Drumming and dancing...

Most of you know by now that I have a relatively recent infatuation with drumming. It all started in London, was greatly enhanced by my bongo drum purchase in Africa, and now I am learning to play a full drum set from some of the teenagers here. What a blast! Praise God for music! One of the VERY musical families here has a drum set in their extra room as well as many other instruments and the missionary kids get together biweekly for "jam sessions" to Christian music. I join when I can and it is a great learning environment. While I am trying to hit things to the right rythm, they are learning guitar, base, flute, keyboards...crazy, scary musical talent here!!! :)

Today it was pouring rain during the kid's PE class, so I was roped into teaching them country line dancing. They did great with the Electric Slide, but struggled a bit with the Tush Push and the Boot Scootin' Boogie. We all had a blast and no one got hurt, so I count it a success!

New Birth

We've had a few deliveries lately. Loma de Luz Hospital is not officially open for deliveries, but when women show up ready to push a baby out and there is no time to send them to the city, we take them in. Of course, I think it's a blast! It has helped us to get a little more organized, write some protocols and prepare for the future. It also points out the incredible lack of training that our nurses have in Obstetrics. In nursing school they may spend from 1-3 weeks total on a labor and delivery unit. It is a big change from a hospital where our labor nurses had MANY years of experience and were our teachers at first. Now, I have to explain every little thing. It is helpful though to know how basic we will have to start with our education. Now if we could just get some more nurses to train!!!

Here are some pictures of a bouncing baby boy that was born here last week.