August 11th - The Soccer Game

Today's hours for the clinic are 6:30 - 9:30am (for chicken pox) and then I was also scheduled to be with Erika (the girl with bronchitis) from 11:30am until 7:00pm. While I woke for the early shift, Andrés was preparing himself for the pig slaughter (you'll most likely read about it in his blog, so I'll spare the details).

Due to the amount of children who come to the clinic daily to get checked, Karelia was still around at 11:30 when I arrived to watch Erika, so she told me to come back around 2:30pm to take over. It was nice to have 3 extra hours off, especially since I heard that the girls soccer team here at Emmanuel was going to have a team from town come in and have a game. They were going to sell food as a fundraiser as well (like concessions), so I was very excited to get the chance to see the game. Although I didn't get to watch all of it, I stayed until just after half-time when it was tied 1-1. I bought lunch for Andrés and myself & we watched together - which gave us a little time to spend together.

Due to my later shift at the clinic, I missed church this evening and the art show where the children sell the art/jewelry they've made and get to keep a percentage of the profits. I'm hoping to check out more jewelry before heading back to the States.

Back at the clinic, I had to help Erika with her nebulizer treatment. This was not new to me since both Noah & Kaylyn have had nebulizer treatments when they were infants. When 7pm came and I was relieved, I walked back to the girls volunteer dorm in the dark. It's amazing that it's so dark here that early...when in Wisconsin it's still pretty light at that time.