A Time of Waiting

As I write the sun is shining from a clear blue sky and although at the moment it is a pleasant 24 degrees by lunch time it will be in the high 30s and too hot to work outside. It is hard to believe that there is ice and snow in England and shops full of Christmas decorations. Advent is however here and we wait the coming of Jesus again and consider which of the many ways of celebrating Christmas we are used to we will have here .It somehow seems inappropriate to fill the house with more things when so many around have so little but we do need to celebrate this great event.

For Mark just back from England after an urgent visit for medical tests we are glad to say that the time of waiting was short and the outcome good. Keep taking the tablets is the answer now and he is well. Marks unexpected visit to the UK delayed things by 2 weeks and has caused the official inauguration to be postponed the to the New Year

Tomorrow the waiting for the hospital starts to be over. The nurses and midwives laboratory and pharmacy staff begin their induction training. There are about 20 of them. It is exciting, after all we have been here since April, but also slightly daunting. Despite the delays, there are still things to be done, sterilisation building to finish-nearly there but our mason that knows how to tile has just had to go off to his village for a visit -so more waiting. Toilets and triage room and entrance walkway also to finish.

In addition contracts, paperwork and ministry visits need to be organised soon now Mark is back

Finally equipment and drugs that have been ordered for a few weeks need to arrive by air from Europe- It is unclear why they have not yet been dispatched. More waiting and praying that it arrives soon before our opening date of the 9th of December.
We need patience, we need enthusiasm, we need energy and we need wisdom we need as we wait on God to fulfil all our needs Psalm 138 v “The Lord will fulfil his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever- do not abandon the works of your hands.”

Pitures showing the changes in the

operating theatre/maternity