Market Day

I didn't get to write anything yesterday as I was way too tired last night after getting just a little sleep and then being in clinic most of the day. We got a few of Danita's children checked out during the clinic then had to give one of the new kids IV fluids and a dose of IV antibiotics (Rocephine) for a presumed urinary tract infection. We had become quite worried about him. The first day he was diagnosed with scabies then that night he got up to pee twice and during the day we didn't drink much and laid around. But 4 hours after getting the IV treatment he was feeling much better. Today he playing and smiling though it was hard to get him to come back in the clinic. Tonight though I took him his medicine and he swallowed the capsule like a champ.

We also had to change the dressing and give antibiotics to the little guy with the femur fracture. He had spiked a fever and we worried about infection. The wound didn't look too bad though and today we gave him one more injection. He was feeling much better and has been transitioned to the Church with all the new kids.

Today was market day in Dajabon, the neighboring Dominican Republic city and Amanda, Robin and I went over with a few from the South Carolina team who have been coming here for several years. On market days (Mondays and Fridays) you can cross the border without passports so the Haitians go across to get supplies. Big trucks line the roads in town the night before, ready to head over in the morning. And crowds of people set up tents and lean-to's in the lot at the edge of the border. The streets were packed with people selling wares. There isn't much of a sidewalk so you are walking in the middle of the road along with carts, motorcycles and trucks. We bought a few things then headed on back.

This afternoon I started working on getting medical charts for the new kids in between giving a few breathing treatments.

This evening one of the volunteers shared his testimony, quite amazing to set what God has done for him. Then we all headed back from the property to the 3 houses we are staying in. Just a few yards outside the gate, a guy on a motorcycle whips around the corner and we see it a person fall to the ground as well as the motorcycle. I realize it is Robin who was up in the front of the group with a couple of others. I run up to her to find her lying on the ground, eyes closed. But then she opens her eyes. She states that she isn't hurting, praise God. She's able to stand up and walk over to the side. Meanwhile the guy on the motorcycle has run off. We pray over and take into the nearby girls house. The police come, with their sawed off shotguns and bullet proof vests. After making a report, they carry off the motorcycle. We then cautiously move on to our houses, relieved that there were no serious injuries.

Tomorrow is Saturday and is market day in our town so we plan to go there to check it out. In the afternoon we expect to receive 3 more children by air, 2 in a full body cast as a result of their injuries.

Well time to get some sleep as it already 11:15 (but I won't get to post this until the morning.).

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