Saturday was a very busy day for both the VBS and medical teams. We divided the children up into age groups, each one with an intern, gave them colored bandanas to identify the group, then had each group go to a station. We soon learned that the craft was taking a lot of time while the other groups were finishing and so we had to figure out what to do with them while they waited. The interns were wonderful with this as they were able to have fun playing with them until we were ready to switch groups. We had only gotten through 2 rotations when it was "Tea Time"! This is something they do there at the Seed of Hope no matter how busy you are. We were able to finish up before lunch. After lunch, it was a much more unstructured atmosphere and then the rains came! It rained very hard for at least an hour and the football field was unplayable. Tom and Rose were worried that if the bus came down it might get stuck in the muddy road.
In the meantime, the clinic was swamped. Word had gotten out to the community that there was free medical care and so there was a crowd. Louise and Erin had a crowd in their room making it difficult to move much less work. By mid-afternoon it was apparent that they would not be able to see everyone, so tongue depressors with numbers on them were handed out to those in line saying that they would need to come back Sunday afternoon in order to be seen. By the time we made it back to the hotel ( this time the Kitale Club ) and checked in and had supper, we all were pretty tired. But we all knew adjustments needed to be made and so the different teams talked on how they might do some things different in order for it to run more smoothly.
Saturday was a very busy day for both the VBS and medical teams. We divided the children up into age groups, each one with an intern, gave them colored bandanas to identify the group, then had each group go to a station. We soon learned that the craft was taking a lot of time while the other groups were finishing and so we had to figure out what to do with them while they waited. The interns were wonderful with this as they were able to have fun playing with them until we were ready to switch groups. We had only gotten through 2 rotations when it was "Tea Time"! This is something they do there at the Seed of Hope no matter how busy you are. We were able to finish up before lunch. After lunch, it was a much more unstructured atmosphere and then the rains came! It rained very hard for at least an hour and the football field was unplayable. Tom and Rose were worried that if the bus came down it might get stuck in the muddy road. 
In the meantime, the clinic was swamped. Word had gotten out to the community that there was free medical care and so there was a crowd. Louise and Erin had a crowd in their room making it difficult to move much less work. By mid-afternoon it was apparent that they would not be able to see everyone, so tongue depressors with numbers on them were handed out to those in line saying that they would need to come back Sunday afternoon in order to be seen. By the time we made it back to the hotel ( this time the Kitale Club ) and checked in and had supper, we all were pretty tired. But we all knew adjustments needed to be made and so the different teams talked on how they might do some things different in order for it to run more smoothly.
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