Day Three.
One person after another walked up to our makeshift patient intake table and answered “yes” to the question, “yen twan?” The most common list of symptoms included headache, chest pains, nausea, and diarrhea. Thin, frail bodies, jaundiced eyes, and low blood pressures characterized the patients. I have been in plenty of hospitals and doctor’s offices in the States, but there is no preparation for standing amidst a crowd of sick people in Sudan. I took the temperatures and blood pressures of countless people whose bodies were merely sacks of skin and bones. I looked into their eyes, and my heart broke as I thought of my full pantry and refrigerator at home…why was I blessed with SO much while these beautiful people have been given so little?
Here is a snapshot of our day:
-Breakfast
-Devotional
-Malony for traveling clinic
-Crazy storm
-Driving through the crazy storm back to Tonj
These boxes are actually for a school that is either going to be built or the one that currently meets under a tree…I’m not sure. Anyway, these are school supplies…
Patients’ medical “charts”…
This fancy little wooden device is multi-use tool: pillow, seat, and shield…
Peter, Kerrie, and Lizi…
Stay tuned for Day Four!
