Sunday, January 25

We went to church in the morning. Again, the music was the high point in an all French service. In the late afternoon, Ruth had several WEH board members over and we – our Arizona bunch and the Linfield students and faculty -- had a time of reflection about the last three weeks. Ruth was spectacular! She knows just what to say and how to say it. She thanked the students with eloquent words. Several ideas came up for future student nurse trips, and ideas were shared about what might come to pass in the future. Dental care was identified, for example, as a critical need. Can we add a dental clinic to the project and get volunteer dentists out here? Whew, wouldn't that be something. It occurred to me that I could have been conducting tooth brushing demos with the kids. That would be a fun project next time: toothbrushes and toothpaste for them all and toothbrushing practice together. Whew! What a scene that would be.

I'm going to have to start thinking about how I can possibly communicate all this back home. And how to help the vision for a life skill center come true. In this recession I'm just not sure where the money will come from, especially for construction. I checked out the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation guidelines. I don't see construction there. But we'll eat the elephant one bite at a time. This recession can't last forever.