My first SUTURING

I can't believe I left out my first suturing experience on Wednesday's post! Hansito came into the clinic having accidently sliced a deep cut into his thumb. I asked Mike, "are you going to suture that?" and he replied, "No, YOU'RE going to suture that." After recovering from slight shock, we prepared his finger with a digital block and donnned sterile gloves. Mike taught me well and I actually had fun sewing his finger back up. There was quite a bit of blood, but he was not in pain because the lido was doing its job. I would definitely not get that opportunity in the states!

Yeseterday it RAINED and it POURED RAIN. Plus, we had great lightning and rolling thunder to go along with it. It was amazing how fast, hard and big the rain drops came down. I couldn't resist going outside and playing in it for awhile. Thankfully, it slowed down by Bible study time at northside w/Liorlyn, Kiera, and her 1-month old, Kioli. We looked at Galatians 2 and it was just amazing. "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (ch 2, v 20). I really can't describe the way I felt during those hours except to say that it was a "God moment." Liorlyn is so passionate about Christ and seeing her loved ones come to know Him. She loves this island and is brokenhearted over the drug and alcohol use here. She says she just doesn't understand how the most comfortable place to sit on the whole island is in a church, however, the bar is more crowded than that and there are no good places to sit there. She also told me about her mother, who died at 63 (before the clinic) because she was diabetic and her father couldn't make enough money to buy the proper meds she needed. How thankful she is for the clinic and the ability to get free meds from us. It's neat to hear how God has provided this place, and what conditions were like before. Liorlyn also had great words of encouragement and prayer for my life - about starting a new job and being a witness there, about how Daniel (in the Bible) had such boldness and faith, and a verse from Psalm 30, "...weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning." Amen and amen.