week nine

week nine

well its official, there is less than a month left here in Perth!!! i still can not believe i will be living in Africa for six months. and just as it is beginning to smell of summer here! i’m currently outside as i write this, its a lovely day here in Perth, and i’m enjoying the sun from across my house in the field just outside a stadium, where currently there is a soccer game going on! lots of crowd and cheering! pretty entertaining and smells good too. like a carnival with hotdogs and all the greasy good food you only eat there or maybe at a goldeye’s game!

so this past week, hmmm..... well our lecture topic was a bit mixed up but in general it was the postpartum time. (time after delivery) so we’ve covered the care of the newborn as well as some of the physical care of the women. next week is a continuation of this past week. but i did enjoy the care of a new born lectures. it is exciting to think that i’ll get to play such a vital role in the welcoming this new life into the world. i loved the quote of our lecture leader ‘for the newborn to be able to feel the hands of Jesus through our hands’ makes me feel very privileged and honored to be doing this job. also learning about cutting the cord, and doing the first examination to make sure everything is ‘normal’ in the baby. it seems like it will be the ‘take a breathe’ moment where the chaos of the delivery is over and the baby is out and stable and resting upon its mother and you get to check its eyes, ears, ten fingers, ten little toes and listen to them breath, among other things! i’m not sure exactly how this will go down on outreach, i know for the girls going to India it will be a hectic time and even in Tanzania in the hospital i think they’ve mentioned that some women are in and out the same day, if not hours after delivery.... i actually have a few pictures from one of my school staff from her time last year there and i’ll get them up so you can see kinda what its like!

other than lectures, lets see, what else has been going on..... well we’ve been hearing many neat stories of God’s provision in finances for students in our school, one girl received just over 2000 in one day, just from various people donations! it makes me so much more aware that there is no way i could do what i’m doing without the help of you at home and around the world that have supported me financially and through prayer. you all really are partners in what is going on here in Perth and what is going to happen in Tanzania in three very short weeks! thank you again!

yesterday some of us girls decided to go to ikea! (yes they have one here and not in winnipeg!!!) it was so much fun!!! we ate breakfast at the buffet as it is cheap! and then took our time (as you have to when walking through ikea) and went through each display, posing and taking photo’s, even having a dance party in one! me and Naomi then went to the mall and got our haircuts.. a little scary but the guy i had was really trust worthy and was actually from Kenya, (just north of Tanzania) so we had a nice chat about Africa and a bit on how he got here to Australia. then we went to Naomi’s house and hung out. also most exciting, i got to drive! a little strange especially to go around a round-a-bout and turn left not right, but i did pretty good! it was fun to get behind the wheel and drive, made me feel more normal! haha!

well there are people out of the stadium now (half time?) kicking around a football and its slightly going into the tree’s above my head and for the sake of my computer and brain i may have to relocate!
take care have a good week!