No Man Left Behind

The clinic continues to benefit from our short term teams!  A group from Kosciusko came and worked tirelessly helping build a storage shed on top of the clinic.  This included hauling bricks up several floors for one whole day and sand, and gravel.  Rumor has it that some of the boys got good enough at catching bricks they could do it with one hand!

The week was filled with hard work and lots of fun fellowship.  And I must confess, my first man left behind!  Thursday as we headed out of the hotel and into our taxis, I assumed we were all there.  We arrived at the clinic, visited with our friends at the clinic as we made our greetings and started the day.  Pastor Phillip Palmertree was conducting the devotional when he quoted someone from the group.  It was not until right at that moment that we realized, we had left someone at the hotel!  Luckily, he was back at the hotel waiting for us and no one was too mad.  His entire family was on the trip so I didn't have to worry about what they'd say when they found out I left their son behind.  And he had a great attitude about it.  He said he had come out of the hotel to see the taxis driving away and thought we were playing a joke on him and would be right back.  Oops!  not a joke.  But he joined us very quickly after I called Wes Baker to retrieve him and bring him to the Clinic.  And at the end of the day, it was a story with a happy ending.  Whew.  Never a dull moment around here is it?

Thank you First Presbyterian Church Kosciusko!

Michael Holman and Dale Ellison checking on the progress of the storage shed atop the medical clinic.

Pastor Phillip Palmertree and his daughter Ruth Ann working on top of Sinergia.

Some of our brilliant brick catchers!  Heather, Chris and Nathan.