Saturday, saying hello to so many friends on a BMDMI team from Greer--an incredibly special blessing
Telling Tully and Lynda (our fellow missionary we were staying with for two weeks) "goodbye" Sunday, as they went out with the team
Later Sunday, worship again at the children's home, then back to Lynda's to pack up our stuff and clean her house
Monday--move our things to Guaimaca, with four of our boys, a two hour trip, and unpack that day
Say hello to new friends from Greenville, SC -- the surgery team at Hospital Bautista
Computer trouble--can't get connected to the internet
Unpack more
Tour a school for the kids, meet several of the store owners in town. Take a trip to the little grocery store.
Get a phone call Tuesday night from our friends with whom the girls and Gabriel were staying: Carmen fell and hurt her arm
Anna fell and hurt her head
Surgery team still hard at work in the hospital when I turn out my lights Tuesday night after 10 pm.
Go back to Lynda's on Wednesday morning and pick up the girls and Gabriel from friends. Is her arm swollen or not? Yes, I think so. Poor baby, she cries when we go over the rocks on the road. Now I think it IS broken.
Wednesday night--no Tully, no Lynda, Carmen crying with her arm, Anna crying with her head (and mostly we're all really tired).
Okay, call Tully in distress Wednesday night, who calls Dwight and Margaret.
Thursday morning--load up the girls and Elijah and drive Lynda's car to Tegucigalpa. Meet Dwight and Margaret at the office, then Dwight rides with me to the hospital to have Carmen's arm checked out. Margaret takes Elijah and Anna to her house.
Yes, it's broken. : ( She was very brave, however, and was like a different little girl once she got her cast on.
Thursday afternoon--Dwight says he will send the bus to Guaimaca with us and all of our stuff and those of the team who want to see the hospital the next morning. Tully and Lynda are back with the team--can I say how happy I am to see him and how much I love him?!
More packing
Today--Sent Tully and the kids to eat breakfast with the team at the mission house. Cleaned Lynda's house, then Tully came and got me, we all loaded up the bus and rode to Guaimaca.
Took the group from Greer on a tour of the hospital. Said goodbye as they continued on and we stayed at the hospital. It was hard, and I was teary.
Now--finally--and there are four years worth of prayers and life tied up in that word, "finally" . . . we are all here together and have all of our stuff with us, and it's sort of unpacked. We are ready to hit the ground running with our ministry here. And . . . now we even have an internet connection. Fabulous!
Can't wait to see what God has in store for us tomorrow! : )
Boxes and trunks of surgical supplies line the hallway to the operating room, ready for the surgeons' use.
Shelton Hall and Gabriel--whenever he was around, the boys tagged along after him
Members of the team from Greer on their tour of the hospital grounds
Timothy, observing a surgery by Dr. Dane Smith of Greenville, SC
Oops! He got a little queasy and had to sit down for a few minutes. Afterwards, he helped some more that day, and was in the operating room or helping for the next two days. An invaluable experience and blessing that he will always remember!
Sweet Carmen with her cute purple cast
Wish I could say that's eye shadow on Anna, but it's not-it's the effects of her accident last week.
Praise God everyone is okay and things could have been much worse!
Oh dear!!
ReplyDeleteYa'll have been very busy! Hate that we couldn't have been there to help! I know that Julie must feel awful about Anna and Carmen. Kelly and I were scared to death that the girls would get hurt under our watch in June. I'm not surprised that Carmen picked a purple cast. :-)
ReplyDeleteHow exciting. We ran the only clinic within 2500 miles while in the jungle. Would have loved some to have had a real doctor around. What a blessing this will be for the community!
ReplyDeletethat should be 250 miles :)
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