Third day of Medical Mission- Cotta with Pastor
Lito
Today’s medical mission was outdoors in a little community near the
railroad station. Most of the people that we treated today were squatters, and
many of the children came on their own or towing their little brothers and
sisters with them to see the doctors. A huge blessing today was that for the first
time since we arrived, the rain held off until we returned home to Sankey in
the evening. Rain would have made a muddy mess of the little clearing we were
in and would have made it almost impossible to see the patients. We did have
large tents to keep all of the patients and staff in the shade- and even a little
room off to the side to do the prenatal exams and breathing treatments.
Most of the 166 patients seen today were small children and brand new
babies. We saw many families with skin diseases and scabies, as well as many
colds and some pneumonia. All the families received large portions of soup
provided by the church during the feeding program- and there were many smiling
kiddos after their bellies were filled! Many of these families are malnourished
and we connected those who needed extra food or formula for their babies with
Pastor Lito at the church, so that they can get the continued help that they
need in the days to come.
