We’re on an adventure that some can visualize and many
cannot. We are walking the same paths
the villagers are using as they go about their daily lives. The village where the hospital is located is
off a main road (rough, narrow and bumpy road) onto a dirt path. The village is a series of paths connecting
the houses and huts together. These
paths are only used by villagers walking, children on bicycles, and an occasional
herd of cows and goats grazing. Children start tending the herd at the age of
five or six. The huts are home to the
villagers. Homes are surrounded by grass,
crops of corn, and an occasional sunflower growing wildly. Water tanks are constructed from raised
plastic collecting tanks. The common gathering place for the community
is limited to the church and hospital.
There aren’t many stores in this village - not a Kwik Trips or Starbucks
anywhere in sight. We are demonstrating Gods Work Our Hands on the other side
of the world thanks to the support of those
back home at Zumbro.
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Mike Neumann
Sounds amazing. I can't wait to hear what you all accomplish this week at the hospital.
ReplyDeleteP.s. Sid and I miss you! I got G-ma Neumann hooked up with the blog and she is reading daily updates! Also read Verlie some updates over the phone, Mom would be happy. Love you!
I'm thinking that many of the five & six-year-olds in our lives would have so much more fulfilling lives if they had a herd to tend! :)
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