Anak Buah

Calvary Baptist Team straddling the equator

For the last almost three weeks, these 7 young people from California have been visiting and serving with us at the hospital. My last blog post introduced them and covered their first week with us. They were a fun team! You could find them all over the hospital and campus. They scrubbed in to assist with c-sections, they helped catch babies, did skills in the clinic and ER, they replaced hinges and broken doors in the clinic and morgue, they cleaned the reservoir, and they helped with children's choir concert we had this last week. We were blessed by their joy and enthusiasm. The phone would ring day and night at my house asking me to tell my anak buah (someone considered to be family but not biologically related and is how many of the hospital staff referred to them when talking to me) to come to the hospital or ask me to come down to the hospital translate so the hospital staff could communicate with them. 

We have a lot visitors who come to the hospital. Almost 100 so far this year alone. From skilled professionals who share their skills and knowledge with us to students who come to learn and have new experiences. Some struggle with the adjustment and others fit right in. This group was definitely the latter. I know they were a blessing to our community and I hope we were to them. Many are seeking the Lord's will for their lives and making big decisions about their future. It was hard to put them on a plane on their way home yesterday and hopefully some may return in the future. Here are a few more pictures of their time with us...

Louisa, Donda, and Tori

Luke and Anna (team leaders)

We were blessed by Adam and Louisa's music skills

Cleaning out the reservoir

Cleaning out the reservoir

(I can't take the credit for most of these great pictures - that belongs to Geraldo)