Yesterday we saw about 20 patients, mostly the children for physicals, some young adults and some employees. In the Afternoon we went into Lusaka to get medicines for the Village. One of the little children had dislocated his elbow so he was along to see the doctor and to have his cast removed. He is 5 years old, in kindergarden and can print all the names of the children in his cottage and other names too. His name is Happy and is a very bright child. It was a long tiring trip into Lusaka. The last 17 kilometers is a rough dirt road.
It never ceases to amaze me that there are so many people out at night, walking along the dirt roads. Apparently by midnight the road is packed with people and vehicles, trucks, bicycles. These are dark roads and you wonder how they can even see to get around. I wonder what they even do. It is scary driving after dark.
We were fortunate to have electricity all day yesterday. On Thursday we lost the electricity early and it didn't come back on till about 7 pm. We were on a generator for about an hour when it first got dark. It is not uncommon in Africa to be without electricity. Something to be thankful for in America, being here leaves me with a lot of things to be thankful for. It sometimes is hard to comprehend how so many people can live in these conditions. Then I get to come home and hear people complain that they don't have this or that. The sad part of why things don't improve is mainly government corruption. This is a good example of government taking care of themselves but have little regard to how it affects the people as a whole.
Enough of my ramblings, be thankful for all the blessings we have in America.
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