Yesterday and today have been so busy! Wednesday we started our day with a staff meeting and introduced ourselves to everyone at the hospital. Afterwards, our group led a Discipleship Class. We talked about God's love and how it's important to share that love with those we are serving everyday. The class was amazing and so full of questions about God and America. A couple of us went to the TB clinic and observed how they ran their day. We also visited the nurse's station and the laboratory. Things definitely run differently here than in the US for those of us who work in the medical field. Everyone was so grateful for our help and were as eager to learn from us as we were from them. In the afternoon, we went to the satellite sites in Kafanchan and Bakin-Kogi. They are trying so hard to get everyone tested and spread education throughout the community about HIV and AIDS.
Today was a get down and dirty type of work day. We went out to the Howl Yarje farm with the Support Group and helped farm while the Naval Academy group helped lay concrete flooring at the school. We spent the day spreading fertilizer on the corn crops, pulling weeds, and digging some trenches between the rows. It took a lot of time, dedication, and sweat but it was a lot of fun to spend time with Comfort and a few other people from the village. Afterwards, we sat and had lunch with everyone and took pictures of the various animals. It was absolutely beautiful out at the farm and it felt so good to get our hands dirty and really help out where no one had previously gone out to help. The day is over, and we are back at the hospital dirty and tired but satisfied with our hard days work. God Bless!
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