Saturday, September 17, 2016
Good Night....
It is 9:35pm on Saturday night, and I think everyone here at New Day is feeling exhausted. After posting FIVE blogs (your welcome), I'm going to call it a night. There really is no way to describe a New Day sunset or watching the full moon rise over the Matthew House, but here is a glimpse from John Brinkley - ocularist and photographer and preacher (tomorrow) extraordinaire.
Prosthetics 2016
And that's a wrap! Prosthetics 2016 has completed another trip to New Day! There is so much that goes into the 2 week trip, but here is a small glimpse of some of the work that was done!
Me & Blu hanging in the clinic on a hot afternoon off!
This is pretty much the look Blu has had on his face since June 23rd...
Everyone loved Chelle, our first Australian volunteer!
The huge tree right outside the clinic
To give you an idea of the group of people waiting outside the clinic to be seen...
Prosthetic eye patients - before & after!
Chelle & Suzanne with some patients
John painting veins on a prosthetic eye
This is Cason's eye patient from Olga's Restaurant in Livingstone!
Here is Sofia after getting her new eye!
Katie getting some love from Agness
They worked pretty much sunup to sundown but still made time for morning devotions at the shelter!
Luyando, the teenager who lost her leg due to a snakebite that they have made a leg for every year
A shy smile, happy to get her newly adjusted leg!
The line to get on the bus at Macha Hospital, the meeting point, to come to New Day to be seen
The mobile unit - searching for little boy Arnold in the bush! They didn't find him, but his leg was there! It was too small so Katie was able to make adjustments and will build a new leg for him in April.
Our friend "Peace Corps Jane" lives near us and works in Public Health, so she stopped by to see what was going on!
Me & Blu hanging in the clinic on a hot afternoon off!
This is pretty much the look Blu has had on his face since June 23rd...
Everyone loved Chelle, our first Australian volunteer!
The huge tree right outside the clinic
To give you an idea of the group of people waiting outside the clinic to be seen...
Prosthetic eye patients - before & after!
Chelle & Suzanne with some patients
John painting veins on a prosthetic eye
This is Cason's eye patient from Olga's Restaurant in Livingstone!
Here is Sofia after getting her new eye!
Katie getting some love from Agness
They worked pretty much sunup to sundown but still made time for morning devotions at the shelter!
Luyando, the teenager who lost her leg due to a snakebite that they have made a leg for every year
A shy smile, happy to get her newly adjusted leg!
The line to get on the bus at Macha Hospital, the meeting point, to come to New Day to be seen
The mobile unit - searching for little boy Arnold in the bush! They didn't find him, but his leg was there! It was too small so Katie was able to make adjustments and will build a new leg for him in April.
Our friend "Peace Corps Jane" lives near us and works in Public Health, so she stopped by to see what was going on!
Mom & Dad - 3 months later!
Today marks 3 months since Mom & Dad arrived in Zambia - it is still hard to believe! When we say goodnight and they walk over to the Wilcox house, I still giggle and tell Blu, "My parents live next door!" It is unreal. We haven't played near as many 42 games as we would like, but other than that, we have no complaints! Dad is such a servant - from teaching to driving to building to library time to running here and there and everywhere, he does absolutely whatever is needed. Mom is an amazing teacher, encourager, listener, and stays a little more behind the scenes (kinda like her daughter...) ;) We are so grateful that God has planted them here, next door to us!!
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