From Dr. Tom in the field

I can’t help it like to laugh and have fun. The Dinkas I believe are learning to enjoy my crazy humor. I tell them I can talk baby talk as I speak jibberous to the little ones and they smile. Nothing gives me more joy then the smile of a baby. Today I took a Ground nut (peanut) out of child”s nose. I am getting pretty good at it . I can almost take them out with my eyes closed and I still jump for joy when they pop out. I have added picking up the nut I got out of the nose and pretending to eat it. They look at me crazy then I show them the nut and we all laugh.

Tonight at our prayer nite around the camp fire a snake happened to wander through the group and was spotted by Dennis and Pritty. They in no time cut it in half with a shovel . We were having troubles listening to the prayer while this was going on. You do not want to be a snake on this compound. There is zero tolerance for snakes.

We have quite a few sick little ones admitted  but thank God they appear to be doing well. A infant 5 days old was rushed into my room  today  having troubles breathing it was on it’s last gasps. I got my tube out sucked out it’s airway and beat it a bit and she started breathing better. A shot of ceftriaxone then we placed  her on oxygen and prayed. She made it to the 2nd shot of Ceftriaxone  tonight and is breathing and breast feeding well (a thut putt). PTL.

Sunday after church we had a woman with a gun shot wound to the lower leg. Small wound in but then the bullet hit bone and bone and bullet coming out making a terrible exit wound and the leg will need to be amputated. It was a sad domestic quarrel. Love, Tom

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  1. To all in Tonj who write on the blog, prayer news, or newsletters,
    Thank you for taking time to write a little! From your posts we know you all are Busy. Even though there are few comments on the blog, I bet there are many who read it for praying for you-all. You are making God’s name famous among the Dinka.
    Praising God and always looking forward to the next update.

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