Today is day three of the men's conference on campus with close to 100 attending from the Northern district.Day one Anna recored while I took blood pressures and we finished close to 40, sending two men down to the clinic for medications.
With tired fingers and ears we packed up our stuff and I noticed that my right ring and little finger nails had cut unto my skin and bled!
No wonder they were sore. Apparently I use the ends of my fingers to pump up the blood pressure cuff.
The solution to my sore fingers on day two? Recruited a handsome young assistant during our morning break from school to pump while Anna recored.
Worked very nice and we checked another 25 or so.
Yesterday afternoon Cory spoke to the group about agriculture and took them on a short tour.
The rapid rooting of the small breadfruit branches impressed them.
Several thought that the small, tiny mulberries tasted really sweet and I saw one man happily munching on a unripe star fruit.Today Cory will distribute some plants: banana, chaya, false roselle, moringa, bamboo.
Some folks were lured away from Cory's explanation of the bread fruit propagation by the nursery and 'beautiful' garden.
This week enjoyed a good week of school, made progress on the second book, filled up our Sunday morning's for this fall's USA trip, set up a cargo run for next week and worked on a end of month trip for Cory to Port.Praise the Lord for the report of 3 nights of rain on LaGonave and for the 2+ inches we received in a short, heavy shower last night.
3 comments:
Wow, your world is so different than mine. Bless you in your work. Glad you found someone to pump up the blood pressure cuff for you!
I find it interesting that breadfruit's origin in Polynesia puts it somewhat closer to here than there, yet it has never really taken off as a crop in Thailand--though supposedly it grows here, I have never seen it. Rice by far dominates as the main carb. Some corn is eaten, mostly as a dessert food though some hilltribe people use it as a starch. Manioc is a major crop, though much of it is sold for industrial purposed.
Glad they enjoyed the garden and tastes - hope that more fruits and veggies and trees can be introduced.
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