Tuesday after getting up at 5am to workout and a very very long day at the ABC clinic getting back into the swing of things (including cleaning out a containter full of old donated medical equipment) we had bible study with our Malawian friends. We started a new study called "Crazy Love." The book it is based on is by Francis Chan and is also called "Crazy Love." If you have never read this book it is really really awesome. We only started the intro last night but I think it is going to be amazing! Bible study is always followed up by buffet dinner provided by the hosting family. That night we served spaghetti and salad. It is always great to meet together and catch up on everyones busy lives.

Wednesday I worked at Partners in Hope. It was great because one of my friends who is also a nurse from America was back from being home in the States. We had fun getting caught up with each other. Then after touring everyone around Partners in Hope I was able to go with Mark and Deb and Peter and Tina to lunch at Gazeebos. Gazeebo's is an outdoor restraurant that serves great steaks, chicken and Tandoori. In the afternoon I did a blood transfusion for an elderly patient with an implanted port. Normally we would have gone to campus bible study but everyone needed to get to bed early since they were planning to go out on a mobile clinic in the morning at 5:30. They have to get an early start because the clinic is usually 2 hours from Lilongwe.

Stay tuned for how the mobile clinic went!

So we made it back to Malawi safely and without much incident! Thanks to all who were praying for us....we even had a nice hotel in Ethiopia! All of our bags made minus 2 of the Holland's cell phones. They were taken out of their carry on bag when they made them check it at the gate.

Currently the Tangs are staying in one of the guest lodges at ABC and Mark and Deb are staying in our house with us until Sunday and then they will move to the guest lodges too. It has been alot of fun having them here with us

Of course we hadn't been in the house on Monday afternoon (the day we arrived) more than 5 minutes before I got a phone call from the clinic. One of the other missionaries daughters had been playing outside. Some kids from the other side of the security wall were launching rocks over to our side just for fun and.....one hit this little girl in the head. So after 48 hour of very little sleep Mark and I headed to the clinic to do stitches for the girl. Thankfully it wasnt very deep and was easy to sew shut. She didn't end up with a concussion or anything scary like that either....welcome to Malawi Mark!

Starting next week Mark and Deb will be helping out at the ABC clinic with me. Mark will be seeing patients in the private end and covering the inpatient unit. Deb will be helping me get stuff organized to open the OB unit in early October! We are so glad to have both the Hollands and Tangs here with us!

I want to thank everyone for the great time Kimmy and I had while we were home. It was great catching up with everyone!

Becky