Medicines for Kibumba Refugee Camp

2008-05-05
Hello dear friends at St. John and St. Anne churches and the world beyond. Sometimes I wonder if there is another person in the world who is reading this blog. If you are out there please write a comment. I would love to hear from you.

I will be gone for days at a time now out to the village of Rugari and this first photo is my view out the front door every morning...oh the pain of it...HA!!! It is such beautiful scenery and of course that feeds my soul tremendously. I thank God that I was given the appreciation of nature, it is just so grand.

Because I am out to Rugari, what this means in terms of communication is that I will be away from phone and internet for days at a time. My first message for you is this, don’t be alarmed when you try to find me and don’t succeed. Just remember no news, is good news. And also I must add a second item, THANK YOU for your email messages and comments to the blog, you cannot know how wonderful it is to read your news and comment. It helps me more than you will ever know.

Now onto the story of the day, last Tuesday I was privileged to deliver some of the medicines we purchased for Kibumba refugee camp (the second photo) and tomorrow I will deliver the rest of them. YAHOO and PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW!!! The doctors and nurses who work there were so grateful and send their gratitude and thanks many times over. I listened to a speech of thanksgiving for at least 8 minutes. I promised I would say thanks but that I would not be able to remember all their words.

The following photo is of a portion of the items we logged in to the pharmacy of the dispensary. The two men in the picture are the two doctors who work at the dispensary. Between them they are able to give 24 hour coverage 7 days a week. How would you like to try that schedule for months at a time?
This next phot is to the two docs when we finished counting, sorry it's nots a great quality but you must see them just a bit.

The next is a photo of the nurse who helped me count the medicines we delivered, then he was kind enough to teach me the ropes in the consult room. I have to say he does a very good job and I look forward to working with him again this week. They were short of nurses that day and so they welcomed my help. This was good training for me in learning the medicines and diagnosis they are using. Of course you know I love hands on work the best. Also while I was there a baby was born and so I got to observe their procedures in assisting childbirth as well. My education continues every day and I am so grateful for all.

Every day my Swahili is getting a bit better and today I even met with Bishop Ngabu by myself and was able to understand most of what he had to say.

I close with a photo of some of the flowers present in the village of Rugari, another boost to my appreciation of nature. My time is short and I have more to do today, like go to the pharmacy and make arrangements for tomorrow. I hope to write a BETTER story for next week. I really do love a good story.

Love to you all from Goma, DRC.