Day 12: Monday Fun Day!

The beginning of a new week in Ghana! Today Abby, Janice and Lina stayed home to study til 2 so they could be there when the eye clinic opened. The rest of us walked down the road to the hospital to enjoy devos, which starts the day off with prayer and beautiful worship. After devos, Kayla headed to women's ward, Caren to peds, Vanessa to outpatient, me to pharmacy, Katelyn to ultrasound, Kayli to antenatal clinic and Jen to l&D. The outpatient was every busy, Vanessa became a wonder woman helping check in over 80 patients before noon. Kayla and Jen were able to give a newborn his first feeding; more clothes were given out in peds and the kids were prayed for. It seems most of them are here due to Malaria, which makes them very uncomfortable, so one of our goals is always to make them smile. The kids here have such strong faith. One 3 year old boy being comforted by his mom after getting stuck for an IV, was reminded by her quietly that Jesus would heal him and quietly he responded "amen".  Katelyn was with the amazing Dr. Chike today in ultrasound, he has been so nice, explaining things to us and helping us get the most out of our time here in the hospital. In the pharmacy I was shown all the various drugs they use and how they organize and charge them. Soon I was deciphering doctors handwriting, learning drug indications and practicing dosage calc. Most of the scripts being filled was for malaria and it's symptoms. The pharmacy is amazingly open 24/7 and the staff there was so fun and constantly asked if I was comfortable and doing okay.  After a lunch of potato soup we all headed back to the hospital. Jen and Kayla went to the school and had a blast playing hangman and taking pictures with the students. After a hot day nothing beats leaving the compound to enjoy fan ice. This time all of us went to enjoy it. Surprisingly you eat it out of a bag, tearing off the corner with your teeth and then sucking it out.  The vanilla tastes just like birthday cake! We have become faithful customers.

Kayla with some students from her class.  

Pharmacy

Janice examining Kayli's eyes. 

Caren examining Abby's eyes

Jen with some students from the Academy

      Tonight our group devotions were amazing. We talked a long time about letting God have control and how our lives can be crazy but we still trust in God. The night before we began to take turns, going two each night, sharing about our lives and how we came to ORU. Only God can bring people from so many different places and families and situations to come here to Ghana to serve and to learn together. He is so creative and I thank Him for every person here because each person has brought something invaluable to our team.

Chelsea Lairson