King George VI Update

The residents of the King George VI home have been in their new location at Grafton (right next door to our City of Rest site) for some time now.

 

Sadly quite a few residents that Mission Direct volunteers will remember from the days that they were in Kissy have passed away over the last year or so.

 

Mrs Edwards, a lady with very bad eyesight who used to be in one of the beds at the far end of the womens ward passed away last week (below bottom left)

 

Other residents who have also gone to be with the Lord include:

 

• Kadi - the friendly youngish woman who used to often sit outside the womens ward
• Fatmata - she had the bed just inside the door of the womens ward and a very strong grip when she held your hand (below top left)
• Mr Roberts - the blind man who played the harmonica and sometimes came with Mr Charles to talk to the teams
• Mr Paul - the old soldier
• Onekai - the deaf lady who often sat on the wall opposite the team house (below top right)
• Mariama - the small lady with gray hair who used to enjoy singing and talking to the children (below bottom right)

 

Abibatu

Abi

If you've visited Mahanaim you might have met Abibatu, she doesn't live there, but she takes care of some of the young ones.

Abi passed away yesterday giving birth to twins, one of the babies died as well. the remaining baby is tiny but healthy and the family are deciding who is going to bring him up.

I saw her husband today and he is devastated. Everyone at the home is deely shocked and terrbily upset about losing Abi.
 

I don't know what else to say......it's so very very sad.

City of Rest Photos

Here's a few pictures of the Mission Direct building project for the City of Rest at Grafton. We are hoping the the residents will be able to move in this month.



The Accomodation and Chapel Block




Back view of the Accommodation and Chapel Block




David demonstrating that the well is working

Hit and Run

I spent a whole day at the hospital with this lovely lady this week. When she was picking up her grandson from school she was hit by an occada (a motorbike taxi). The driver just drove off, he didn't even stop to see if she was ok

Her grandson came and told me what had happened so we took her to hospital at Waterloo the next day.

The hospital doesn't have an x-ray machine, but the doctor was able to tell that the arm has two fractures and has put a cast on it- along with doing some very painful traction!

I'd thought that I would be just dropping her off and arranging the treatment, but the lady had other ideas - she was scared and wasn't going to stay at the hospital unless I stayed with her! The hospitals only doctor had an emergency operation to perform, so we ended up there the whole day!

I have no idea how old she is, and neither does she, but she is getting on in years. Please pray for a quick and full recovery for her. She is the sole carer for her grandson and does all the cooking and takes care of the house on her own.



Medication

When I made the request for financial help for the Waterloo Hospital to be able to purchase medication for the cholera epidemic I never expected such a fantastic response! Thank you so much to everyone who has been able to send a donation for the medication. They have made the first purchase of medical supplies shown in the picture below and more are being purchased next week and more donations have been pledged!!

 

 

Many lives have been saved and I am very grateful for the donations and prayers, as is Dr Koroma and his staff and patients.

 

Here's a message of thanks from Dr Koroma:

 

"I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to you and the people that donated this money to us for the purchase of drugs to help in the treatment of cholera, indeed we have tried by our own means to handle these cases since the starting of the epidemic, and so far we have treated 112 cases, and only 3 deaths, and I think this is a good effort through God's help even though we have been struggling to buy the drugs and the fluids, but we have done far better. The epidemic is still not finished even though it has reduced, and people are now coming at an earlier stage than before, but we still need more drugs and fluids to be able to handle them proper"