I Deliverd a Baby Doll!

Highlight of this week…I got to deliver a Child!
Suddenly in class while learning mother and child health, my teacher became pregnant with a 3 pound plastic doll and I had to act fast.
I grabbed the birthing kit we had learned how to make with a rope, blankets, razor and soap. I asked some one to go boil some water and then began…wow who knew all my years of watching “ER” would come in handy. After cutting the umbilical cord and cleaning the child, I was able to breath.

We also learned how to treat pregnant mothers in underdeveloped countries, along with treating Anemia (lack of iron in the diet), teaching mothers good practices after the child is born and how to keep them from getting sick.
In Papa New Guinea we may be treating a lot of mothers.

We are also attending an "Intimacy with God" work shop; it has been a real treat to hear a really amazing speaker from NZ named Aaron Walsh. Through the teaching God has been addressing a lot of my deepest desires to draw closer to him. I have been learning so much about how powerful it can be to pray from the heart and how it draws you even closer to him. God created us for pleasure (a relationship with him) and just like smell we don’t actually need it. Aaron then spook about Mathew 7:7, the scripture talks about how if we just ask the door will be open to us, basically God will answer your prayers but what he doesn’t say is the time and how he will, but he does give us a promise in the scripture that he will answer and won’t deny us the desires of our heart.

Prayer requests: Outreach funding to come in $2500 and the rest of my school fees, and for my teacher to become well. Ironically enough she came down with dengue fever and malaria this week after learning about it in class. And for me to have a continued fever to learn and draw closer to him so I can serve the people well in Papa New Guinea and Irian Jaya.

Random Fact: Some developed countries believe that placing manure on the umbilical cord is a good practice.

Back To Palm Island..

Imagine hopping on a plane no bigger than a 6 seater. The door shuts behind you and you realize you are the only light skinned foreigner The engine starts and the hole plane starts to rattle. LIFT OFF! your off the ground and blue-green water is below you and island after island, you feel as thought you are flying in a tropical post card! 15 mins later you see this small , very SMALL strip of land the some-what resembles a landing strip. Turbulence hits the plane threw the hills and you hit the ground.

I got off the plain being greeted by a familiar face and her 2 beautiful boys. Lindsey (Old DTS friend) has started a youth ministry, something God spook about a year ago, to keep the kids out of trouble and love on them with the love of Jesus. I was able to serve dinner and play ball with 24 familiar faces that have grown a bit taller since last summer. I was able to pray with some of the most amazing Island worriers.
I always fall in love with this Place. For those of you that have never heard of Palm, It use to be a place were "criminals "( not really) "Hafe -casts" (white and black) there also use to be a leprosy colony just across the water and people were not considered valued to the rest of Australia , 40 different tribes live here not native to western living but forced by many.
They a beautiful warriors and God is restoring these beautiful Island people.

First Day of Class!

Because of jet lag I am now finely a morning person ( but promptly not for long). We had are first day of lectures and are school leader spoke about Gods heart for heath care in the Bible (there are so many scriptures) and then explained the background behind Primary Health and how it started. Did you know that it was started with the intention of bridging the gap between wealthy communities and the poor, to help basic needs at low cost or no cost. I also found that 7 out of the most deathly killers in poor communities, we can actually heal or prevent with basic help! It gives me hope when I hear about all the death tolls and sickness percentages around the world.

There is just something about this place, I feel like I am sitting on Jesus lap just waiting for the next thing he wants to say and taking it all in.

Random Fact: Head lice dislike the smell of Lavender.