First of all I apologize for the late blog and the discombobulated thoughts (apologizing in advance for the discombobulated thoughts.....trust me.....they're coming. paired with bad grammar, poor sentence structure and jumbled ideas.)
Today was our first full day of ministry and it was AMAZING!
We left the BMS around 7:30 this morning and headed for Udayan Pally/New Town area for a medical clinic that was held at the New Hope School. Normally we just teach school at New Hope so to have a medical clinic was fun and different. Our team is 8 members strong including an EMT as well as an audiologist. God truly handpicked each of us for the team and it came together today.
First we ran each of them through a triage; we wrote down their name, made a list of their medical issues, took their temperature, etc. Then we had different stations around the room that they would be sent to based on their needs. It was so great to have my new friend Heather there as she is an audiologist. She performed hearing screening on the kids as well as looked at dozens of ears to determine ear infections, perforated eardrums, etc. We are going to look for amplifiers (apparently it's kinda like a general hearing aid) later this week for a few of the older patients that are experiencing hearing loss.
Another new member of the team is my new friend Brandon. He is Indian but was born in the United States. He had never been to India but has always wanted to see it. He is an EMT in Katy. He will be with us for a few of our stops but mostly he is here to serve at Mother Teresa's. He was amazing today! I have no idea how many patients we had but he spent time with each of them and gave them different medications, etc. Pastor Rudra had arranged all of the medications ahead of time and we were able to send all of them home antibiotic, worming medication, ibruprofen, etc.
In between patients and during our break for lunch we hung out with several of the kids from the village playing Jenga, coloring, and talking. I LOVE those kids! So sweet and eager to learn.
We spent the afternoon with the ladies from the New Hope Sewing Center. We started out our time by pampering them with a Satin Hands treatment and the proceeded to do facials with them. It was a hoot! We did those peel-off facials and they thought it was fascinating to peel that off their face. I had to tell one woman several times that it was NOT her skin because she was freaking out just a little. Ha!
While they waited for their mask to dry we had 10 minutes to kill. We brought a Proclaimer (solar powered audio bible) in Bangla so they listened to scripture while they waited. Then we told the story of Rachel and Leah as well as shared a testimony.
Well I just hit a wall and have some preparation to do before tomorrow so I must close.
Love you all!
Today was our first full day of ministry and it was AMAZING!
We left the BMS around 7:30 this morning and headed for Udayan Pally/New Town area for a medical clinic that was held at the New Hope School. Normally we just teach school at New Hope so to have a medical clinic was fun and different. Our team is 8 members strong including an EMT as well as an audiologist. God truly handpicked each of us for the team and it came together today.
First we ran each of them through a triage; we wrote down their name, made a list of their medical issues, took their temperature, etc. Then we had different stations around the room that they would be sent to based on their needs. It was so great to have my new friend Heather there as she is an audiologist. She performed hearing screening on the kids as well as looked at dozens of ears to determine ear infections, perforated eardrums, etc. We are going to look for amplifiers (apparently it's kinda like a general hearing aid) later this week for a few of the older patients that are experiencing hearing loss.
Another new member of the team is my new friend Brandon. He is Indian but was born in the United States. He had never been to India but has always wanted to see it. He is an EMT in Katy. He will be with us for a few of our stops but mostly he is here to serve at Mother Teresa's. He was amazing today! I have no idea how many patients we had but he spent time with each of them and gave them different medications, etc. Pastor Rudra had arranged all of the medications ahead of time and we were able to send all of them home antibiotic, worming medication, ibruprofen, etc.
In between patients and during our break for lunch we hung out with several of the kids from the village playing Jenga, coloring, and talking. I LOVE those kids! So sweet and eager to learn.
We spent the afternoon with the ladies from the New Hope Sewing Center. We started out our time by pampering them with a Satin Hands treatment and the proceeded to do facials with them. It was a hoot! We did those peel-off facials and they thought it was fascinating to peel that off their face. I had to tell one woman several times that it was NOT her skin because she was freaking out just a little. Ha!
While they waited for their mask to dry we had 10 minutes to kill. We brought a Proclaimer (solar powered audio bible) in Bangla so they listened to scripture while they waited. Then we told the story of Rachel and Leah as well as shared a testimony.
Well I just hit a wall and have some preparation to do before tomorrow so I must close.
Love you all!
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