December 20, 2007

We were on bush clinic Tuesday and Wednesday. It rained the whole time. We took care of 256 children under five. I think that's our all time record. There is a little girl named Dorothy at this clinic who May told me about before I came. May sends money and I buy food to take to her each month. I see her every time and play with her a little bit. This time, she learned to give kisses! She is the sweetest little girl ever. There’s a picture of her on my blog . This time we took her and her aunt (both her parents are dead) with us and dropped them off at the nearest health center on our way home so that Dorothy could get an HIV test. They don’t know why her parents died, so it probably was AIDS. I hope Dorothy doesn’t have it. We will find out the results next month when we go back there. Usually the guys come over to eat when we get back from this particular bush clinic because we get back so late that we miss supper. Last night we made macaroni and cheese and mango/banana smoothies. We had Christmas music playing while we ate! It was so festive. The song that was playing was, "I’ll be home for Christmas" ahhhhhhhhhhh. That’s one of the few times I’ve missed Christmas. Normally, its not that hard because it doesn’t feel like Christmas at all here. Nobody celebrates it really, and all we get is Christmas day off. Anyways, I’m missing home right now. I took a video and we all told about one of our favorite Christmases. It’s actually kind of a funny video, and it really shows the dynamics of our group and how we all fit together.

Tomorrow is Friday and I’m really glad. Elena and I are probably going to help Pauline get ready for next week. John and Nancy are bringing 6 other people with them. Then I also might teach Chaluba (My friend, and the receptionist at the clinic) how to ride a bike.