Ah, yes, Saturday... a day to sleep in... a day to recuperate... a day to relax and-- wait, what was that? Was that a knock at the gate? Oh, it's just a normal visitor. But what's this? He says someone is sick at the clinic? Hmmm... this could be the end of our "relaxing" Saturday :)
Turns out there were about 6 people at the clinic, some needing bandages, some with appointments (of which we didn't know about, courtesy of one of the Haitian nurses who didn't tell us), and a man on a stretcher.
Michael and Breanna got to work on the appointment patients and the bandage people. It took several hours and brunch was delayed for quite a while.
It turned out the man on the stretcher had a serious infection somewhere in his head; his right eye was swollen shut and several swollen infected areas around his skull. The left side of his body was paralyzed, which seemed to point to brain problems. Michael decided to take him out to the hospital. By 1 o'clock in the afternoon he was ready to go. Later on this evening (after Michael delivered him to the hospital) we heard back from the family that he had passed away a few hours after being admitted... It was a sober reminder to all of us of the importance of our work here- in both physical and spiritual ways...
Back here, though, the rest of us cleaned up the clinic and continued in our day... for the most part it was very relaxed with no more incidents :) For supper the cooks prepared a wonderful meal of tortillas and Mexican toppings; we all enjoyed it immensely!
Pastor Levy showed up in the evening and will spend the night here. He'll be preaching at church tomorrow, so please be praying for him!
Well, that's about all to report from today! Have a blessed night everyone, and a good Lord's day tomorrow!!
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