WHIZ food distribution....

On Monday we got the chance to visit Dr. Jain's office. Half of the group went to Zimba Hospital and half of us went to Dr. Jain's. Of the eight girls going to Dr. Jain's, 4 went in the morning and 4 went in the afternoon. I was one of the 4, who went in the afternoon. He is not as busy in the afternoon, however we were able to see lots of cases of Malaria. I got to watch one of the lab personnel dye slides for malaria and we got to see the parasites through the stethoscope. Most of the cases were malaria related...but there were a few that were accident related, or involving skin disorders. We had to take temperatures and blood pressures with mercury sigmomenometers and thermometers. The mercury blood pressures were extremely hard to read, because I could not see the mercury while trying to read the diastolic pressure. All of the medications, which we gave, I had never seen before, so I had to look all of them up on the internet.
On Tuesday we got to participate in a food distribution for WHIZ. The mealy meal, which was completely out in the supply store, finally came in and was given to World Hope for distribution. The 8 of us left that morning (the other 8 stayed overnight in Zimba) and began driving north towards Lusaka. After about 20 minutes of driving we were pulled over for a car safety inspection. We were supposed to pull over on the side of the road until we could pay enough for a fire extinguisher for the truck, which was hauling the food. Every time we tried to deliver the food something would happen. We prayed together in our car and we were released to begin driving again. Thank you God! :) We drove for a total of about 3 hours between different cities on the way to Lusaka. We were able to stop in about 6 villages and deliver cabbages, mealy meal and emergency kits. It was a wonderful opportunity to see how the villages function related to community health. We were able to get out of the land rover for about 20 minutes at each village and play with the children, as well as, meet and greet the mothers and fathers. It was a very humbling experience and I am so thankful that we were able to finally deliver the food! Thank you God for your faithfulness in this situation! :)
God bless...