Monday, June 16...Our First Day of Work

Good evening everyone!! I hope that you all had a good start to your week. Ours began a little weird. I apologize for not having yesterday’s blog up not until today, but Internet didn’t work very well and I wasn’t feeling well either. All team members were supposed to report to breakfast at 6:30 AM and be ready to leave at 6:45 AM. However, certain vehicles didn’t show up on time and the team left the hotel about 9:00 AM. Once we all got to the clinic, things started to begin. All of us checked things, to make sure they were working, hugged old friends, and new ones, and began fixing the clinic up. This year, our goal is to paint the inside of the clinic, (yellow), build shelves, have a fully stocked inventory, treat and maintain previous and new patients, provide more training for the prosthetic technicians, and venture into the eastern region of Ghana to look at bringing a prosthetic clinic, up there, online with our clinic in Accra. I personally, took pictures, helped Mom and Olivia Perry pick out a great color of yellow for the inside of the clinic, and then painted…a ton. So, there was a lot of work done today, but we held off from seeing any new patients, simply because we were trying to get everything in order in the clinic. Papa, (Jim Parker), and Drew built several shelves for the stock room. Dad and Daniel Kodi (Ghanaian Prosthetist) were finally able to get the 1,100 pound pallet from customs. Now, we have to organize all the supplies, but the generator worked great and we can now rely on having power anytime we need it…unlike previous years. Tomorrow we’ll be treating patients, continuing construction, and finish some improvements to the clinic. I ask all of you to be in prayer for us…because 6:00AM comes mighty early :) Thanks again for your support and sorry again for having the previous day’s blog a day later. Talk to ya Tuesday!!

Lord Bless,

Parker

*If you would like to learn more about Standing With Hope and the work we are doing in Ghana, West Africa, click on the title of this blog, “Monday, June 16th…Our First Day of Work,” or simply go to standingwithhope.com