Today was a typical day on mission. LOL Our plans for the day were to visit the sick and dying children in the morning and then to go and visit the orphans with disabilities. Weeeelllll we were all dressed in Sunday clothes when we got the notice that there was Cholera at the hospital. We changed clothes and loaded 30 boxes of FMSC food into our Top Top (team bus) and headed for Gertrude's orphanage for disabled children.
Mary and I were unsure of how this was going to go but after a few minutes we and the rest of the team really settled in as we heard the squeals of joy and saw the joy light up in their eyes. We played with them until noon and headed back to the guest house to refresh and recuperate from the effects of the Caribbean sun.
We changed back into our Sunday best and waited for a call from the nursing staff. We were told to wait. After a couple of hour we got an all clear on the Cholera and were divided into 2 teams, the guys and Debbie to unload 250 boxes of food and a second team to hold the sick babies. The loaders could change into their shorts and t-shirt (I didn't get the word) and the other team remained in church clothes.
Well when we got there the plans had changed again, the babies had all been moved out and we could not visit. We did unload and load 250 boxes at the hospital while the church attired team helped.
I thought I was back in the academy with all the clothes changes but a very rewarding day filled with blessings just the same. A very typical day on mission with many changes requiring flexibility.
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