We started the week off by setting up a wellness and eye clinic for the village translators. Something that seemed so simple turned into a spark of joy. We were able to bring eye glasses and fifty-one translators were able to get a pair of eye glasses!! As I was watching and overseeing the clinic when the leader of the OBT came up to me and told me how these glasses were a great gift. The first guy to get eye glasses was actually not able to translate a certain part of Ruth because of his vision. Now with these glasses, he would be able to finish the translation!! How AMAZING! Many walked out with huge smiling faces showing off their glasses. For many, this was probably their first pair of glasses! Many as their vision decreases as they age, they just deal with it. So, this was sweet.
We went to a settlement community of people who moved there to work on the plantation that has now since shut down. So, the people just ended up staying. I was seeing patients when I got this moma. I begin to look at her paper and ask her why she is here. She begins to tell me of the pain she has been in for the past month after giving birth to her stillborn baby. She came with a high fever and began telling me of all the aches and pains physically. This broke my heart. As I sat with this moma I couldn’t help but think this physical pain was a constant reminder of the loss of her baby. Before sending her to the hospital I asked to pray over her, I could feel her heavy heart and spirit. As I began to pray, I began to cry over this woman and her unborn child. My heart was shattered. Her heart was heavy, but the constant physical sickness hadn’t allowed her to grieve or heal from her loss.