Ashley Shira’s Blog

Day Twelve

Last night Junior ended up dropping us off at Coco Beach Hotel (a Ramada Inn) for dinner.  It is very near the hospital….we didn’t even realize we were that close to the water! Kim and I had quite the romantic dinner!! The tables were on a small balcony area overlooking the water.  We ate a wonderful meal with the sound of the waves crashing on the beach in the background.  I never imagined our dinners in Africa would be like this…especially after our adventure with the oven on our first night! After dinner we just sat and enjoyed the view for a while then took a taxi back to the mission house.  The taxi driver (Solomon) told us he lived right by Manna and even gave us his cell phone number and told us to call him day or night and he would drive us.  That may come in quite handy!! When we got to the house, the light in our room wasn’t working so we had to do everything in there by flashlight.  Because it was dark, Kim fell asleep around 8:15.  I showered and read a book by flashlight.  Then my cell phone rang and I was so excited because I thought my mom had gotten the phone card to work, but it turns out she was calling to tell me she couldn’t make it work.  For some reason she can’t get it to go through…so sorry for the hope that maybe you guys could call me…..if someone figures it out please let everyone else know!

Day Twelve

Today so far has been the same as all our other days at the hospital….devotion then clinic.  We actually didn’t see any malaria today! Just hypertension, diabetes, Staph infections…..pretty similar to clinic at home.  I’m not sure what Kim and I are going to do this afternoon, but I’m sure we’ll find something to entertain us.  We will be excited when the other students arrive on the 3rd. Again I love and miss everyone very much!!