Today was a good, hard, long day. We all spent most of the day at Bogamo village in Kugili district doing a medical outreach with New Life health clinic. Once we arrived, Andrew Wambi introduced us and the ones we worked with to the community, followed by a good and very sweet message from Pastor Wilson. He encouraged the people to take care of both their spiritual health and physical health today. Then it was off to work! Tamara helped doctors Joel and Juma perform check ups; Hannah and Emma did the malaria testing; I (Sam) helped Beatriz give out medicine as prescribed; and Sue and Julie helped sort vitamins into the many empty pill bottles we brought, as well as documenting the patients' information cards, help around all over as needed, remind everyone to eat, and work with Pastor Wilson to determine which children should be on PlumpyNut. Overall it was estimated that we saw around 500 people today, so it was a good day. We've just finished dinner, which is always good, but tasted even better after the long day. Most (if not all) of us are relatively out of it by this point, so if you're wondering about the title, it's connected to that!
Off to sleep all night till my alarm attempts to wake me,
Sam
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