Thursday we got a last minute call from a tribal leader cancelling our outreach on Friday. We were all really disappointed because it was going to be a beautiful hike in the mountains, along side a river and some small waterfalls, and this was a very secluded tribe so they were really in need of some medical attention. I'm not sure why it was cancelled, but it all worked out in the end. Our director made some connections and we were able to set up in the local health clinic so we could serve some of the poor right around where we are living. Almost the entire community where we do weekly bible studies showed up. We got help all the kids that we sing songs and play games with. It was so cool because they all remember our names and came and sat on our laps. Us students did the doctoring by ourselves. The real doctors were there when we had questions but we diagnosed and prescribed all by ourselves. A lot of it was headaches, colds, and diarrhea so it wasn't to hard. I spent most of my time cleaning fungal and bacterial infections off the kids' scalp. It was so sad when one little girl had to cut her beautiful long black hair so it could be cleaned. We saw another malnurished baby. 9 weeks and only 3kg. Since she lives so close to us we will be able to help her quite easily. The mother was having difficulty breastfeeding so the baby was not getting enough milk. We gave her a bottle and some formula to feed the little girl and she will be coming by the base for weekly check ups until she is well.
Well, that's all for now. I gotta go and prepare a thirty minute sermon-like speech for tomorrow. I'm speaking at Silonay, one of the communities we do bible study and sunday school with.
Oh, one more tip if your ever in the Philippines. I got quite the shcok when I tried to call West Jet, 1-888-WEST-JET is not the right number. It will connect you to one of those "special" lines that you have to pay per minute, you know the adult only ones. Boy was my face red!