Thursday, March 13th. 9:00PM Cambodia
So, today we saw 133 children and adults at the screening. The youngest one was 2 months old and the oldest was 56 years old. It was 100 degrees outside and even hotter in the hospital. And we spent roughly 11 hours there. So, we were all very sweaty, and very tired.!! Each person had to be screened by a variety of different specialists (anesthesia, nurses, dentists, plastic surgeons).
I have in my mind one of the most important parts of the mission. The two other students and I spend the entire day entertaining kids. You could imagine that after waiting in the hot sun for that long would make a lot of those kids unhappy. One of the things that always seems to work is bubbles. Bubbles will make the unhappy children suddenly happy again. There were a lot of kids that cried only when we weren’t blowing bubbles.
There was this one kid that the student sponsor Sarah, and I loved. We couldn’t understand his name due to his cleft lip so we called him buddy. In the morning I gave him a kite that Sarah had brought and he spent the rest of the day running around the entire hospital with it. It was sad though because he probably won’t get surgery because the required procedure needs to be moving his entire upper jaw forward and it would be too complicated to be done here.
Mom was in charge of paperwork. She had a bunch of boys from the Mormon Church as her translators. She got to see and talk with every single patient. That made her happy.
We had a team dinner tonight, the food was strange – fish with heads, and lots of other stuff that you couldn’t even recognize. And again, we come back to talk about the traffic and the roads – it is the most amazing thing. Today we went to the hospital on a full size bus; we don’t know how we didn’t get in an accident.
One more thing, the showers in our hotel rooms are a mess. Every time you use it the water runs out onto the floor and creates a mess. It’s sort of annoying.
We will try to post photos tomorrow or Saturday. We are so tired tonight and the Internet here is very slow, so everything takes a long time.
M & B
P.S Emily, I want two Italian Cheese bagels, with an orange mango Nantucket Nectar.
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hay i wish your friend buddy was going to get surgary it sounds like he needs a lot of help. it sounds like you worked very hard today and it sounds that bubbles were a big hit. Aunt Margaret was the paperwork difficult to keep track of? maybe you both should star to take up their language? if you want to i would start now and to start try to figure out "buddy's" name. i hope you are enjoying your visit. Take tons of pics and soak it all in because this is a once in a life time experience for both of you. it was also cool that you bought sneakers for that kid and said it was his best day ever. i bet you guys are mega rich compared to them. You have made a big difference for all of them. they all would have never had this chance to be helped in a big way. i am so proud of you and i hope tomorrow is cool. oh ya does it ever rain there because if it does than it might be cool for once. Keep on the good work i will blog a lot more.
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Emily :)
Dear Margaret and Brian
Love reading about your day in Cambodia I actually could feel the sticky sweat. It has got to be very hard work for all of you and very sad to turn anyone down.
Are you sure driving in Boston is better than there? Hard to believe..... Will keep reading your journal entries they are very informative. Get some rest when you can.
Brian I think I had a shower like that in Greece!!!!
Love
Joni and Fred
Hello Marge and Brian,
I am so happy to hear things are going well for you guys in Cambodia. First I am sure Marge was happy to see that huge plane and she was not worried that winds over Pacific will move around that plane. :) It's great how you are making a difference to many people over there. I know it's hard to work under those conditions, but keep the adrenalin going and you will enjoy every minute of it. I miss you both and cant wait to read more of your posts....Emily, I miss you too! :)
Dear Margaret and Brian,
Things sound great so far. I would be a little concerned with the food. Fish with heads on a plate doesn't sound appealing. Do they serve mt dew or coke? Your days sound busy but fulfilling. You guys are doing something amazing. The PPBC is very proud of you guys. Hopefully tomorrow will bring a cool breeze for you.
Lyn
Dear Margaret and Brian,
Things sound great so far. I would be a little concerned with the food. Fish with heads on a plate doesn't sound appealing. Do they serve mt dew or coke? Your days sound busy but fulfilling. You guys are doing something amazing. The PPBC is very proud of you guys. Hopefully tomorrow will bring a cool breeze for you.
Lyn M
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