Busy week

Here is a letter I just sent to John our pastor at Bethany, I thought I would put it up here for the rest of you as well. I added an old picture from last post just so you have at least something to look at.

Hi John, Just wanted to update you. All is going well here. Rob and Anne Marie are on vacation so Annelies and I are taking over there responsibilities for two weeks. We have two babies we are taking care of, both very small. One is gaining weight very well and we expect her to be heathy very soon. The other has some handicaps and is strugling but we are not giving up on her. Today I drove a water tank out to a village called vion for a week long revival they are having there. It is only 5 miles away but takes a good 45 minutes to get there because the roads are so bad. I got a bit exhausted this week from the taking care of kids and the driving on ther rough roads but was able to get some rest this morning and am feeling much better. Annelies just delivered a baby in the clinic, the baby was very large and labor was dificult. The mother ended up giving birth outside while walking around to induce labor. This is the first delivery I have witnesse other than my own :] In the end it went very well although the baby was rather swolen because of its large head. It has been an interesting week. We had two patients die this week. One while we were there with him, the father of one of our neighbors. The other a TB patient that was just too far gone. A number of the patients come from a place called Anro Moustic. Annelies and I would like to go up there someday and see what conditions are like. I would like to go up there on a regular basis so we can catch some of the cases before they get to far along. Feel free to share this with those in the church, I will probably post this on my blog as well. Thank Bethany for their financial and spiritual support. Please pray for us that we have love, patience and strength, but most of all love. Dustin