Visits with Dr. Jain...

On Friday of this week we were paid a visit from Dr. Jain, who is the general surgeon who lives down the road from our compound. Half of us will be visiting him this Monday and following him during his practicing hours. The other half of us are going to Zimba Hospital and following the nurses and staff there. Dr. Jain talked with us for over 1 hour on Friday. He has been in Zambia for over 30 years and he is an expert on treating almost every possible case you could imagine! He told us that he once visited a community in the mountains about 1 hour away from Choma. It was rainy season at the time and it began to pour rain. All of the sudden there was a flash flood and the water was rising in the clinic incredibly fast. Dr. Jain looked over and saw the bassinet for one of the babies floating out the door in the water. He reached for the bassinet and swam the baby and the baby's mother over to a high land area and dropped them off. He then proceeded to swim back and forth between the high land area and the clinic, saving 7 people. After everyone was safe he looked to his left and saw a bunch of snakes swimming around him AND a crocodile! He, fortunately, was able to make it back to dry land and he was awarded one of the highest honors from the President of Zambia for courage and bravery. He is an awesome, awesome doctor and he has so many stories! We are all excited to shadow him this next week! :) His wife is also a OBGYN!!! So hopefully we will get to see some babies being born!! She did a c-section yesterday...unfortunately we were unable to go....but I believe that there will be many more opportunities to see some babies! :) Praise God for sending Dr. Jain to us and providing us with many opportunities!!!! until later....God bless!