Thursday, October 27, 2011

Stickers do make everything better!?

Greeting here from Kerry. I am up doing the night shift at Medi Share. The patients are all asleep, so I escaped to check on some email. Great day today. Becky and I went off to the orphanage with a group called European Disaster Volunteers. Awesome group that has been busy rebuilding, teaching English, and providing health screenings. Their group will disperse in 40 days due to lack of funding. If you know anyone with an extra $35,000, that would keep them running for another year....
About 30 kids were at the orphanage. Super cute. We started with wellness screening. Overall good health was noted, but many are loosing weight, due to lack of food. That was a harsh reality to witness! After the check-ups we handed out the donations I had brought. Talk about a flash mob! Finally the caretaker had to take most thing away, to save for later. But before that the smiles were incredible! Kids playing with balls, applying stickers all over their bodies and shaking all the noise makers! We also got to ride in a 'tap tap', which are the pick-up taxi's popular around here. Crowded, but not a bad ride. Well I should get back to the babies...

1 comment:

  1. so very proud of you kerry! :) tears in my eyes as i think about how difficult life is elsewhere.
    much love,
    christie (& john)

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