Wow, for cereal the health center nurses are ridiculous! As
part of fixing the failed HIV Testing Day yesterday, they told us to have
people come to the health center today at 8AM to get tested. We arrived around
8:15 to ensure everything would work out all right. The nurses were just seated
at their houses near the health center washing their laundry! All they did was
stare at the six of us seated beneath a mango tree. It was so frustrating to
see. Finally, a lady came and told us that there would be a burial today so it
would not be a regular working day and people would probably not come to get
tested. So we had to pack up and walk what felt like a long walk back home.
Between each other, we discussed the issue and figured that we should talk to
the UVP staff about how to best approach this matter. There is a chance that
the head midwife nurse could be transferred to another health center, which at
this point, we are content with.
For the rest of the day, we made posters for our Family
Planning session tomorrow. It will be a long one, but hopefully many people
show up. As we finished up the posters and lunch, our favorite kids showed up.
Batale, Said, Nesse, and Guster played a small game of football on our front
lawn. It was a nice pick-me-up from this morning. Yet, we had to cut their game
short to attend the burial. An older lady passed away. She had been a government
politician so many people showed up. It was hard to watch as many people this
time cried and had to be carried away. I hope she has a good afterlife. It was
clear she was loved by many.
After the burial, as we came up to the house, the kids were
already playing football outside. We played cards and hung around for some time
until we left for the rice fields again. The sunset was breathtaking again and
the games amusing. In between the yelps and happy screams from the kids, you
can hear the wind and the rice silently conversing with one another. So
relaxing.