Today Priscila and Hargins delivered twins. The delivery was a bit challenging due to one baby being breech and the mother not cooperating. Fortunately, the two boys are tiny, but healthy and very cute.

My first week in Sudan was awesome! I had a great time getting to know everyone and finding my groove in the clinic. It is totally not what I expected, but not in a bad way. I just think that there is no way that anyone could anticipate the way that the culture, available resources and God’s hand would mesh so well to create such an awesome place. I came here primarily to work in the clinic, and that’s where most of my time has been spent. I spent Friday the 7th shadowing Dennis and then on the following Monday, the tenth, I began my autonomous work in the clinic. I was set up with my own exam room and translator and began seeing patients. During the regular clinic hours I mainly focus on pediatric patients who range in age from just days old to around 14 or 15 years. Additionally, I assist with any emergencies come in. My first week was a busy one, we had many routine and emergent patients. I did a lot of suturing! It had been a few months since I had last sutured, but it’s like riding a bike, you never forget. I love being able to share my stateside experience in emergency treatment; However, I think I am learning much more than I am sharing. Aside from my clinic duty, I was able to attend church service on the 9th and even deliver a devotion last Friday. Both were great experiences; I really enjoyed the conversations I had with some of the churchgoers after the service. The ultimate cap to my first week was the outburst of gunfire in celebration of SPLA Day. It was a little bit scary at first, but both Sabet and Suzy soon reassured us that it was strictly celebratory and we were in no danger. I am so thankful for being able to be here, and for all of the people back home who supported me financially and continue to support me.

Matoch is doing great!  Here is a picture to prove it…

Mondays are usually the busiest days. I was surprised to see not many people there in the morning. We thought it was going to be a quiet day, but it picked up in the afternoon and evening. Now I know God was being merciful by allowing the patients to be few in the morning so the clinic staff would be able to handle what was to come. The cattle raiding continues and four injured men were brought in. Two of them had gunshot wounds (in the leg) and two had wounds caused by a grenade, one man lost part of his hand and the other had wounds to his chest. Usually we are treating the victims of an attack, but this time we were treating men who had attacked a village and were injured when the village fought back. You want to say “you deserve to be hurt” but God calls us to love everyone and so we help anyone that needs it.

Now we received word there will be a retaliation and we are praying God stops their evil plans.

–Stacie