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a u g u s t 1 , 2 0 1 4 The Lebo Light Page 4 Haiti Mission Trip Part 2 By Cindy Linsey Haiti, Day, Monday, May 26 Breakfast today is French toast, mango, bread, peanut butter, watermelon and bananas. Today is the first day of work at the clinic. Today I checked in patients. I took their vital signs and found out their complaints with the help of the interpreter. I also worked in the pharmacy filling prescriptions. I love doing that, maybe I should have been a pharmacist. Most of the patients we saw today had the Chikungunya virus. This was an epidemic while we were there. The symptoms are flu-like symptoms with high fever and joint pain. We saw a child that couldn’t even walk. Chikungunya is from mosquitoes. The only treatment is acetaminophen. Dr. Doolittle saw a young child who he was pretty sure had lymphoma. We tried to make arrangements for a biopsy but could not come up with any formalin to bring a sample to the states. They tried 2 hospitals and they ―supposedly‖ didn’t have any. This afternoon, Lindsay and I along with Arnold and our driver Toto went to St. Mark. It was a town about 30 minutes away and we went to get medicine. I was able to purchase $500 of much needed medicine to use in our clinic. The pharmacy is always locked and no patrons come in. They walk up to an outside window with their prescription and then it is filled and they pick it up at another window. The pharmacy was very clean and organized and it was air conditioned. What a nice relief for an hour! We noticed that baby formula and all vitamins were in the pharmacy so we are not sure if they have to have a prescription for all of that or if they can just ask for it. Unfortunately they were out of adult acetaminophen due to the epidemic. It is a good thing we had brought a lot with us. This evening I got to see, Jacob, one of the kids I met last year. He speaks very good English and he climbed to get coconuts, collected sea shells and even brought us a live sea urchin. He is such a happy kid and would do absolutely anything for you. He was at the mission most every night when he found out we were there. My sponsor child, Widlin, came for supper. She has sure gotten taller in the last year. She doesn’t know much English so I had to have an interpreter. She is 17 but in the 8 th grade. She has 2 brothers and a sister. She is the 3 rd child. Supper was goat, carrots, pineapple, French fries (YUMMY), kale, tomatoes, and watermelon. We bagged more rice and beans tonight and Widlin and Tiana both helped. They each got to take a bag to their families. Tonight we decided to have popcorn. Those little things like matches that we take for granted are really, really hard to find. After 3 different mission workers, we finally had some matches to light the stove!! They left the matches out for us from then on. Haiti, Day 4, Tuesday, May 27 Today is surgery day so we filled up on eggs, mango, pineapple, banana, peanut butter and bread. We brought the fans from our rooms to the clinic because it is so hot. We did 5 surgeries this day. Today, I assisted with surgeries and was in charge of cleaning the instruments. I take that for granted at my hospital as we have a whole department in charge of that work. After the surgeries were done, we headed to the mission school. Marilyn found a 3 year old to sponsor. He was quite the cutie. Last year we had met, Maclene, a young girl with brittle bone disease and she was not in church or at school so we stopped by her home. When I turned the corner to where she was she got the biggest smile. Yep, she remembered me!! What a great feeling. She had the Chikungunya virus and just looked and felt awful. So I headed back to the clinic and got her some medicine and took to her home. This night we gave away 2 hogs. Benwa has different Haitians come to the mission and then they are given something. Widlin again joined me for supper and we had spaghetti, slaw, watermelon and French fries. The French fries are homemade and deep fried over a fire pit. They are wonderful. At supper we asked what kind of juice we were drinking and Benwa said ―grenadine.‖ We are like no way, that is for mixed drinks and it is red. He used his phone to look it up on the internet to make sure he was telling us the correct fruit and he was. I had no idea. Arnold drove Widlin and Tiana home that evening and I got to go meet a sister and brother and a lot of her cousins. It looked like she had a fairly nice house compared to what we had seen. It looked bigger than most and had a wood door. They had a nice large area around the house which is also unusual for what we had seen. It sounded like a lot of family lived together though not just her siblings and parents. After we dropped off the girls, Arnold drove us to the gas station (looks like a BP station in the states) and Paula bought some ketchup to take home. She hopes it is the same kind they served us. You know the saying ―it’s a small world‖, at the gas station a lady saw Paula’s KU shirt and she was from Kansas visiting some family. We made popcorn again and Benwa and Toto joined us. We found out they really liked our popcorn. Part 3 next month These are the tap-taps! Maclene and I when I visited her house.
a u g u s t 1 , 2 0 1 4 The Lebo Light Page 5 EVERYONE HAS A STORY It is fascinating to gather information about the lives of our ancestors because this provides a window into history and informs our sense of identity. When a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the desire to collect memories from the past gains a new sense of urgency. There are many ways to preserve family stories for future generations. Some people are wonderful at scrapbooking, some stitch heirloom quilts, and others leave organized rows of dated journals for their progenies’ reading pleasure. However, many of us fail to record our memories in a way that can be passed to future generations. Since I’ve been writing books I’ve talked with many people who either have created a manuscript themselves, or know someone who has. Discouragement reigns because it seems impossible to get a book published, but it can be done, and with my most recent book I’ve found a way to do it inexpensively. For any published work, the first step is to obtain a copyright. I recommend filing a copyright even for something as simple as a compilation of family recipes, because in this age of instant information access, anyone anywhere can lay claim to your work. It might not be necessary if you don’t mind if your information is copied, but if you have included essays, poetry, or other original works, you will certainly want to obtain a copyright. Just go to www.copyright.gov and follow the instructions there, and you will have legal copyright from the date you apply. My first two books were picked up by small, independent publishers, and I worked with an entire team of people who each placed a claim upon some aspect of my work. There was an editor who examined my books and made numerous suggestions for changes (some welcome, some not). The creative department asked for my input and then ignored it, and although I was happy with the final results I regretted the loss of artistic control. And so for my next project I looked into self-publishing and found Createspace.com. This is Amazon’s self-publishing wing, and within one week (as contrasted with the six month process of working with a traditional publisher) the manuscript for my third book was converted into both eBook and softcover format and listed at Amazon. The entire publishing process is free. Books are printed to order and can be purchased by the author for as little as $4 each depending upon the length of the book. Most families have a designated scribe, a person who collects family history and records it. Let your family’s historian know about this new way of publishing information. After all, everyone has a story! Read about Linda’s books and Youtube caregiving series at http://lindaborn.com The Lebo/Olivet United Methodist Church is accepting applications for a part-time Administrative Assistant/ Treasurer. This position requires a working knowledge of accounting procedures including payroll. The applicant must be able to provide administrative assistance to the Pastor and church, publish a monthly newsletter and weekly worship bulletins; and other duties as listed in the Position Description available at the church. Applicant must be bondable and able to complete and pass the United Methodist Church Safe Gatherings training and a background check. Application forms may be picked up at the Lebo UMC at 201 West 4 th Street in Lebo, Kansas; or a resume may be dropped off at the church between 8:30 and 11:30 am, Monday through Friday. Applications or resumes must be received before noon on August 15, 2014. Senior Exercise Mondays & Wednesday Tai Chi @ 1:00 pm Tuesday & Thursday chair exercise @10:00 am Youth Back to School Theme Wednesday,@12:30pm –School Storytime begins 7/27 Fridays @ 10:00 am Public Storytime Begins 7/29 6x6 Ready to Read, August 4—9 Come see new table and display Lunch (free) & WiiU Bowling Thursday, August 7 is lunch and practice Thursday, August 14 is tournament, Kids and adults RSVP by August 5 Eat at Senior Center & then go library for bowling on the new WiiU, trophies for winners Movie Night Movies on the lawn at dark (9-9:15 pm) Wednesday, July 30 Wednesday, August 13 Check with library to see what is showing Adult Craft Class Wednesday, August 27 Scrabble Tile Necklace Displays Antiques Children Books From Ruth Sullivan 4-H Projects From Blue Ribbon 4-H Club Library Hours Note: New summer hours Mon. Wed 9:00 am—6:00 pm Tues, Thurs, Fri 9:00 am-5:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am-Noon For additional information 620-256-6452
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