1st Widows outreach in the village (my first experience in the "bush") I love the beautiful women in this picture, but sad to think of so many very young widows like the one on the right who are left to raise children by themselves with nothing.
1st Widows outreach. Teamed up with local officials and doctors/nurses who handed out medication and provided medical clinic to the widows/children. There were over 200 widows from this one village that were in attendance.
Last Sunday service which was their Thanksgiving Celebration. All I know is that half the church left and paraded back in after a few minutes each carrying yams, bananas and even a live chicken to lay at the altar:) It was quite a celebration to be part of!
Village children (probably some of them meeting a white woman for the first time) they were fascinated by my camera:)
2nd widows outreach--again we were able to team up with local medical professionals for a clinic--I was kept on my toes that day: speaker, OT (I'll share a story later), pharmacy tech, crowd monitor, wrapper (what they call the fabric that is wrapped around the waist)/bible distributor . . .I am back in Nebraska and boy what a shock to come home to 0 degree weather when your body has been regulating for temps between 90-100 degrees! The trip was incredible and the people wonderful and so welcoming. I will post some stories and such later, but wanted to at least get a few pictures up and let everyone that has been praying know that I made it home safely. I did great the whole trip despite the many "varieties" of food that we were graciously offered and partook out of respect, but it appears that Montezuma's revenge would not elude me this whole trip. He showed up to visit at about hour 10 of my 45 hour journey back to the states. I kept one very sweet flight attendant busy with "crackers and 7up" requests throughout the entire 9hour flight from Amsterdam to Minneapolis. Praise God that it did not happen when toilet seats, toilet tissue and running water were luxuries and not always to be found. If you think of it please pray that things settle down before I have to return to work tomorrow:) I can't wait to share more stories!
