Today is my second son's birthday. Happy birthday, Seth.
Today we were supposed to get out to Souza in time to meet up with the Linfield team for a meeting, but the car and driver didn't arrive until almost noon. When we got there the students had already set up in the city hall of Mbanga which we had visited on Monday, doing assessments. By mid-afternoon they split up into groups and set up assessment clinics in three different locations. (Later, two of the groups went to two additional sites.) I accompanied the group to the chief's house and three assessment sites were set up there. I had the great pleasure of holding one of a set of twins, helping the grandmother (I assume) care for them. The baby slept for a long time. When she awoke she was very tranquil and I continued to enjoy caring for her.
Things got very hectic at the end of the day when it became apparent that not everyone could be seen. Again, difficult decisions had to be made. Who would get mosquito nets the Linfield students had raised money for and who not? They were given to the youngest babies.
I knew you were in the field with the Lindfield nursing students, because we didn't hear from you for a couple of days.
ReplyDeleteWhat a marvelous experience for the Lindfield students, and they will have such an open world view as a result of this experience. I keep you all in my prayers, especially the HIV babies. I know in some cases treatment of very young babies can successful eradicate all traces of HIV. I hope such treatment is available for them.
Thanks for keeping us up to date on your dreams become reality!