Roque!

Hey guys so this weekend I went to Roque to do a mobile clinic this involved a 3-4 hour drive and then a 2 hour hike up a mountain a bit bigger than Slieve Donard at 37 degrees Celsius!! We did a lot of this on donkey’s (I would have preferred to have walked!) it was so scary! We left the OMS compound at 6:30 am and arrived at around 12:30pm once we got there we had to start the clinic for the day after some lunch (rice and beans and some cashew nut sauce – it was amazing mummy you’ll have to get the recipe!) I mainly helped out in the pharmacy and in the lab – yep that’s right we brought a mobile lab and a couple of techs (Tim and Mary) they were brilliant at their job and this was their 3rd year going to roque – so they let me do some bits and pieces which was a great experience! we worked till it was well dark! none of us slept overly well that night (well except for me i could sleep through a tornado - 20 years of having to listen to mummy and daddy snore in the next room does amazing things lol!!!) the next morning we set up and went all day again with a few breaks for food inbetween which included stew for breakfast ... interesting ... but all good! there were no proper bathrooms so none of us could shower the whole time we were up there - we definitely smelt pungent once we got down the mountain! we went to church in Roque ( in the same building where we had the clinic!) the people were so welcoming and sang some amazing songs seriously hatians know how to harmonise!!! I was in heaven lol! I walked down the mountain there was no way i was getting back on a donkey I nearly broke my neck like 6 times trying to get up the mountain never mind down but unfortunately i had a run in with a big thorn on my way down - quite literally a thorn in the flesh! But i survived!

Today (monday) we ran another mobile clinic but this one was only a 2 hour truck drive away it was slightly less organised but still as rewarding i even got to take some blood and do some examinations! Gavin is all on for letting me get some good experience I love it!

I just read all your post there and ended up in tears lol i miss u guys loads (can u tell Iv been spending time with americans?! Theres a big group here full of girls my age which def helped me settle in they arrived the day after me!) Thank you so much for all your prayers and keep going cos i really need them im tired and achey and my IBS has just started to act up I'm also taking devotions 2moro morning yikes! Keep posting too, its a real encouragement I'm gonna try and call home tomorrow mummy i promise!!
Love you guys!! xoxoxoxox