June 8, 2009
Today Brittany, Ashley and I went to the secondary school to administer hearing and speech screenings. We completed around 160 screenings today. The setup was very different. We administered the screenings outside. Brittany and Ashley administered hearing screenings at one table, while Sara and I shared a smaller table. She wrote students names on forms and I administered speech screenings at the other end. It wasn’t that bad of a setup, but it was a windy day.
After dinner we were invited to Don and Laura Oldenburg’s for cookies. Now this is a very, very funny couple. In my opinion, we would not have made it here without them. Don is an ac
Aountant for the mission and Laura is a nurse for the mission, serving clients at both the orphanage and the clinic. Oh yeah, Laura has also aided in nursing a few of us back to health. Until tonight I thought Don was just an errand man. He does all the shopping for the Hamby and Mann houses, as well as picking up any and everything we asked for. He is definitely making sure we get all the coffee we want, and more than I actually need to take home. Laura talks all the time; she is very informative. Don, on the other hand, listens to everything she says and waits to add his jokes. While at their house, we met Megan, a middle school teacher from Oklahoma by trade, who seems to keep all the babies’ medical necessities in order. Megan is also very knowledgeable about each child’s health, as well as background. She is very familiar with a very impressionable Harding family, whose names will not be mentioned at this time. You will have to hear the stories in person from Brittany. We had a very nice after-dinner social, with a few laughs, and returned home to no electricity. Imagine that!
Antoinette Cartwright
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Hey girlie,
ReplyDeleteI it is good to know that you are being taking care of & someone is fetching you coffee. About the screenings what were the results of the hearing screenings & then the speech screenings? Did you all pick up on a dialectual speech articulation that was common in a majority of the kids? Take care & looking forward to an update -- love ya
I hope it is not too hot there since you had to administer the screenings outside! It must have taken quite a while to complete 160!
ReplyDeleteThey seem like very kind and generous people. Glad there is a good nurse there to look after everyone! Hope you are all well and safe... and that the electricity is back on. :) God bless.
ReplyDeleteDid the wind mess up the hearing screening? I'm really excited to sit down and talk to everyone about the results of all of your screenings!! Cookies and coffee!!! ...now we are talking about the important things.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you don't have to live without coffee while in Africa! How does it compare to Mt. Mudd? How nice it must be to have someone there to give you medical info. on the children.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear that you all have people taking care of you and getting you the things that you need!
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