May 10

Enjoyed American Mother's day with cards and good food. While we miss being able to see our Moms we greatly appreaciate our upbringings and the continued support of both our mothers.

I finally made it down to clinic again [no bad ankle, no rain] only to find our Intern with only 2 charts on his desk. So I chatted a bit with the staff about patient packets and Health books.

I noticed a friend [Mme. Fanny on the left] sitting there who works for us 2 days a week-she admitted that she'd been 'negligent' and run out of blood pressure medications. I reminded her that the Lord gave us minds for a reason and that she needs to take care of herself.

Returning to the house I asked our other cook [Mme. Rosemary on the right] if she'd received

one of the health books...nope. Oops fixed that oversight right away. Maybe the part about blood pressure can motivate them both to take better care of themselves.

After a full day of school work Eli, Anna and I returned to the House of Hope for our last job with the patient packages [other than taking pictures] While I read they labeled the packets and we sorted them into groups: Kid's club, pastor visits and hospital.

Noticed yesterday that the brick walls on the new church building started to go up. Do not know when the church will be completed but it is nice to see progress.