we took off friday morning for a weekend village trip. we arrived in bifoun in the afternoon and went straight to work at the medical clinic. meredith, hannah, lindsay, and i were put in charge of filling the prescriptions while zach took people's weight and blood pressure. danielle, torey, and leanne were in doing eye exams. it was sad to see some of the people come through there. it is hard to see those who are suffering and not being able to do anything about it. but they are all in God's hands and he know's what he's doing! we took a break for lunch and lindsay, tim, and i went into town to get some bagettes, cookies, and beef. i must say, those were the toughest sandwiches i have ever had! after lunch we worked for a bit more and then headed to abelabanga to set up for the night!
in abelabanga we pumped up air mattresses and set up mosquito nets. but first... we had to get the line up so we could hang up the nets. that was an adventure all in itself. we had twine that we tried to use but it snapped. there was a really nice man in this village, who we nicknamed monsieur pamplemousse, and he gave use rope. we eventually got everything set up with a lot of laughs in between! and then pastor jacob taught us "this is the day the lord has made" in francais and we sang a bunch of other songs. we had a group of children join us throughout the evening which was really cool. we learned that they were fong, which is a tribe that eats cats! but anyway... we went to bed with the sound of trucks speeding by, roosters crowing, and dogs fighting! it was a very pleasant nights sleep! haha
in the morning we went to work at another clinic. we had our same jobs and worked until lunch - granola bars! and then we moved to another village for our last clinic. that one was not as busy and more relaxed. we talked a bit with mama janine and theo. that was a fun experience seeing as we don't know french! after we filled a few prescriptions we headed home - 3 hours of bumpy and swervy roads. fun!
our mosquito nets
playing dutch blitz in the jungle!
pastor jacob!
front: hannah, torey, me, lindsayback: _____, theo, zach
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