I'm counting down.
Just. Five. More. Days. until I see my family :D. Needless to say, I'm super excited!
I'll be in India for a while longer. But, my family will be coming out and I can't wait to see them. We'll spend a few days together at one hospital (Landour- the very first one I visited. Near the Himalaya mountains) and go see the Taj Mahal together before I fly home.
In the meantime, I'm here at Lalitpur hospital. Lalitpur is unique from all other EHA hospitals since it has a Palliative Care program. Basically, palliative care is care for the terminally ill and dying. It's a really neat program since it is virtually unheard of in most of India. Unfortunately, the cultural mentality is to abandon the old and dying, since they have nothing left to offer. Since care for the dying is so counter-cultural, the workers have lots of opportunities to share the Gospel. First, many of the villagers wonder why someone cares enough to serve the dying. Great opportunities there to share Christ's love for everyone. Also, since the patients are dying, they often start thinking about eternity for the first time. Again, some pretty great opportunities to talk about heaven & redemption.
I got pictures of my visit into the community a few days ago. Unfortunately I left my memory card at the last hospital (rrgh), so I don't have those pictures for you now. However, I do have very similar pictures from last year!
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| Villagers looking on as hospital workers look at a patient in the community |
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| Women in the village gathered to watch as hospital workers cared for a dying patient. |
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| An awareness drive conducted by the hospital workers with schoolchildren to prevent malaria. |
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