My wife was fed-up! The boys were eating yogurt with their hands again. "You must use a spoon!" She said. "Whether it's yogurt, soup, or cereal...why are you laughing?" Isaac replies,"Mommy, you said Super-Cereal!" That evening I got home to find my kids running around with capes around their necks shouting "Supa-See-a-wheel!" Oh, and here is me in the radio studio...Playing my soon-to-be-smash-hit...."Daddy Just Said Duty!"
So, There have been some rumors that I've been thrashin' upon me Axe, as of late. I ain't sayin' these rumors are true, but I did put together this slideshow so I could share some of my music with ya'
Look, I promise to actualy sit down write something soon. Please don't loose faith in me. I have been real busy lately. Lame excuse I know, but it is what it is. Please check out my show tonight @ 9pm est. Just Click on the big "Friday Night Meltdown" Logo on the side of the blog.
5:00 am-Wake up. Shower (don't get water in eyes!) Dress. Apply deet and sunscreen. 5:30 am-Walk to river for a little quite time, read bible, pray, watch the fishermen. 6:30 am-Head back to room grab water and satchel and head out to stagging area to await bus. 7:15 am-Load bus and head to breakfast. 7:30 am-Breakfast at Dr Pious' house. Brief time of group prayer and bible study. Dave, Bobby, and Myself hash out who goes where and does what for the day. 8:00 am- Load bus. drive out to village. 9:00 am- KuhRazy!!! Set-up clinic. Redirect confused docs. Find translators, quick prayer meeting. 9:30 am - 12:00pm Register people to see Docs. Keep Docs supplied, Move paitients through lines. Calm un-ruly crowds. Pray for dying child (not easy) "Are you Drinking your water!?" good, move on. Bring Robo Nurse an order of "The Usual", One dose of antibiotics. 12:00 - Load up bus and head to lunch. Eat! Take a quick survey of personel, "How's it going ou there?" "Do you have what you need?" "Are yo feeling O.K.?" "You don't look to good." "Doc, come take a look at Bobby." "Did everyone hit the toilet? Good. Get on the bus!" 1:30 - 4:30pm Back to work!!! Move more people through the "Machine" More prayer, more supplies for Robo Nurse. "You! I'm gonna take your stethescope if you don't drink more water!" Smile, must remember to smile, the kids think I'm scary. Find more seriously ill kids. Register more people. Politely tell this young man to wait in line like all the rest. Play futbol with the kids. "How 'we doin' Doc? Okay, I'll see if I can get you one." Stop, drink water, good, keep moving. 4:30 pm - Meet for prayer and get the stats for the day. "Load UP Kiddies!" Head back for dinner. 5:30 pm EAT. Chill, relax. Trade stories, swap gross pictures, cry, PRAY, sing, sleep. 6:30 pm "Alright Folks, Get on the Bus!" Head to hotel. Grab key from Dave. Shower, apply deet. Head over to Cafe and check e-mail. Write in journal. 9:30 pm Sleep!
So, what can I tell you about Ghana, Hmm, well, I just don't know where to start. Before I left I was feeling creatively spent. I had nothing to share. I guess if you can think of this blog as our little cosmic conversation, then it was time for listening. Listening to God, others and myself, yes those crazy little voices in my skull. So after much listening and 2 weeks in a foreign country, I'm ready to talk. The only problem is that I now have to much to say. Aaahhhh!!!! Okay, let's start simple: "So there I was, waiting to board a plane...." On Oct. 28th I traveled to the African nation of Ghana with a team of medical Personel. Our objective was to provide free medical and spiritual help to the people of the Lower Volta region. While this region is in fairly close proximity to some major urban areas, it is still quite rural and very poor. My job was "Logistics". This is just a fancy term that means I move boxes, organize the lines of people, make sure the Docs are drinking water, assist the nurses, stuff like that. I was basicaly a hospital manager. Finding criticaly ill paitents was another one of my tasks. Those with high fevers, open wounds, that kind of thing. I am an electrician by trade but I do have some very rudimentary medical training. During their stay in the clinic we took the opportunity to tell the paitents about our faith in Christ. Some of the people were not interested in hearing, they just simply wanted to see a doctor, and that was fine. Any help we can offer, be it physical or spiritual, we were happy to provide. Many however, expressed a genuine interest in our faith and we all did our best to try to explain and answer questions. Well, that's all for tonight. Tomorrow I will walk you through my typical day in Ghana.
