Kijabe Hospital

 

Where do you see “Health Care to God’s Glory” on the hospital vehicle?     Answer: So far, we’ve seen it only in Africa

The nurse at Naomi’s village (Nurse Ann), 2 interns ( Molly and Allison), my 2 older girls and I got to help take 11 kids from Naomi’s Village to go to the hospital where they have their check-ups, get their blood drawn and get their monthly medicine.  All regular doctor appts. are held at the Hospital; no separate offices like in the US.

Playing with Skip Bo cards in the waiting room.  Ann and Hannah S.

Keeping them entertained and safe in the waiting room. 

Richie & Jane waiting patiently til they’re called back to get checked out.

After lunch, a storm rolled in and brought hail.  It was very loud and cooled off quickly.  With all the nice sunny weather, this was indeed a surprise for an average Africa forecast. The kids loved it as they don’t see hail very often.  So they were trying to catch the ice and eat it.

It was a full exhausting day!  We left Naomi’s village at 8:15am and returned home at 3pm.  Just look at these kids on the ride home, so cute.  And do you notice, no car seats, no seat belts here, no law saying they have to be on.  …and these roads are extremely bumpy, at least til you get to the main highway, then it is still scary driving. They drive on the opposite sides of the road and the opposite side of the vehicle than in the states.

Sweet Ann taking a nap on the drive home.

Intern Allison, Richie  and Lizzy. 

There are 4 interns here, staying up at the guest home with us. They have applied for a 2-3 month internshiips to serve and help out at Naomi’s Village. They are from Arizona, Arkansas, Texas, and Tennesee.  Allison is from Arizona.  All four of the interns are girls in their early to mid-twenties. It has been a JOY getting to know the interns and hearing their southern/western accents.  We did have an infant with us, 7 months old who had a check up as well.  Intern Molly was holding him in the front seat of the Land Cruiser, and we regretfully did not get a  picture. Again no car seat, he just sat on her lap for the ride to and from.

Blessed to have this experience with my daughters.  They have been so excited to learn, go and interact as much as possible with these children.  We got a tour of the hospital (fairly small yet efficient). Many walk for miles to get medical care.  We even used a squat pot for the first time in the restroom (it’s bring your own toilet paper, which we forgot :(  We are living and learning.