Saturday, June 28, 2008

Sudan Here we come,

So this week has been simply quite the experience, I don't even really
know how to describe it. I got to work and help in the health clinic
two times this week. Also I helped one of the long term guys set up
solar panels on the translation office. This office is responsible
for translating the Bible in the local language (Lubwsi). That was
cool so now I sorta know how to install solar panels on the house.
Maybe I should go green when I get back....Ha ha. The health clinic is
also so interesting. It is amazing how many sick kids come in. We had
three kids who were around 500-1000 count for Malaria. That means it
was a very serious case because 20-30 is usually the beginning number
for Malaria. What is also interesting is that here it is so isolated
from the world that antibiotics such as Oral Penicillin and other
drugs such as Quiann (spelling) still is very effective. Crazy huh?
On thursday it was really intense and definitely stretch my experience
here. We had a patient who came in looking very unresponsive. They got
him to the back round and he started to hemorrhage very badly.
Eventually, he passed away. That is my first experience with death
really up close. I honestly did not know how to react. The mother of
the child started to cry and wail. She was yelling and crying at the
top of her lungs. It was customary for this to happen when a person
dies. Apparently, the people here usually tell the story about of the
how the person dies. The next I got to see the exact opposite. Some
neighbors close to us had twins the night before. I went there to
their house and saw the family dancing to the three or four drums. I
am running out of internet time so more later. I am leaving for Sudan
this week. Please pray for me.

Peace
J

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