Duck Duck...BONES!

Today the group split up, with the girls going on community outreach to a primary school, and the boys staying at the hospital. Henry & the guys went on rounds with the surgical team, and got to see all the wounds (aka lots of BONE!!! Crazy!!) The ladies had an awesome day weighing babies, helping screen pregnant women, see patients, and play with the kids! They loved Mary Mack (good job, Britt) and Duck Duck Goose. We ended the day playing volleyball with some of our nursing student friends (with a little interruption from a soccer game :) Love always, Jordan, Tiffany, Patrick, Mitch, Brittany, & Megan

Another beautiful day at Maua

We had an amazing weekend!! Yesterday we went to church and took a hike to the waterfall with three of the nursing students here at Maua. IT WAS INCREDIBLE! We have some awesome pictures to show you all when we get back :) Today the group split up, with Megan, Brittany and Jordan staying with Henry at Maua & treat patients, and Mitchell, Patrick and Tiffany going on outreach to the community. They worked with babies for their check ups, immunizing kids, de-worming, and bonding with people in the community (they fed them fresh bananas, mango, ugali, & fresh goat!!!) This experience has been so awesome, we are all learning so much and have so many opportunities to learn. We are all safe and love you all! Please keep the prayers coming :) Love always, Jordan, Megan, Brittany, Tiffany, Patrick, & Mitchell

WOW!!!

This trip has been amazing!! Full of highs and lows (but mostly highs!) We started out with the long plane ride, a night in Nairobi, and a relaxing New Years Eve/New Years Day (since it was a holiday, the hospital was rather quiet those days, so we used it to settle in and recover from the strong jet lag :) The 5 of us from SUPT have been working with Henry Bilton, the physiotherapist here at Maua Methodist Hospital. He is such a great man and a wonderful teacher, we are all learning so much!! We spent Wednesday getting oriented, Thursday walking around with him and treating as a group, and Friday we split up into pairs and worked with loads of patients. We have been treating in the male and female medical wards, surgical wards, burn unit, pediatrics, plus outpatient with some orthopedic and lots of neurological rehab (mainly stroke). Tiffany has been working in the MCH (Community Health Department) screening babies, working with mothers, helping with admissions, and more. Next week we are planning to head out into the community together for some outreach ministry Monday and Tuesday. We are so excited! I have been moved so much on this trip. God has most definitely been teaching me and using this experience to help me grow in so many ways. We are all having a blast and loving every minute of it! Please keep the prayers coming for strength, wisdom, and safety for the duration of the week. We'll write again soon! Love always, Jordan & the team

Off we go!

After a few hour delay, we are getting ready to board our first flight to Amsterdam! We are so excited, no one is freaking out (yet.. :) and are pumped for some great movies on the plane! We'll update when we're in Kenya! Tuonane baadaye!