Yay! It's off to the Clinic we go!

Today I helped out in the pharmacy, records, and maternity areas in the Abomosu Clinic.  Wow was it different than hospitals in the U.S. No gloves, alcohols swabs…and if a pill drops on the floor or counter, you pick it up and still use it…No wasting around here!

I helped keep records in the maternity ward.  We had a ton of patients! Almost 70 pregnant women came to see the midwife before 1:30 in the afternoon! It was crazy! I had to ask the women if they slept with mosquito nets, which in twi is tum-tum dang!

We have been having a lot of fun as a group! You would be surprised how close you can get to people in just one weeks time when you are with them 24/7! We went and played soccer in the rain with all of the kids yesterday! It was so much fun! We were slipping and sliding everywhere! Mama Karen wasn’t too happy when we came home all muddy! We have also all started to talk in really slow, simple sentences to each other because we are so used to talking to the little African children.  It’s pretty hilarious! Like today, Emily was talking to Karen and she said, “We make chocolate cake, No?”

Speaking of which, Elder and Sister Dalton, an elderly missionary couple in the area, brought over Ghana Chocolate Cake a couple nights ago! Oh my gosh! It was to die for! Maybe I was just chocolate deprived, but it really hit the spot! I scarfed it down in three seconds flat! I also got to try Sister Abu’s red-red! This is an African dish with black-eyed beans and chicken/fish, tomatoes, and onions! It was definitely different! Nothing like I’ve ever had before in my life, but it was okay! I ate it J