Early Morning Comotion

REALLY early this morning before daylight kept hearing noise like somene bouncing a basketball. At daylight saw that they are working on chopping the stump of the tree they have turned into charcoal. Really hard work with an ax. They have also dug a big trench around the base and are chopping at that, maybe to get the roots. It's a really busy house; they have had two dump trucks of sand dumped in front of the house.

Today at clinic saw another really sick child. She was carried in by a sibling as she was too weak to walk. Child is 8 years old and sat very quiet; she is very thin and pale and am told that she has sickle cell and was malnourished as baby. Today she is hurting all over but too weak to cry. Dr. Johnny said she probably needs a blood transfusion but family can't afford so she will go home with tylenol,vitamins and folic acid that the family will crush and give mixed with water. Breaks my heart that the only thing this child did was to be born into poverty. I know this is not God's will but the result of greed and lack of concern by some. Rosena has agreed to help me find the other baby and see if we can do anything.

Today instead of creole lesson had Walson walk around village and answer questions for me about village. We went over and looked in the yard where they were chopping the stump. Stump is history and there is a big hole in the yard. I guess the next step will be to chop stump and roots into smaller pieces. Hope they will wait until after4:30 am.

Joyfully

Barbara
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