Tuesday night words from Maureen:

The students continue to show remarkable resilience. As our final days at the mission come near, we are having mixed feelings. The work here is hard, and often heart-breaking. Yet, we have formed so many relationships with the people of the mission, and our hearts are growing heavier as our time to leave gets near.

One of the challenges has been to be resourceful in using what we have to make shift what we need.... last week we used tape to make steri-strips to cover a wound, and we used a blood pressure cuff to measure hand strength (in place of a dynamometer), and tonight we finished the process of melting and remolding a right hand splint to make it a LEFT splint!!

This morning the students went to the roof of the hospital, to enjoy the wonderful view of the surrounding mountains. Shortly after, we got very busy in the clinic, and saw about 12 new patients, and about 30 returning patients. During the mid day break, the bangle vendor came by the mission, and the students bought bangles for themselves and the hostel girls.

This evening, Erin had a lesson in sari wrapping from Winnie. After two tries, she felt like at least she had the idea of it... the application being a bit harder.