And the update for yesterday and today!

Hello all,

The internet has been spotty again so I apologize for the delay in updates!

Yesterday was a pretty tiring day! I helped deliver two babies between 2 and 6pm! The first baby was a little girl she was her mother’s 12th baby! I guess 7 of her babies died and only 4 are living. She lives in a village and rarely seeks health care so that is the reason for the deaths of her babies…very sad! The other woman had a little boy and it was her 6th baby. Both deliveries were normal and there were no complications or problems! So that was good! It was so cool to be a part of the experiences and I can definitely see myself doing work like this in the future!!

Last night I had a little motorbike crash! Dr Martin told me that he thought I was ready to drive in the dark to his house for dinner. I wasn’t sure but I thought I could try! I ended up taking the wrong road to his house and the light on my motorbike wasn’t very strong so I ended up driving into a ditch because the road suddenly ended but I couldn’t see it until it was too late! The bike fell on my right leg but I thankfully only have one big bruise and a sore foot! Men ran to help me get the bike out and start it up again so that was good! Dr Martin was so worried about me and let me drive the car back to the catholic center because he felt so bad! Guess I’ll stick to driving during the daytime only! The roads are so bad here and nighttime is so so dark so I think that is the best option!

Today has been a good day- it is a day of prayer and fasting for all Luke Society ministries. So our staff has been praying throughout the day for all the ministries all around the world. Dr Martin put me in charge because all the prayer requests sent from the head office are in English so my job is to explain the requests in French! It has been going well though and everyone is understanding! It’s been interesting to hear what is going on in all the other ministries and each ministry really needs a lot of prayer so this day is definitely needed!

I think that is about it for updates…I’ll be helping out in the clinic this afternoon and then having dinner at Dr Martin’s again! I am still enjoying hanging out with the sisters every night, too! One of the sisters has two little puppies that I like to visit and play with every night. I have learned that people in Africa don’t respect their dogs and they rarely pet them or play with them so these puppies are always happy to see me! I named them Lucy and Jean-Paul and the sisters think that is just hilarious because Africans never give dogs names of people! They think I am a little nuts but we always have fun together!

I'll write again when I can! God bless!