This is my last entry for the trip. Before I do any reflecting, let me first describe the place I am staying. It is on the east side of the island, right on the water. All the buildings have traditional thatched roofs. The roofs on the two larger buildings are very high and feel so…
Author: jillsherman
A Little Bit of This. A Little Bit of That.
Greetings from Zanzibar! I flew in yesterday to this lovely, laidback island. I finished my time in Nairobi with a visit to the Giraffe Centre on Saturday. It was established to protect and preserve the Rothschild giraffe, an endangered species. The Centre is very well laid out and, besides protecting the giraffe, they also have…
Connections
Wednesday and Thursday continued much like the other days – so very well. Each day has the morning and afternoon Uber hassle, the various patients, and mandazi for lunch. Faith has continued to involve me. I’ve given injections, pushed IV drugs, palpated a pregnant belly, and more. I have also enjoyed some good conversations with…
A Change of Fortune
Sunday night was my last night at my slum location. Rather ironically, some tiny flying gnats and a mosquito or two kept me up much of the night. With great relief, morning came, and I packed up all my stuff and grabbed an Uber to the clinic I’d been at on Friday. Now this clinic…
A Museum and Crafts
Time for the weekend update. Saturday and Sunday were days off so I was on my own. Saturday morning, I set out to visit a couple of places here. Uber is the preferred mode of transportation and it works quite well. My first stop was the Karen Blixen Museum. If the name does not ring…
Week One – Check
Thursday, I decided to start structuring things to fit me better. I had resolved to not get upset over the disappointing clinic. I liked the people there, and I am glad to have met them. So Thursday morning, after sitting for about two hours with no work and no patients, I decided to head back…
Out and About in Nairobi
A few general comments – I am staying and working in a slum. That means the streets teem with life from the many stalls selling mainly food items to the children in their school uniforms to the streams of uncertain origin to motorbikes buzzing through the traffic of large trucks, many people and “roads” which…
Did I Make a Mistake?
Not sure where to start – I guess at the beginning. The time change caught up with me last night, but I did manage some sleep. Had a good breakfast with my purchases and coffee! Dressed in my scrubs and headed down to meet Barnabas and Mike for my ride to the clinic – Boundless…
Into Africa!
Waiting at PDX to board my flight for Amsterdam and then onto Nairobi. I have switched into travel mode which looks like a simplification of my life. All I concentrate on are the things necessary to this trip. Passport and ticket? Bag checked? Through security? Purchase water bottle? Last bathroom stop? But enough details to…
Weekend in Dakar
About 8 Saturday morning, Feluine and I left Saint Louis. Daba had come by to start cleaning so I was glad to see her again before leaving. Feluine had booked a car and driver for us for the trip and for the time in Dakar. The drive went well. The main road out of town…
Goodbye Saint Louis
This will be my last post from Saint Louis. Early Sat morning Feluine and I head down south to the capital city of Dakar for the weekend. Thursday was a full day starting with devotions – the Good Samaritan today. Then back to the other center for the Talibe day. After having seen where and…
Last Things
This is my final week in Saint Louis. In some ways, the time has gone quickly but it has also been so full of new experiences, it feels like I’ve been gone for a long while. My schedule remains pretty much the same most days – classes, devotions, Talibe and so on. The hot water…
Holy Ends Holy Beginnings 