Homecare/OVC
Just a bit about the nutrition part of this from the resident mathematician.
Tuesday was spent driving to Mpandesane, holding a workshop under the tree, visiting with the dental team, being involved in some problem-diagnosis where prayers are needed for a young one, and driving back to Mbabane. The workshop there involved care-givers from both Mpandesane and Matsanjeni where the 2008 group had supper in the very small church with cardboard stuffing the spaces between the "logs". Some of the women who prepared that meal were at the workshop - which meant a lot to Mary Jane.
Today it was to Lomahasha in the northeast corner of the country. I was there in 2004 for the dedication of St Thomas's new church that some other Iowans had helped to build. There was a group of 11 caregivers this morning who asked lots of good questions and very clearly are doing God's work in visiting the sick -- sometimes in the morning and again in the afternoon. "This is our Christian sacrifice," we were told. This group gets some coordination and training from another friend of Iowans, Clementine Mashwama, widow of the late Rev. George M, who along with the Noahs started much of this exchange.
Tomorrow we head back south -- about halfway -- for our final mini-workshop. Friday morning the dental team will be returning, and Friday afternoon we will have 40 of the Neighborhood Care Point volunteers and Home Based Care volunteers here at Thokoza for a workshop. Hopefully, we will be ready for that -- there won't be all those "freebies" that some expect at workshops and conferences, but there will be singing and sharing.
Thanks to all for your prayers and words of encouragement! We look forward to seeing you soon.
Dave
Tuesday was spent driving to Mpandesane, holding a workshop under the tree, visiting with the dental team, being involved in some problem-diagnosis where prayers are needed for a young one, and driving back to Mbabane. The workshop there involved care-givers from both Mpandesane and Matsanjeni where the 2008 group had supper in the very small church with cardboard stuffing the spaces between the "logs". Some of the women who prepared that meal were at the workshop - which meant a lot to Mary Jane.
Today it was to Lomahasha in the northeast corner of the country. I was there in 2004 for the dedication of St Thomas's new church that some other Iowans had helped to build. There was a group of 11 caregivers this morning who asked lots of good questions and very clearly are doing God's work in visiting the sick -- sometimes in the morning and again in the afternoon. "This is our Christian sacrifice," we were told. This group gets some coordination and training from another friend of Iowans, Clementine Mashwama, widow of the late Rev. George M, who along with the Noahs started much of this exchange.
Tomorrow we head back south -- about halfway -- for our final mini-workshop. Friday morning the dental team will be returning, and Friday afternoon we will have 40 of the Neighborhood Care Point volunteers and Home Based Care volunteers here at Thokoza for a workshop. Hopefully, we will be ready for that -- there won't be all those "freebies" that some expect at workshops and conferences, but there will be singing and sharing.
Thanks to all for your prayers and words of encouragement! We look forward to seeing you soon.
Dave
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