Hello all I am a little down. Walked into the observation room to see a little one with pertussis ,malaria and probably pneumonia. I admitted the child last night and saw the child at 9am this am at recheck at 3 pm the child was not breathing and the heart rate was dropping.I did mouth to mouth and the heart rate improved and I used my IV suction tubes to try to clear the airway and called for help. In the meantime the grandmother kept grabbing the baby from me for in her eyes the baby was dead. In Dinka land if there is no movement they are dead . The infant did die and it is so frustrating.I wish I would have checked the infant sooner but I can only do so much. At times lately I feel we are dealing with spiritual warfare. I have mentioned the witch doctors a few times and I have seen most of the deaths come in patients who see the witch doctor before seeing us. In my eyes they are powerless for they cannot stand up to the God I serve. I actually pity the witch doctors for they are deceived.I will once again ask for your prayer support. There is much good going on here. Many children and mothers are living because we are here. I see smiling Dinka faces all the time and most of the time I can even laugh with the patients.