Busy Week

This week has been both amazing and crazy, and to think it is only Tues! We have a team from Salem, OR visiting right now. They are doing a ton of amazing projects ranging from a Pastor's Conference to a course on CPR and First-Aid.

Monday I arrived at the clinic to receive a report from the on-call nurse that we had a woman in labor. We already had patients lining up for treatment AND we were kicking off the First-Aid course. I spent about an hour running like crazy woman and then settled in with the laboring mama.

It was a really tough delivery and we lost the heartbeat about 20 minutes before the baby was born. He wound up being a stillborn but we did CPR for over a half an hour just to make sure. I have to confess that it was a tough way to start the week. I'm convinced that there are some things that will just never make sense on this earth. During the delivery I had prayed for a safe delivery and that mom and baby would both be okay. It's so hard to understand why sometimes God allows things to go the way that they do. This is one of those cases where I really hang on to I Corinthians 13:12. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then we shall see face to face. Now we know in part but then we shall know fully just as we are fully known.

On a more positive note we have over 45 people attending the First Aid and CPR training. So many people wanted to get in on the training that we actually had to split the class and add a day to the training.

And today the clinic is filled with the sound of wailing children under the age of five. But believe it or not this is actually a good thing. We are hosting an anti-measles campaign at our clinic today and tomorrow. We have already seen over 150 children who have received a measles booster vaccines as well as a special vitamin dosing! And we aren't even half-way through the campaign yet. I will tell you though that the sound of about 20 kids all screaming at the top of their lungs at one time is a bit unnerving. I think that tomorrow we definitely need to change techniques. Lining each group of kids all up so they can see the first one get the shot and begin the ear-piercing screaming has not worked out so lovely.

Well that's it for the moment. I'm finishing my lunch break and heading back to the controlled chaos that I love so much! Thanks for coming along for the ride!