This past week at Mattaw…

This past week many of the children at the children’s village were sick with tb, so the doc and nurse in our team took them to the hospital. The children that had symptoms were tested and treated for tb. At times it was very heart breaking to see the children suffering with runny noses, really bad coughs, and fevers, but today there were all doing alot better. The smallest of the village, Georgie was laughing and smiling again. It was such a blessing to be able to be a part of their recovery. I was really happy to help and make their lives a little better.
On tuesday, the kids had their physicals done and learned proper hygine. I taught them proper face and hand washing, and to cough to the side or inside their shirt instead of their hands to prevent the other children from getting tb.
On thursday, the rest of the children got physicals. We also bathed them and showed them how to bathe properly. Some of the children that only go to school at Mattaw were really dirty and wore the same uniforms everyday, so they were really excited and just ready to take a bath. It was really fun and so cute. A couple of the children fell asleep right after. I guess because they felt relaxed and felt good in their clean clothes. They were also so happy to have a pomagranate lotion rubbed on them and had huge smiles in their pictures. It was a awesome blessing to see them feeling so refreshed and good about clean little body. When we finished with them they were squeaky clean:) Later that night, I was reminded of the time when Jesus washed his disciples’s feet. Well, I think that’s it for now…please pray that we may not get tb.

Blessings,
Jess