The Barefoot Drs. Training is going great! Yesterday we taught them CPR. Only one person in the class had ever even heard of it! They pick things up so fast and they have CPR down. Unfortunately we did not have a CPR Dummy so it is impossible to feel exactly what it is like. We are hoping next year maybe someone will be able to donate an old dummy from the USA. Another project for me today is to locate 30 toothbrushes for the village kids and training materials for the teachers to instruct the kids on how to use them properly.
Church was great with a lot of children. We especially enjoyed seeing the kids singing in their traditional Karen outfits.
On Sunday they asked one of us to say a few words of encouragement to the villagers and I got “voluntold” as my military friends in the USA would say. Actually it was a privilege and honor to speak to them. I took examples from the Bible and tied them to health applications and being an example for your children and to the world around them. I explained to them that one of the reasons our medical team had come to the village was found in the Bible. 1 Peter 4:10 says, “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” We were attempting to do this but they should also follow this advice.
This is a picture of the house we stayed at, the stairs/ladder to get in, and our bedroom. The pic of the blankets on the floor is where three of the 5 of us Americans stayed. It got surprisingly cold at night in that little mountain village.
Oh ya, remember the lady a few days ago (picture below) with the black teeth? That is from years of chewing on beetle nut. It gives you a pretty strong “buzz” from what I understand.
So long for now, Rick
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