Nov 3rd, 4th & 5th

Nov. 3
Monday many things happened today. The architect and the contractor for the remodel of the hospital came in. The architect is doing his work for free. He put the “not using machinery here” in prospective. If you employ equipment then people who have nothing now will have less because that is their job and how are they to eat. It won’t save lives though. Most just exist on dirt floors, walls of whatever, a tin roof and no windows. That is 75 percent of the people here. Working people at the hospital average about $100.00 or a little more a mouth. And gas is still $3.30 per gallon USD. 100 lbs of rice is $35.00 and I have seen no milk here. But they have coke! Going with the kids in the morning I see so much disperse as we take back streets. Back to the hospital, I am still working on the incubator. Got the transformer back and I still can’t get it to light. I went to the maturity ward to see if there were any others like this one. Did not find one. They did have 5 there but they did not have a light. 1 had heat and 2 didn’t work at all. I saw 2 babies in there. We are going back Tuesday and pull out what does not work for them. Julie, the doctor, was in today and she was so happy to see someone, she said thank you. Got the specks off the internet for an autoclave that they said was bad. Turns out it needed to be cleaned and the water levels had to be set right and it works fine now. I needed a plug and cord, got lights, put in a portable O/R light and it works. These were all considered junk. They are not hard fixes it just took time because I didn’t have the right tools but it was not impossible. This is, without question, a full time job for someone.

Nov. 4th
Got up early went up stairs to read, not by the front door like most days, and my ride with the children forgot me so now I’m waiting for a way to town. Not driving here puts a hardship on getting things done in a timely fashion. I got a ride in with Mr. Snow. We had to make a stop and there were a large group of people standing around talking about the elections and if Obama wins he will bring world peace. This is when knowing God is in charge makes all the difference in the world. The rest of the day has been uneventful. White rice and egg sandwich for dinner. Talked with Sharon on Skype, my life line, and at this rate I may learn to type a little better as we have to type to talk.

Nov 5th
Traffic was bad this morning. Try to imagine road work, no lights and no traffic control. I just received a call to say that 2 of the 3 boxes we sent from home have arrived. Now which ones. I have spent the day in the office and it has turned out to be a good thing as I have had Doctors in and hospital management as I was disappointed because every thing in container was going to a warehouse. Now, by God’s grace, it is going to the doctor that really needs the stuff and now I know another reason I’m here seeing where this stuff is to go. The PRAYER is now Friday morning as I will have the doctor’s help to be sure things get where they are needed. I guess thanksgiving came early for me. I can’t express my thanks to GOD for the knowledge that this will not be in vain through my eyes. Now I know that these things will really help the people and I told them I want to take photos. They had no problem with that and they are as happy to get the items as I am to hear that we will really do some good. I’m sure right now if I was not here the contents in this container would sit in a warehouse and probably never get used. I also got to talk with the peds doctors about Rafiki and they and Doctor Tomakian want to help, at least, on a weekly bases. That is also very good news and I believe that will happen in GOD’s Grace and timing. The ride home tonight was about 7 miles and 2 hours because of a traffic jam. Glad I was not driving. Container now set to get for before 12 noon Friday. Thanks again for all your prayers.