Hmmmm, lets see where to begin on this update. Sunday I went to church with the Ulrich's. Afterwards, I went with Logan and Becca to a youth planning meeting. That evening we had Josephine over for her birthday dinner. She was super sweet and it was neat to share with her about Breakaway and Mercy. She began a campus ministry "His People" which is an outreach of the "Every Nations Churches" with 4 people and it has grown to 100. I think hearing about how Breakaway started out as a Bible study with 12 young men and has grown to >6000 was encouraging. It is definetly a small world as we started talking about people within the Every Nations group that we both knew. Bethel World Outreach Center in Nashville, where I went as a Mercy girl, is part of this group. She actually remembered Nancy speaking at their conference the previous year in NYC!!! :)

Monday was back to work. I helped Opa, in charge of post mortem, with posting of 2 calves from the school's farm. One died from a ruminal acidosis and one from heartwater. Then I just helped out in the clinic seeing cases. I have been working on creating some powerpoints of different things (surgical instruments, restraint, bandaging and splinting) for Paula to put up on the web so that the students can have access to them for studying purposes. It is very hard to have anything out from under lock and key here as it has a tendency to grow legs and walk off, so the students need some other alternative for learning these things. I am also working on making a technique chart for their new x-ray machine. I never thought I would have thought I would have to create one. Putting that education to use! :) Wednesday is surgery day here. I spayed a Husky dog. She was in heat and so that made things interesting. Everything was so friable. Our only current inhalant choice is halothane and suture choice is catgut or nylon. I ended up using nylon since she was in heat and absolutely CRAZY!!! I didn't want the suture breaking down too soon, so I just picked one that won't absorb at all.

I had a pleasant suprise happen. We were visiting about sports and once I mentioned that I loved to tumble, Tim shared that at Mmabana (where he goes to work out and where Becca takes dance) they have a gymnastics gym including a ROD FLOOR!!! We went up there yesterday to ask about the possibility of me joining them during my stay here just for some exercise. They were very open to it. It cost me only 40 Rand which is <$6 for the entire month! What a steal. Yesterday I ended up tumbling with them for about an hour. The heat really got to me and I wasn't very smart and didn't bring any water with me, so needless-to-say, I was a bit woozy afterwards. After getting some water I felt much better. I am so sore now though, and I even took some prophylactic NSAID's last night. It is worth it though. :)

Woke up this morning not feeling too good. Was nauseated and couldn't eat my breakfast. Paula suggested I stay home from work. I slept from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. I am feeling better (I think). Think maybe I have just a little virus. Don't worry though, I have an excellent family that is taking GREAT care of me.

Please continue to pray for Haiti, especially for Dr. Kelly Crowdis and Dr. Keith and Jan Flanagan. They are missionaries with CVM over there (that I have gone and worked with) and have been working day and night helping the injured. If you want, you can read Dr. Kelly's blog www.vetmissions.blogspot.com to read what she has been doing since the quake. Please pray for God to continue to sustain them with His strength to continue on. Thank you all for your prayers for me. Til next time . . .