Our first real work day! Monday started out as usual with a great devotional, singing and- pancakes! (It was noted that it is St. Patricks Day and the teens were painting withgreen and came back wearing green paint) But my task today was with Dale Hadden and those others participating in the medical deed-doing. We were a bit late so there were people waiting in line. Also waiting were the 3 Armenian helpers- Filberta, Odelia and Sarah. These 3 ladies were truly amazing, very helpful with translating and assisting. Sarah wants to become a nurse and is in her 2nd semester of nurse school in Belmopan, Belize. Sarah is being sponsored in her studies by Jaguar Creek.
Last night Dale taught us in Nurse-Aid 101 how to take blood pressure, TPR vitals, etc.
Today we just did it! All of the children today were sick. Lots of coughing and runny noses, lots of head lice and scabies, lots of staph skin infections. But Dale did see at least 3 children or infants who very much needed her services. Serious problems that she willfollow up with in the coming days. These kids benefited from our services today.
I got to be the pharmacist. Dale has pretty good writing so it wasn’t a challenge to read her scripts.
Tonight we had a lecture by Ed Boles an Aquatic Biologist from the Univ. of Belize speaking on watersheds and the problems with deforestation, dams, pollution, etc. Belize is truly ecologically diverse and unspoiled compared to the surrounding countries, but big business and international investors are coming. He said Belize needs to act now to protect itself.
Thanks for your letters and encouragement. Barbara Reeve
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