So, how many people can say that they have woken up at 5:00 AM to hyenas and dogs howling their hearts out? Whoever is keeping that list can add all the members of our team. You know, they can really get annoying after a couple of nights. Anyway, breakfast consisted of oatmeal, cranberries, brown sugar and bread. (just like California!)
After a solid time of devotions, with more than a few rounds of hysterical laughter, we headed to the clinic. The clinic is mainly a multipurpose room with tables and chairs set up as stations and a pharmacy. I was mostly helping to show the kids where to go. ( did I mention that they are so dang cute?) My mom and Rochelle helped with teaching the kids while they waited to see William Bordessa, Michael Cline or Charles Owyang.
Halfway through the morning however, a strange thing happened. You see, we mainly have seen Project Mercy kindergarteners. Yesterday, we got about 144 patients so there were only about 15 Project Mercy patients left for us to see. We encouraged other schools to bring their kids to the clinic. One school came that was primarily Muslim. My mom continued to do Bible puppet shows unaware that the Muslim children were the ones watching. The Muslim Headmaster came over and told us, not so politely, that he forbade us to do anything related to religion. He then threatened that he may not bring the kids back to the clinic after lunch. He was true to his word. No Kids from that school showed up and we were done about 2 hours earlier then we expected to be.
This saddened us. We are not sure what that means for our work with the other local schools. Please pray for these relationships.
The rest of the day was filled with games and walks. Dinner was soup and potatoes. Yummy!
It is about 11:10pm on the 25th and it's pretty late. My dad is making a horrific noise in the background (think: hyenas in pain) with his new best friend - Phil's portable electric guitar. Ciao! ( Good bye in Ethiopia )
-Anya
Here are some pictures from the day:
After a solid time of devotions, with more than a few rounds of hysterical laughter, we headed to the clinic. The clinic is mainly a multipurpose room with tables and chairs set up as stations and a pharmacy. I was mostly helping to show the kids where to go. ( did I mention that they are so dang cute?) My mom and Rochelle helped with teaching the kids while they waited to see William Bordessa, Michael Cline or Charles Owyang.
Halfway through the morning however, a strange thing happened. You see, we mainly have seen Project Mercy kindergarteners. Yesterday, we got about 144 patients so there were only about 15 Project Mercy patients left for us to see. We encouraged other schools to bring their kids to the clinic. One school came that was primarily Muslim. My mom continued to do Bible puppet shows unaware that the Muslim children were the ones watching. The Muslim Headmaster came over and told us, not so politely, that he forbade us to do anything related to religion. He then threatened that he may not bring the kids back to the clinic after lunch. He was true to his word. No Kids from that school showed up and we were done about 2 hours earlier then we expected to be.
This saddened us. We are not sure what that means for our work with the other local schools. Please pray for these relationships.
The rest of the day was filled with games and walks. Dinner was soup and potatoes. Yummy!
It is about 11:10pm on the 25th and it's pretty late. My dad is making a horrific noise in the background (think: hyenas in pain) with his new best friend - Phil's portable electric guitar. Ciao! ( Good bye in Ethiopia )
-Anya
Here are some pictures from the day:
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| Jan, Will and Dr. Fekadu soothing an 8-year old boy as he goes under anesthesia... |
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| Dr. Will giving anesthesia to a 3-year old burn patient getting her scars revised... |
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| Laura loving and praying for one of our precious patients... |
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| Deme delivering Raquel's birthday cakes! Yup - it was her birthday today! |
