I finally did it!! I got a cute little kitten. I bought him in the market about a week ago A Peruvian friend was kind enough to come with me on the little adventure. There were lots and lots of dirty little kittens in cages, along with chickens, cuy, and all kinds of other live animals.
I ended up with Sam, the runt of the litter. He's very cute and affectionate. And what I mean by affectionate is that he has to be with me ALL the time. I'm not quite sure how I feel about a cat climbing up my pant leg so he can be held at all times.
Otherwise, he's a lot of fun, likes to play, and sleeps plenty.
Here are some pictures....
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Fun!!
Well, it's been a great week!! Probably one of the best in my past 7 months months in Peru. Monday and Tuesday we had a huge medical campaign at our clinic. A big group from the States and Canada came for the week. They had 9 M.D's of all kinds of specialties and other medical personel as well. We were able to see a little over 400 patients for those two days. It was great!!
I had the opportunity to be a nurse and translator for those days. It was quite interesting. Was really fun to think like a nurse as I was involved in triage both days. I also worked with one of the nurses on the visiting team as I attempted to translate for her. It was quite a challenge, but at the end I was excited that I could translate at some level. Yay, I did learn something at school. The fun cases were when the patient only spoke Quechua. Then there were two translators involved and even more possibilities of incorrect information being relayed. At times, it felt a bit like the game of telephone. It was a good experience though.
The second fun part of my week was that my sister, Megan is here. She got here Thursday and will be here for the next four days. It's good to see her, show her around a bit, and to have some time to just enjoy each others company and to be able speak English for long periods of time.
I'm excited for the next couple of days and then Thanksgiving's here, yay!! I'm hoping my bosses family will kill one of their turkeys for the occasion. Would be nice and fresh....
I had the opportunity to be a nurse and translator for those days. It was quite interesting. Was really fun to think like a nurse as I was involved in triage both days. I also worked with one of the nurses on the visiting team as I attempted to translate for her. It was quite a challenge, but at the end I was excited that I could translate at some level. Yay, I did learn something at school. The fun cases were when the patient only spoke Quechua. Then there were two translators involved and even more possibilities of incorrect information being relayed. At times, it felt a bit like the game of telephone. It was a good experience though.
The second fun part of my week was that my sister, Megan is here. She got here Thursday and will be here for the next four days. It's good to see her, show her around a bit, and to have some time to just enjoy each others company and to be able speak English for long periods of time.
I'm excited for the next couple of days and then Thanksgiving's here, yay!! I'm hoping my bosses family will kill one of their turkeys for the occasion. Would be nice and fresh....
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
following up
Well, this is a bit late, but here's the followup from my previous blog. The home visit with the young pregnant woman and her mother was difficult visit for me. Not only is the future of this young mother and baby uncertain and most likely to be difficult, but this girl's mother has cancer as well.
The longer we were in their one room apartment more and more issues, present difficulties and future difficulties came up. For many of the of the issues discussed all we could do was encourage them, make suggestions about healthy choices, and point out available resources that could help them. In this time of crisis for this family we continued to remind them of God's promises, read the Bible with them, and pray with them. The mom is a Christian, but when we asked her daughter, her response was that all her friends in school are Catholic, so she's decided to be Catholic as well. They do have some support from some of the family, but other parts of the family has disowned them. Needless to say, it's a difficult situation for all.
We will continue to visit them and support them in all the ways we can. My prayer is that we are able to share the love of Christ with them and that we would walk with them through this difficult time in their lives.
The longer we were in their one room apartment more and more issues, present difficulties and future difficulties came up. For many of the of the issues discussed all we could do was encourage them, make suggestions about healthy choices, and point out available resources that could help them. In this time of crisis for this family we continued to remind them of God's promises, read the Bible with them, and pray with them. The mom is a Christian, but when we asked her daughter, her response was that all her friends in school are Catholic, so she's decided to be Catholic as well. They do have some support from some of the family, but other parts of the family has disowned them. Needless to say, it's a difficult situation for all.
We will continue to visit them and support them in all the ways we can. My prayer is that we are able to share the love of Christ with them and that we would walk with them through this difficult time in their lives.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Visitando.......
I think one of my favorite parts of being here so far is the opportunities I've had to go on home visits with some of the nurses at the clinic. It's given me a closer look into the lives and worlds of the people of San Jeronimo and hopefully opportunities to start to understand the people here. It's been a while since I've been in the homes of the poor and I was reminded of here and was reminded of that fact when I entered into my first home. As I sat in people's homes, the smells, the tiny one room houses with dirt floors, chickens and cuy everywhere, no electricity or running water, and so many other unbelievable things just grabbed me and reminded me what life is like for many people in the world. The stories I've heard are incredible and many are heartbreaking, but it's been amazing to see the nurses here minister to these people.
I quickly realized after my first couple of home visits that that the ministry at La Fuente is special. God is doing a great work here. To see the care these nurses have for the patients, their teaching, patience with everyone, spiritual support, encouragement, and offerings of food and other basic essential to living things has been amazing to me. It's been so cool to watch this ministry in process as the nurses really do care for and seek to support the whole person. Some of the patients are Christians and some are not, but the nurses are always sharing the Gospel, reading the Bible to patients, and praying with them.
It's been an unbelievable week or so of home visits, but I'm anticipating that Friday will end up being a difficult day. We'll be visiting a young pregnant girl who is in a pretty bad situation on many levels. Please pray for us as we visit with her, assess her situation, and try to figure out the best way we can love and help her. I imagine that it's going to be a challenging visit, but also a great opportunity to serve and share the love of Christ with this woman in crisis.
Yikes!!! It's been a wild couple of weeks and I imagine it will continue to be so.(sorry, my brain's done and this is all I've got for now...)
Hasta luego!!
I quickly realized after my first couple of home visits that that the ministry at La Fuente is special. God is doing a great work here. To see the care these nurses have for the patients, their teaching, patience with everyone, spiritual support, encouragement, and offerings of food and other basic essential to living things has been amazing to me. It's been so cool to watch this ministry in process as the nurses really do care for and seek to support the whole person. Some of the patients are Christians and some are not, but the nurses are always sharing the Gospel, reading the Bible to patients, and praying with them.
It's been an unbelievable week or so of home visits, but I'm anticipating that Friday will end up being a difficult day. We'll be visiting a young pregnant girl who is in a pretty bad situation on many levels. Please pray for us as we visit with her, assess her situation, and try to figure out the best way we can love and help her. I imagine that it's going to be a challenging visit, but also a great opportunity to serve and share the love of Christ with this woman in crisis.
Yikes!!! It's been a wild couple of weeks and I imagine it will continue to be so.(sorry, my brain's done and this is all I've got for now...)
Hasta luego!!
Getting Started
Well, it's been an interesting couple of weeks getting to know San Jeronimo, and it's surrounding areas. As I've been working on making my house an actual home. I've also been spending more time in the clinic and going on home visits.
Every day that I've been in the clinic, it's been super busy with patients with many different medical problems. One of the M.D.'s that had been working at the clinic has gone back to the U.K. for HMA(home missionary assignment) and will be there for the next four months. So, the M.D who is here right now has been and I imagine will continue to be quite busy.
The nurses have been busy showing me around and helping me with my Spanish, the metric system, and Peruvian culture. It's been a bit of a challenge since much of the vocabulary in the medical setting is so very different from the every day vocabulary that I've learned over the past six months.
So, it's been good to get my feet wet here and I'm looking forward to the other possibilities ahead. Hopefully this won't be another lesson in patience, but I'm pretty sure that's what it will turn out to be. Guess I should get ready for the wild ride ahead...
Every day that I've been in the clinic, it's been super busy with patients with many different medical problems. One of the M.D.'s that had been working at the clinic has gone back to the U.K. for HMA(home missionary assignment) and will be there for the next four months. So, the M.D who is here right now has been and I imagine will continue to be quite busy.
The nurses have been busy showing me around and helping me with my Spanish, the metric system, and Peruvian culture. It's been a bit of a challenge since much of the vocabulary in the medical setting is so very different from the every day vocabulary that I've learned over the past six months.
So, it's been good to get my feet wet here and I'm looking forward to the other possibilities ahead. Hopefully this won't be another lesson in patience, but I'm pretty sure that's what it will turn out to be. Guess I should get ready for the wild ride ahead...
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