The trip was long and we were wisely directed to take a couple days to recover. We started with a tour of the facilities on Saturday then Sunday we attended both masses, 6 and 830 am, and were introduced to the Njinikom parish. We began work on Monday shadowing the staff (Michael on the medical ward and out patient clinic and Reneal in the HIV/AIDS treatment clinic). We both will be rotating through all the areas of the hospital and clinics. We had an opportunity to visit the orphanage on Saturday and spent a little time visiting and playing with the younger children.. There are many opportunities for us to help and assist the staff that are here. They provide a tremendous service to the surrounding communities.
We visited the local open air market (held every 8 days) where Reneal found another species of okra (they apparently have 5 varieties here) and attended the opening ceremony for the national youth week with children from the surrounding public and catholic schools.
