Keep Praying

Hey there everybody.

As i am writing this it is 8:40 pm here and the landing is still full of refugees from Burma waiting to be seen by the medical crew. They have been at it more most all of the morning and took a small break in the afternoon before they hit it again for this evening. I can hear the cries of the children as they are seen by Wynn, Jane, and Gail. There are dealing with everything from colds, coughs and runny noses to Malaria the like. They saw one man that probably wont make it through the next few days. He came in with what we believe to be a ruptured spleen. Chuck and Ezekiel went to the hospital with this man and his family to try and get him fixed up.

As i talk with most everybody here they seem to be very much afraid to the germs and water here. I am trying to be careful but i cant help but fell like i am turning my nose up at these people when i do. I know its for my safety and Julie if you read this i am trying my best to keep the cuts and scrapes tended to as best i can!

I know that your prayers are and will be needed for the families that came tonight with conditions larger than what we can address as well as Jane, Wynn and Gail as they i am sure are at he point of exhaustion tonight. I am sure that they will sleep well tonight. Wynn also took a spill last night and "cracked" his head good. Keep him in your prayers as he trys working and recuperating

On some lighter notes i have some thoughts from the day that i am pleased to share with you all, but do to the internet's speed here i am going to try and find another way to up load some pictures. I don't have a photo editing program loaded on the computer here. I was going to use Matt's but he is also having some issues with his power cord so i might only be able to get a few uploaded saved down to smaller sizes before his battery dies. I will see what i can do though.

The children's laughter here is quite honestly the purest sound i have heard in quite some time. I dont know what makes the difference. I wish i could pin point it but it escapes me now. Everyone seems so happy here. I wonder if i had as little as these people if i would be as happy. Or are the simple pleasures in life wasted on me. I pray that they are not! I am sure to treasure them even more once i return.

Today i thought about our dental health as i looked around and saw black smiles and splitting teeth. I thought about our cement mixers as i mixed sand and rock and concrete together with Ahphu. I have never worked with tools made of bamboo either. Thought about our clean water as every time i talked with someone from the States they reminded me to not brush my teeth with their water.

My day was made as i was working along side Ahphu mixing concrete. We were making the back porch and inside bathroom floor. Ahphu looked at me, patted his chest and said "i am glad you here"with a grin from ear to ear. It's really affecting me more now as i reflect on it. It was the most genuine look i think i have ever seen on the face of another human.

Most of the day we spent asking each other questions like how do you say sun, butterfly, fire or smoke in the others language. I must say that i got to thinkin about language and how wonderful it is that sounds can mean absolutely nothing or they can stir the inmost part of your heart. They are just sounds strung together, if you have the key to the puzzle they are magical.

Today was a good full day here in Mae Sot. We were up and running this morning at 7:30. I'm
gonna call it a night for this post and try and let the upload run of some pictures over night see if that makes a difference.

Thanks again for the comments i will share them with the others.

See you all sooner than i realize.

Doc