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176 days ago
Our final part of the homeward journey was completed without any hitches and James, Dorothy and I are now trying to get our body clocks back into sync after a very rewarding trip It was only made possible through the practical and prayerful support of our families and many friends to whom we are truly grateful Regards and thank you Tom Ps - apologies for the occasional spelling mistake which I gather I made in preparing the Blog. There were two reasons for this, firstly I was so excited about what I was writing that I got a bit carried away and secondly, I'm not very good at spelling anyway!
176 days ago
After an overnight flight from Accra we are at Amsterdam Airport from where we will soon make the last leg of our journey home, Dororthy to Leeds and James and I to Dublin and then back to Lisburn It seems a long time since we overlooked the Lake at breakfast time yesterday and watched local childeren walk past in the blue and yellow school uniforms we remember so well from last year Our last day at devotions was led by Dorothy and there was a full turnout of Clinic personnel to say farewell I don't think we can fully understand the apreciation felt by the Staff at the Clinic for the contribution Seymour Street and friends have made by extending the Clinc and this was evident when James presented a laptop computer to the Pharmacy department kindly donated by Melanie Dowden Goodbyes on these occasions are filled with mixed emotions, however one thing is certain and that is this trip was meant to be looking ...
177 days ago
Today was hands on all the way...from the sun first appeared over the hill this morning until it set in a beautiful red ball in front of us tonight Because of a family bereavement the Clinic Driver was unable to bring the new Doctor yesterday so we set off early this morning in the ambulance and collected him from Kumasi Back at base it was all hands on deck as the task of moving all the delivery suite items to the new building was completed This was preceded by a massive attack on cleaning, scrubbing, washing, mopping and a number of other chores aimed at providing comfort and the appropriate level of hygiene for all patients Talking about Patients the Clinic saw almost 30 today and it the late afternoon Matron told us she expected to have three babies delivered either tonight or tomorrow One didn't wait and the first baby boy was born in the Hospital just before 6.00pm - who knows what tomorrow will bring The atmosphere around here is electric and ...
178 days ago
On the first day the new Clinic was open two healthy baby girls were safely delivered When we got back from Kumasi the proud Mums were waiting for us to take pictures of the new arrivals before setting off home on foot They were like little angels - the babies that is - and guess what.... I got to kiss them! We'd gone to Kumasi to finalize travel arrangements for our homeward journey and also to pick up items which will be needed for some of the practical jobs we are going to undertake tomorrow We keep meeting people with whom we had contact last year - which is really nice As there are power fluctuations tonight I'll stop now and hope to provide more information tomorrow night Regards Tom
179 days ago
We wakened today again to a clear blue sky and a wonderful sight over the Lake Just as we were getting organised - and as usual I was last in the shower - James popped his head round the corner and said the Local Minister is here to see us and to dedicate the new Clinic You can imagine the splutter as I tried to make myself presentable and join the others Rev B Archibold chatted to us and then in a short, yet meaningful act of worship dedicated the Clinic to the Glory of God and for the benefit of all the people of this beautiful area Mr Archibold went on to say that the Clinic could now be used by the staff here and that an application would be submitted to have its status upgraded to that of a hospital - that was a great start to the day Our Church Service lasted almost two hours and that was nothing to do with the length of time James preached!. There was so much happeneing and as it was a Harvest Service some of the items of produce were auctioned at the end ...
