Today we ate a delicious breakfast before heading to church.
It was really nice to be in a church again.
Sophie met up with us all at church.
Sophie is a nurse who lives in Soddo Ethiopia and works with Dr.Mary in rural clinic settings.
Dr.Mary and Sophie had been to Boise last summer and did an intensive course with the medics.
I audited one of the days so had briefly met Sophie and had the privilege of hearing Dr.Mary teach.
Sophie informed us that Dr.Mary was excited for us to come to Soddo because she had some things planned for us.
I wish you could all meet Dr.Mary. If you knew her then you would know that to hear she was excited for us to come to Soddo was surprising news.
Dr.Mary is brilliant really, but she can be abrasive and is very particular, but really a good woman.
We plan on leaving on Wed and staying until Sat. or Sun.
After church we returned to the Shannon's house for lunch before heading to the daycare to do some teaching.
Imagine more than 30 moms seated on the floor on mats in a small room for hours on end listening as we talked to them through translators.
The mothers also chose to keep their children with them through the teachings which made things very un-predictable.
Jen taught about diarrhea and dehydration to the moms.
This included a skit, and breaking into small groups to make ORS (oral re-hydration solutions.
Audra then taught quickly on wound care before we ran out of time.
I found it very hard to talk to these women in a small group setting.
Here I am a white girl that has no idea what it is like to be a mother let alone while living such a hard lifestyle.
Some of these mothers are also younger than me, and here I am trying to tell them how to take care of their children.
It was a very hard thing for me.
I just truly hope that the mothers were able to take something out of the teaching and hopefully their children will benefit from it.
1 comment:
hmmm, wow. that's very interesting.
and hard.
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