Mombeya's Clinic

So I said I would try and blog everytime I got to a computer. Not a lot has happened in the last two weeks. I'm still teaching English twice a week after school, and I also started an English class for adults on Monday nights. This past week, during my girl's club, we talked about the realities and myths of HIV/AIDS. It went really well and I think the girls feel a little bit more informed. Also, Hy-Vee has donated jerseys and bags for the girls soccer team, so thank you Hy-Vee!
My principal's wife had her baby last Friday and Rachel and I went to the hospital/clinic in Mombeya to visit the baby girl. She was adorable and they called her a port; she really did look white! The doctor there wants me to work at this clinic with him and I said of course. For some reason, he wanted to take my blood pressure and weigh me. All this when he had a roomful of patients waiting. My blood pressure was low and I explained to him that I was in a food coma as I had just had two lunches, one from my host mother and the other from a sacrifice for the teachers of Mombeya. Which also, I explained, might be the reason I weighed so much! He then asked me if I wanted to watch him take the extra finger off this new born baby. Uh yea I would. So I helped hold down the baby while he cut the circulation off the extension flab of the pinkie with some string. Then he just snipped it right off. I was fairly impressed on how sterile and efficient he was.
So I've been pretty busy and things have been going well. Miss and love you all!