6/18/07
The temperatures are running highs in the upper eighties and lows in the upper seventies. It is an adjustment without ac but we are coping well. The rooms all have excellent ceiling fans and my room is shaded all say so it doesn’t get too hot if I keep it closed up during the day and open it up for the evening breeze. Dee’s gets only a small amount of the early morning sun so it also stays reasonable.
The clinic was not too busy. Alan came in to let me check his finger and it bled profusely after I took the bandage off, but stopped easily with a small amount of pressure from a new bandage after a good cleaning. When I first took the dressing off I thought I could see the bone as the piece sliced off was large, but with a tourniquet on it was clear that was not the case. The rest of the care was minor sprains and aches in the village workers. Thank goodness no more scorpion stings or sightings.
With evening prayers we had a brief shower that cooled things off a bit and stopped long enough for us to make the 15 minute walk back to the MPR.
It is a bit odd as there are so few people here that I have nearly half of the men’s side to myself. I think that for the night there were only 6 men staying here. It is scheduled to fill up over the next few weeks to about 250 men and women. We’ll enjoy it while we can.
