Hot Rod Soup

So, yesterday for lunch we had grilled cheese sandwiches and "hot rod" soup. Well, I had no idea that the name for my chicken I was given would be so appropriate for our chicken soup. Hot rod was made into a great soup for us. The funny thing is that our soup really was HOT! It was so spicy. I loved it. Everyone liked it, if they could withstand the spice. I saw Yissa, the cook, later that afternoon, and it was so important for him to know which part of the chicken we ate. He asked multiple people. I have no idea, because it was broken down into pieces. Anyway, the whole thing, being given a chicken and all, was very fun.

Later that night, we all had a special time together playing cards, before we did our night rounds. It was the last night for the two med students from North Carolina and one of their dads. Their names are Chuck and Angela Barrier. In fact, they have kept up a great blog:
www.chuckandangela.blogspot.com
They have been such a blessing to us on the trip. Chuck spent four months here last year, when he took a year off med school to catch up with Angela and graduate together, since they wanted to get married. His experience was such a great help to all of us, because medicine here is so different with the African/tropical-like diseases. I meant to tell you what we are seeing. We see and treat malaria, typhoid fever, burnelli ulcers, tropical splenomegaly, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDs, hepatitis, just to name a few of them.



We've also been seeing several cases of abdominal masses, likely tumors from the liver or kidney; in children, Wilm's tumor or neuroblastomas, but we are unable to provide more treatment for tumors or mets, unless the tumor is easily isolated and removable. That is why we rely so heavily on prayer for them. The clinic is here to give them eternal hope.