Ok ok
I know the millions of you who read this are just dying to hear about what I have been up to the last few days
My apologies as tuesday the internet was down and wednesday was a very late night down town in Santa Domingo
So here’s whats been going on
Tuesday:
Note to readers: If you can drive in the Dominican, you can drive anywhere
Note to self: Don’t wait to get scrubs because all of the good sizes will be taken
A little more relaxing than monday but still there was a lot of standing (like 3-4hours), but it is definitely worth it because of how many crazy cool eye surgeries I get to see: Faco Surgery (Note if you are squimish don’t click on the link)
Hopefully no one throws up with that picture
Anyways, this day was amazing because I had the full hospital and surgery experience (except for actually doing the surgery, unfortunately I’m told they frown college students doing it everywhere I’m told)
I stood beside Dwight for more than an hour as he worked to transplant the cornea of a young man who had been badly chemically burned. It was truly amazing to know that this guy, after a few days to months of recovery, could see fully again.
Wednesday
Note to readers: do not start handing out gifts to children because you will get mobbed
Note to self: listen to the administration when they tell you not to give out gifts to the children
Thankfully I did
BUT I have heard of people doing that and seen the results
Towards the end of the day there was only one little boy left at the clinic with his family so I gave him some candy (dulce) and a little stuffed monkey, his happiness and thankfulness from this one little gift was surely something that will stay with me forever.
After the clinic was done Dwight and I went into the city again for dinner with one of the attending doctors from the clinic who wanted to pick Dwight’s brain about medicine. We left at about 5:00 and got back at 11:30 and I probably said less than a hundred words for the whole trip. There was a lot to learn and listen to, and if you know me well you know it was obviously a very hard thing for me to just sit and listen. (But the food was very good so I wasn’t complaining)
Thursday
Note to readers: Don’t ever complain about traffic or bad driving in Canada
Note to self: move to dominican because driving here is super fun
You know those movies with the high speed chases going the wrong way on a highway…that really happens here. I’ll hopefully post the picture later but there was a huge traffic jam and three cars drove over the median and into on coming traffic. All I could say was WOW. I just couldn’t believe I was seeing that.
Dwight and I got to go to Willy Hunters house (the founder of MMI). It was so great to sit down with him and hear of his faith and desire to see the centre’s to be used to glorify God. I sat once again and listened (something I’m getting used to with the whole language barrier thing) as Willy talked with Dwight about life and God’s will. I was encouraged and challenged.
So that was way to long and if you’ve stayed with me this long I hope it was enjoyable to read how things are going here.
Hopefully I’ll stay more on top of it in the future
Thank you all again for your prayer
Buenas tardes
