10 passenger van!
To Kim and Connie’s delight, we had chocolate cake for dessert. This evening Mark is preparing for a talk tomorrow on treatment of the seizing child.
Weather forecast: Becoming more humid (today no wind, temperature 28 degrees Celsius, and humid).
Quote of the day: “We will always be serving in [ministries] where things are wrong. Our response to what we see defines how Christlike we are actually becoming. If we see weakness … our call is to supply strength.” (The Three Battlegrounds by Frangipane)
Answered prayer of the day: Myrtis’s lost suitcase was found at the airport and now baby Garnet will get his presents!
Laugh of the day: Myrtis couldn’t tell the difference between a white ambulance and a blue van!
Craving of the day: Kim – chocolate.
Wednesday, Sept. 17
Ngodzi
Mary started our day with team devotions on how Jesus loved children and how we must all be like children to enter the Kingdom of God. After breakfast Mark, Myrtis and Connie went to Malendo to give out 188 nets. As in the previous distributions, the villagers who received nets sign with their thumb print.
Mary attended the antenatal clinic where she saw a 7 month pregnant woman with pre-eclampsia and a blood pressure of 194/120, a potentially fatal condition. After much coaxing, she agreed to transfer to the government hospital in Salima.
Kim assisted in the dressing room today, and dressed a 5 or 6 year old boy who fell into a fire and had extensive burns to his right arm and leg. Her next case was a woman with a heel abscess that needed I&D (incision and drainage), done by Hank. She also treated several tropical ulcers.
In the afternoon, we joined a HIV/AIDS drama group in a remote village where they preformed three skits illustrating various modes of HIV transmission and how it can be prevented. We were impressed by the powerful acting, the attention of the crowd (including the children), and the village chief’s public admission that he was HIV positive, but living a full and apparently healthy life. Hank gave a brief message The village session was closed by prayer from a village elder. On the way home 16 of us squished into a 10 passenger van!
To Kim and Connie’s delight, we had chocolate cake for dessert. This evening Mark is preparing for a talk tomorrow on treatment of the seizing child.
Weather forecast: Becoming more humid (today no wind, temperature 28 degrees Celsius, and humid).
Quote of the day: “We will always be serving in [ministries] where things are wrong. Our response to what we see defines how Christlike we are actually becoming. If we see weakness … our call is to supply strength.” (The Three Battlegrounds by Frangipane)
Answered prayer of the day: Myrtis’s lost suitcase was found at the airport and now baby Garnet will get his presents!
Laugh of the day: Myrtis couldn’t tell the difference between a white ambulance and a blue van!
Craving of the day: Kim – chocolate.
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