Part 4

It has been 2 days and still no word of a baby from the mom who was in labor on Tuesday. I woke up at 5:00am praying for her and anxious to hear if she had gotten rest, if the baby came, or anything on how she was doing. I spent most of Wednesday at the Pregnancy Clinic and we saw about 25 ladies. They are starting to use some more family planning methods, but sometimes have some push back because many of them are Catholic, despite the fact that they are not married and having babies.

Jeff drove on Tuesday to the basketball clinic and it took them 2 HOURS to go 8 miles and they were an hour late. He is having a good time playing lots of basketball and getting to coach. He also drove to the feeding Wednesday morning. I'm not sure if he drove to the feeding this morning or not. We have enjoyed this trip and learning about what we might like to do.

On Tuesday I wrote about the boy I went to see in the hospital. He had a fever and there was concern about having another surgery if the fever didn't improve. He had surgery on Tuesday around noon, and we found out Wednesday morning that he was still on a ventilator because they have to pay for medical expenses ahead of time. He was only breathing on his own about 50% of the time, and there is concern that he won't be coming off of the ventilator. The child was really upset by the ventilator tube, and mom is upset because her child is hurting. Everyone is concerned that he won't recover from this surgery. Please pray for them.

I went to the afternoon feeding yesterday and there were many flies around. More than I had seen at any other site. The hardest part about yesterday's feeding was that it was near where we are and we had to drive through a fancy neighborhood to get there. It was nice neighborhoods all the way down the hill, but we parked and walked across and near the creek where there were many homes made of metal, wood, and fabric tarp.

We look forward to hearing Jonathan's report. He is safely in Tacloban learning about that area and their agricultural needs.

Teri