Out in the community

Hi Friends,

We have had the opportunity to get out into the community on many occasions on this trip.

Sheri and Madison got to go out on medical visits with Miss Brittany. They went down to the Bight, which is one of the villages on the island. They went to see Miss Indiana, who was very awake and alert. (Miss Janet, she says she hopes to see you soon)! They checked in on her, made sure that she had all the medications she needs, and prayed with her. They made a couple more stops along the way to check on folks that had visited the clinic and needed follow up; blood pressure checks, clean bandages, etc. It is a great way to connect with the communities and minister one on one.

In the evening, we went down to Jeralyn’s restaurant to watch the US vs. Honduras soccer match. We thought it started at 7pm but it started at 6pm so we missed the entire first half…score nil to nil. The restaurant was packed with young men, and when the gringos (us) showed up, they all left…it was half time, so that was part of the issue, but it was funny. So, we ordered a soda for each of us and settled in, Miss Brittany was up chatting with Jeralyn and bought some of her mangoes (it is the beginning of mango season here), which she said she has too many for her family to eat and sells off most of the crop. The US team finally broke the deadlock and went on to win 1 to 0. We cheered! The islanders who had come back in to watch did not. We told Jeralyn to have a good night and headed out, only to find Hormond outside. We had invited him to come with us, but he had other plans. Funny that he ended up at Jeralyn’s. Maybe he is getting used to us being around. He is a really funny guy and very smart. Pretty quiet, especially when short term teams are around, but he is quite the practical joker and fits nicely into our family. Madison has come to think of him as a brother.

So, lately, Madison has been filling many roles around the clinic:dish washer, teacher, pillow injecter(Miss Brittany was showing her how to properly give an injection, and so she grabbed a pillow from upstairs and gave it a shot. Mr. Pillow did not really enjoy it.), receptionist, etc. She especially loves helping in the clinic, but today she got very sick and fell asleep right through the work hours;). By the end of the day she felt much better and drank a big mug of herbal mint tea (decaf, of course).