tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11285058829013333452024-03-15T00:55:13.640-07:00Chidamoyo Hospital in ZimbabweA rural mission hospital in NW Zimbabwe. Sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ through hospital evangelism.Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.comBlogger338125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-64164942826046448502021-04-14T15:29:00.000-07:002021-04-14T15:29:41.614-07:00<h4 style="text-align: left;"> I stopped chemo in mid-February and the oncologist tried a period of Immunotherapy by itself to see if it would work. In March I started to produce a lot of abdominal fluid (ascities) and had to go to the hospital every 2 weeks and then every week to be tapped to remove the fluid. They got off up to 8.8 liters a time which gave me a few days relief before it would come back. It made it hard to breathe without laying on my sides and I couldn't really eat without pain. So, I was in bed a lot of the time.</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />They decided I needed to start Chemo again with the Immunotherapy. My Oncologist said it was not time to give up yet! He said the chemo helped before to shrink the tumor a bit so they felt if I could shrink it again I wouldn't have to go for tapping. I was all for that.</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />He did remind me there is no cure only remission and that I have months not years to live but he felt there were other drugs to try if these don't work. I am usually not in pain so I am so thankful for that.</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />Major from Chidamoyo is planning to come here and through prayers and interventions he was granted a visa today from the American Embassy in Zimbabwe. He plans to arrive on Thursday next week.</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />Part of his time here will be in the official turn over of the work of the hospital to him and arranging how we can help to make it as smooth as possible for our financial supporters of our work. Thank you to all who have been very supportive during these challenging times.</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />My brother and niece from NJ arrived Monday for a 5 day visit. It has been great telling old stories and being together with the family. Also good friends and Chidamoyo alumni Cindy and Abbey Carson came by and brought breakfast one day this week.</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />Many have written with encouragement and support and wanting to come visit. It is truly great to be loved by so many friends all over the world!</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pv3YVOtneUM/YHdrM9r79AI/AAAAAAAAP00/C3BKfrp252gPJtBeTBfnjmn-xqLL3ERDACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="386" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pv3YVOtneUM/YHdrM9r79AI/AAAAAAAAP00/C3BKfrp252gPJtBeTBfnjmn-xqLL3ERDACLcBGAsYHQ/w386-h640/IMG_0435.jpg" width="386" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Me with my fluid</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ahP4VjKssc/YHdrOaH_dBI/AAAAAAAAP04/cAMpJpj1XNA2w_vxciSh4rObeX0XW-0lgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ahP4VjKssc/YHdrOaH_dBI/AAAAAAAAP04/cAMpJpj1XNA2w_vxciSh4rObeX0XW-0lgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_0442.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Easter Dinner with the family and brother from NJ on phone</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NMWvJZEpQH8/YHdrXgmniHI/AAAAAAAAP1M/bQ4fMDyIfGogTsnEmpGESVjrr7QhlMj7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NMWvJZEpQH8/YHdrXgmniHI/AAAAAAAAP1M/bQ4fMDyIfGogTsnEmpGESVjrr7QhlMj7gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_0443.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0zOr6p3K-qs/YHdrRzJwcmI/AAAAAAAAP08/HvbBcDhdlqg4s-oP9p_gongqY8X7e9ZigCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="640" height="544" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0zOr6p3K-qs/YHdrRzJwcmI/AAAAAAAAP08/HvbBcDhdlqg4s-oP9p_gongqY8X7e9ZigCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h544/IMG_0454.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Niece Hannah with brother Don in front and brother Dennis in back</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xp42JmOioTg/YHdrTm5Zx-I/AAAAAAAAP1A/RpSQ5I9bWhY3Eylz0NvyFVjItn6XZfdggCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xp42JmOioTg/YHdrTm5Zx-I/AAAAAAAAP1A/RpSQ5I9bWhY3Eylz0NvyFVjItn6XZfdggCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/IMG_0456.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Abbey Carson from Seattle</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7nzBA0GxO3Y/YHdrVZef9gI/AAAAAAAAP1E/xRI-rp5REt4tkXNvSwdlMoo0ItjSV2M3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7nzBA0GxO3Y/YHdrVZef9gI/AAAAAAAAP1E/xRI-rp5REt4tkXNvSwdlMoo0ItjSV2M3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_0459.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Abbey and Cindy with me</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U1WJOY0rlVY/YHdrWw9n-1I/AAAAAAAAP1I/Cm8TedKvDXUgMFO91TDF0NcoLxyaACG5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="481" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U1WJOY0rlVY/YHdrWw9n-1I/AAAAAAAAP1I/Cm8TedKvDXUgMFO91TDF0NcoLxyaACG5wCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/IMG_0464.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Chemo time--7 hours!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0C6jupdNCbA/YHdrYjdwraI/AAAAAAAAP1Q/2fFPqTeANBMe1REjrA4tajzD_Pr2pCo7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0470.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0C6jupdNCbA/YHdrYjdwraI/AAAAAAAAP1Q/2fFPqTeANBMe1REjrA4tajzD_Pr2pCo7ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_0470.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Family dinner</h2><div><br /></div>Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-73474089230228645222021-03-04T14:06:00.028-08:002021-03-04T14:31:16.039-08:00News from California<p><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Finally, I m catching up with all of you to tell you that things are going a bit better. I have finished 4 chemo and immunotherapy sessions. The last two chemo really wiped me out and it was even hard to get out of bed. No nausea or vomiting. Just wiped out and weak and couldn’t eat. I ended up in the hospital 2 more times and just fatigued and wiped out, couldn’t eat or drink and had a UTI.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">This past Thursday I did my first immunotherapy by itself which is IV for and hour once a month. I did well and no side effects. My scan 2 weeks ago showed shrinkage of the cancer mass and the oncologist was very happy as he was only hoping it would not have grown.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Now I will continue IV immunotherapy once a month and scans every 3 months. As long as the tumor continues to shrink that is the plan.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I have been going everyday at 0900 for an IV antibiotic since I was in the hospital for 30 days in a row to get a half an hour infusion. I go 10 minutes away and my brother takes me everyday and Sylvia on weekends. That ends this week and then I start Physical Therapy to try and gain my strength back in my legs. I have been using a walker for about a month now. With not eating I lost a lot of muscle and strength.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Chidamoyo continues to work hard. Covid-19 hit hard in the second wave January 1st and immediately Zimbabwe went on lockdown which has continued through end of February, over 1500 people have died now. Our hospital is busy but not . Covid as we can’t do much with no ventilators, limited oxygen and no drugs. Patients are sent home.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">We are doing deliveries and C/sections and seeing other illnesses too. So far all our staff are well and the Chinese vaccine was supposed to be given this week to health care workers- 2 shots one month apart.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">We were so sorry to lose a close friend to Chidamoyo and Zimbabwe, Dr. David Katzenstein who we worked with on HIV/AIDS research projects. He died from COVID in Zimbabwe. Very sad to be losing our collegues.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Borders continue to be closed and there are curfews and manditory mask wearing. We pray things will get better.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">We are getting good rains this year in Zimbabwe and crops are doing so well. Keeping busy in the fields will fully help decrease Covid-19. So we are thankful for the great rains. The Chinese vaccine, Sinopharm was given this week to people at hospitals in Zimbabwe. Please pray they will not be scared to take it.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I speak with Major 3-4 times a week and make some of the decisions. We are thankful for our financial support that has been such a big help as prices have gone up so much. </b></span></p><p><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you to all who have been praying for my illness and treatment—it has been discouraging at time but you keep me going and you have made the difference in my progress. Thank you to all! </span></b> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>It's been great to be home and enjoy some of the family celebrations I usually miss out on. My sister-in-law just celebrated her birthday and we (brother and sister-in-law and myself) have been doing breakfast together after my infusion each day. Never had time for that before! We have to pick up and take home as no indoor sitting in CA yet and too cold for me to be outside--even though we got up to 81 this week--yeah!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>How nice it was to get visitors now. Cindy Artico Carson from Seattle and Cathy Holdener from Sacramento stopped by for visits. Cindy is a Chidamoyo alumni and Cathy and I went to nursing school 46 years ago and started our first job together at Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento in 1977! She and her family have visited twice with us at Chidamoyo.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TO9TEdka5Ao/YEFXrhgw2BI/AAAAAAAAPx8/6ea6D9YsDLADTxuCNZ3ZjtO2NJYoSpZngCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0160%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TO9TEdka5Ao/YEFXrhgw2BI/AAAAAAAAPx8/6ea6D9YsDLADTxuCNZ3ZjtO2NJYoSpZngCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/IMG_0160%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Finishing chemo</span></b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KdLo1hh0jpY/YEFXvGr1a7I/AAAAAAAAPyA/x3tNcsXHDu4m0hq2J10E-w4vcIyUJ5k3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0345.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KdLo1hh0jpY/YEFXvGr1a7I/AAAAAAAAPyA/x3tNcsXHDu4m0hq2J10E-w4vcIyUJ5k3wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_0345.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Kathy Rose's birthday--(sister-in-law)</b></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2tCJdvoUeIY/YEFXwhrT3iI/AAAAAAAAPyE/PO_X9Jx6bzkZppVnCyUx8VXD6P6ZJa18gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2tCJdvoUeIY/YEFXwhrT3iI/AAAAAAAAPyE/PO_X9Jx6bzkZppVnCyUx8VXD6P6ZJa18gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_0352.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b> We had cupcakes!</b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BOO1qfYh3vs/YEFXyC-rTqI/AAAAAAAAPyI/wxSkJmlxLjgxla5CQvstSYU6pFbp0kPMACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/c9f76953-1ea3-4a49-aac4-caca8dba6d0e.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BOO1qfYh3vs/YEFXyC-rTqI/AAAAAAAAPyI/wxSkJmlxLjgxla5CQvstSYU6pFbp0kPMACLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/c9f76953-1ea3-4a49-aac4-caca8dba6d0e.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Michael and Major putting fertilizer on crops</b></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b21yPM6iRfY/YEFX1aSevSI/AAAAAAAAPyM/Jc5ODy7HBKYiKkOynob9yKWUzyUJzggqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0210%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="363" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b21yPM6iRfY/YEFX1aSevSI/AAAAAAAAPyM/Jc5ODy7HBKYiKkOynob9yKWUzyUJzggqQCLcBGAsYHQ/w364-h640/IMG_0210%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="364" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Cindy visiting from Seattle</b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SpguHl9bxYo/YEFX3PnA_UI/AAAAAAAAPyQ/3YMjUtU_eiQY1nkR4fDbvJONPNbo5hdqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_0364.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SpguHl9bxYo/YEFX3PnA_UI/AAAAAAAAPyQ/3YMjUtU_eiQY1nkR4fDbvJONPNbo5hdqgCLcBGAsYHQ/w526-h640/IMG_0364.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Cathy from Sacramento</b></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-45588355490232503532021-01-03T12:40:00.000-08:002021-01-03T12:40:00.438-08:00LET'S HOPE FOR A BETTER NEW YEAR--CATCH UP NEWS!<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Well, it has been almost three months now since I have added
to the blog and I finally feel well enough to catch everyone up on what has
been happening in the whirlwind of time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Most of the year since getting back from furlough in mid-February
I have not been feeling well and I went through having an ulcer, having H.
Pyloric, resistant H. Pyloric and then finally the end of October (27th) showed
a fast-growing liver mass.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Through it all I worked 6 hours in the morning and then went
home and slept 3 hours most afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
also lost my appetite and could not eat much, so had not energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was not having direct patient care due to
COVID so preparing the staff for working without me!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They opened the boarders to fly on October 1 so when all 3
of my doctors said to go to the USA as soon as possible, I had a liver biopsy
on 3<sup>rd</sup> <i>of </i>November and got on the plane the next day to the
US. We had to have a negative COVID test to fly out within 72 hours.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I flew from Harare to Johannesburg, SA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had planned to meet Michael (Major’s son)
at the airport, but they were on full COVID lockdown and I could not go outside,
and he could not get in so we could only text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No stores, food places or anything was open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a 7 hour wait!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then flew on to London where I had only a
couple hours wait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, no shops, food
places or anything but departing passenger guests were around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even lounges were closed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was funny to get your food on the airplane
with a linen serviette and they put your boxed food on top with everything
individually packaged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, I just
slept and drank water.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, 36 hours I arrived in San Francisco and was picked
up by nephew and wife, Marc and Derekca and taken straight to sister Sylvia’s
house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My new home! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I spent the next month in a daze with scans, blood work, in
the hospital 3 days because my urinary stent stopped working, IV antibiotics I
had to go out for everyday for 2 weeks, and just sleeping a lot and not eating.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I met several times by Zoom with my oncologist and planned my
treatment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With COVID at such high
levels here in the US, I could not have visitors or go out at all, so it was
like I was in Zimbabwe still!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No
shopping, no lunches or dinner out, what a strange world we live in!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with metastasis to the liver, Stage 4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is bile duct cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">We had Thanksgiving with just the 9 of us immediate family. It was a great feast but unfortunately I wasn't eating so enjoyed bites.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On December 18, I had my first of 3 chemo sessions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took 8 hours and I watched 2 movies and
slept and enjoyed the heated massage chair.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sylvia was busy putting putting up 2 Christmas trees and decorations as I watched. She bought a new tree and decorated it and put it next to the TV in the family room so I could enjoy it where I spend most of the day.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I felt well for 2 days then crashed and felt very lethargic
and just did not feel well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After 5 days
I started doing small walks and gradually got better. Not many side effects and
no vomiting or nausea, so feel good about that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The last few days I am much better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yesterday I felt much better than I have in months, cleaning my room,
office, doing a load of laundry and cooking some dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have not done that since March!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Last night (2<sup>nd</sup> of January) we had our family
Christmas for 9 of us and opening gifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of us COVID free and thankful for all God has done for us in the
past year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We pray for 2021 to be a great
year for all of you!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">News from Zimbabwe is good with a great rainy season going
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hospital work continues in the
capable hands of our 3 doctors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>COVID 2<sup>nd</sup>
wave has hit and has led to more deaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Boarders maybe closed again soon and there is strict mask and curfew
policy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pray for protection for our
staff particularly.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major could not get out as the US embassies throughout the
world have not been issuing visitor visas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We hope things improve as the year goes on so he can come and
visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the meantime, we talk 3+ times
a week on What’s App, he is busy farming on weekends, and keeping the hospital
going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are thankful for our faithful supporters and for our
churches who are lifting me up in prayer and finances during these difficult
times.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Still unsure how long I will be here in the US for treatment,
but I have made a commitment to stay until my oncologist releases me since this
treatment is not available in Zimbabwe and especially now with travel so
difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please continue to pray for me, the work in Zimbabwe, for
COVID, and for our staff and hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So many have called and sent cards and lots of encouragement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is so special.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can reach me at P.O. Box 714 Sebastopol,
CA. 95473-0714<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xDSCv4vkY7k/X_InVapo8WI/AAAAAAAAPqU/AN1TgtoRCMQ7QRpoENRbAvbdzRE5VWx1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG-0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xDSCv4vkY7k/X_InVapo8WI/AAAAAAAAPqU/AN1TgtoRCMQ7QRpoENRbAvbdzRE5VWx1QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG-0004.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h3>Thanksgiving feast</h3></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nwIEBQh4Rlw/X_IldnL64rI/AAAAAAAAPpM/jhBVrXzuswE1Q0oYnb7Pip8PZzmSUcmlgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG-0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nwIEBQh4Rlw/X_IldnL64rI/AAAAAAAAPpM/jhBVrXzuswE1Q0oYnb7Pip8PZzmSUcmlgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG-0006.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-65K9BCtnITY/X_IlixjHB_I/AAAAAAAAPpQ/VToIBff4sq4kMfrgoTuxpmbz6VjHVTLwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG-0019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-65K9BCtnITY/X_IlixjHB_I/AAAAAAAAPpQ/VToIBff4sq4kMfrgoTuxpmbz6VjHVTLwQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG-0019.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Decorating for Christmas</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6arIUl6obzs/X_Ilnzu5L4I/AAAAAAAAPpU/hCuGH0SCD50q3aS2wXVkF2u-Pg2ctab9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG-0012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6arIUl6obzs/X_Ilnzu5L4I/AAAAAAAAPpU/hCuGH0SCD50q3aS2wXVkF2u-Pg2ctab9ACLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/IMG-0012.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y9whh6rNi70/X_InfwKnO_I/AAAAAAAAPqY/lnz5bPQxecU4m5W9YOZSxhwZ-zlF5ehnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG-0018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y9whh6rNi70/X_InfwKnO_I/AAAAAAAAPqY/lnz5bPQxecU4m5W9YOZSxhwZ-zlF5ehnwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG-0018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xPUw51erF0c/X_Ilt3Ta32I/AAAAAAAAPpc/doyN7MCjttA4hIxHPuU9_qTJBDU9bxUiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG-0058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xPUw51erF0c/X_Ilt3Ta32I/AAAAAAAAPpc/doyN7MCjttA4hIxHPuU9_qTJBDU9bxUiwCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/IMG-0058.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Christmas Eve celebrations--Chinese food</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UZXZjA_J6rk/X_IlwWXDOhI/AAAAAAAAPpg/VLbEXoB9pMEfIsOlHF3cUFp4IMiHrPkZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG-0069.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1856" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UZXZjA_J6rk/X_IlwWXDOhI/AAAAAAAAPpg/VLbEXoB9pMEfIsOlHF3cUFp4IMiHrPkZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w580-h640/IMG-0069.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CcqW7bHNNE8/X_IlyxwqJEI/AAAAAAAAPpo/nCJvKF9kZVgdrG6pZeKnBCbuVOCEhI8dACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG-0071.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CcqW7bHNNE8/X_IlyxwqJEI/AAAAAAAAPpo/nCJvKF9kZVgdrG6pZeKnBCbuVOCEhI8dACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG-0071.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">Christmas Eve Family picture! 2020 a year to remember!</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9N0HNqMbfEk/X_ImAX3RAbI/AAAAAAAAPp4/GcoixgFdOtwhMrjTRZ6Jfnk1lLz4fx6qgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG-0123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9N0HNqMbfEk/X_ImAX3RAbI/AAAAAAAAPp4/GcoixgFdOtwhMrjTRZ6Jfnk1lLz4fx6qgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG-0123.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Family enjoying late Christmas/NY dinner</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K6Qi_M78U-E/X_ImEZZsteI/AAAAAAAAPp8/7qcAfN9m0Ks_kkUR8uiwxxYKc0SyC1xwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG-0143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K6Qi_M78U-E/X_ImEZZsteI/AAAAAAAAPp8/7qcAfN9m0Ks_kkUR8uiwxxYKc0SyC1xwQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/IMG-0143.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">My great nephews, Alec and Maximo opening gifts</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a3kWD4ynBc0/X_ImHembaJI/AAAAAAAAPqA/iRwpwwYxeDowTItXeHUdKU_zxIubog5pQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG-0145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a3kWD4ynBc0/X_ImHembaJI/AAAAAAAAPqA/iRwpwwYxeDowTItXeHUdKU_zxIubog5pQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG-0145.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">Our immediate family</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-laK1P1ZyyHQ/X_In2swOdDI/AAAAAAAAPqk/FI90Ic5tf6IX8cqRr8PZO4k9DQozuHsFACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG-0024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-laK1P1ZyyHQ/X_In2swOdDI/AAAAAAAAPqk/FI90Ic5tf6IX8cqRr8PZO4k9DQozuHsFACLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/IMG-0024.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Port in place for Chemo</h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VwyNiGbLKaU/X_In5Ii7t2I/AAAAAAAAPqo/GnF-JnNYA689fN1wn-cVq1jAlcoiIuYtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1823/IMG-0033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="1746" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VwyNiGbLKaU/X_In5Ii7t2I/AAAAAAAAPqo/GnF-JnNYA689fN1wn-cVq1jAlcoiIuYtgCLcBGAsYHQ/w612-h640/IMG-0033.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Chemo treatment as an out-patient</h3>Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-78631651791837829582020-10-13T00:48:00.000-07:002020-10-13T00:48:12.054-07:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2020<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">For my birthday, this year I went with Major and Patience
back to Rhino Camp for 3 nights of enjoying animals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Major and Patience tried to fish but did not
get much luck after promising bream to eat for my birthday. Major caught a large Vundu but it is on the endangered list so he had to throw it back! He was so disappointed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We enjoyed our time away and it was relaxing and incredibly
beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They cooked me fish for one dinner since Major did not catch one and a birthday cake!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nice way to celebrate #66!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We came back on Monday evening and by Thursday we were on
our way to Harare as my stomach pain was getting no better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was referred to a new GI doctor who felt I
was probably resistant to the antibiotics for H. Pyloria I was taking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He changed drugs and I will take them for 2
weeks and see him after 4 weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I
get worse, I may need another endoscopy to see if my ulcer is better and more
biopsies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far not much change in 10 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are praying for the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not feeling well is really taking its toll.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">I still work 0700-1300 doing office work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Covid continues but not many new cases in
Zimbabwe and only 1 in our Province—3 hours away recently. We still wear masks
and enforce mask wearing, hand washing, social distancing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Our borders and South Africa reopened on 1-October, but US
citizens can not come in because of their high rate of Covid-19 cases—more than
56 countries are banned including most of Europe!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Still large amounts of patients coming to be seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Government hospitals are open but staff still
not showing up, patients not being seen, so they are just coming here from all
over the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It really adds to our
staff workload and is discouraging nurses who make $60/month equivalent in local currency
when everything is sold in US$ now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Please pray for them to be encouraged and continue their hard work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We have started work on one of our doctors houses which we are remodeling to add another bedroom, bathroom, and lounge. They have started the foundation this week.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We have had a couple of sprinkles of rain and 1 inch one night so the rainy season is starting and we do need it badly! It has cooled us down from our usual 106-108 degree weather everyday. Yesterday afternoon we finally got a downpour all afternoon and got (3.6 inches)! Knocked our electricity out as usual but we love the rain!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This morning (Tuesday) we woke up the drilling company arriving to dig our new borehole. We had so many water problems this year we are now so happy that this might be a big help! We pray they hit water and lots of it!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Watching the US news has been exciting these past few
months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I urge everyone to VOTE and
participate in the elections and <i>I pray</i> everything will be peaceful and calm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u29LMoT-hKg/X4QRHZCWpkI/AAAAAAAAPac/GX4eNKRfL9UVQsTNEnjUF9wSP69wTMrNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1008/IMG-20201008-WA0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1008" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u29LMoT-hKg/X4QRHZCWpkI/AAAAAAAAPac/GX4eNKRfL9UVQsTNEnjUF9wSP69wTMrNwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG-20201008-WA0002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Birthday cake</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BWbvB0Wl7VY/X4QRI83TLDI/AAAAAAAAPag/Ak-Fhz591CQrNusE7ic-bEqSeCbrQx2mgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1008/IMG-20201008-WA0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1008" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BWbvB0Wl7VY/X4QRI83TLDI/AAAAAAAAPag/Ak-Fhz591CQrNusE7ic-bEqSeCbrQx2mgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG-20201008-WA0003.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YUicZAb5PKw/X4QRKy5WxQI/AAAAAAAAPak/b6MXGkfxOxodzZWpBWu3EgFrPHZqHMoyACLcBGAsYHQ/s1008/IMG-20201008-WA0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="756" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YUicZAb5PKw/X4QRKy5WxQI/AAAAAAAAPak/b6MXGkfxOxodzZWpBWu3EgFrPHZqHMoyACLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/IMG-20201008-WA0001.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">The fish that had to be released!</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-81xkAsje1uo/X4QR2HMNBtI/AAAAAAAAPa8/lLGaGZVKuVk-CiMo1zYAe6VWH7y-h0j7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20201008_111115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-81xkAsje1uo/X4QR2HMNBtI/AAAAAAAAPa8/lLGaGZVKuVk-CiMo1zYAe6VWH7y-h0j7QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/20201008_111115.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Construction on Doctor's House</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ROnTpDCOisE/X4QRwSkDnPI/AAAAAAAAPa0/LWtd-cg7Q6sXMUVf-jyXAOdFNoKPTxvPwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20201008_111053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ROnTpDCOisE/X4QRwSkDnPI/AAAAAAAAPa0/LWtd-cg7Q6sXMUVf-jyXAOdFNoKPTxvPwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/20201008_111053.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P5aWKi0GkY0/X4QRyO0wcUI/AAAAAAAAPa4/Kw7h24kY_Dkf4VG30p3VxdJAYuHAN634QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20201007_071533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P5aWKi0GkY0/X4QRyO0wcUI/AAAAAAAAPa4/Kw7h24kY_Dkf4VG30p3VxdJAYuHAN634QCLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/20201007_071533.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rains begin</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C6q_TgnZD1c/X4VXyE5Dh0I/AAAAAAAAPdY/7xnqsAFO5rgRzTZv3JGWOq6olVp25FKUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20201012_123335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C6q_TgnZD1c/X4VXyE5Dh0I/AAAAAAAAPdY/7xnqsAFO5rgRzTZv3JGWOq6olVp25FKUwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/20201012_123335.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TCnjZI4uOVE/X4QSB-rraEI/AAAAAAAAPbI/S7yBpC5n23Yf1s000xld7NoZtFR0P6aygCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200926_103953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TCnjZI4uOVE/X4QSB-rraEI/AAAAAAAAPbI/S7yBpC5n23Yf1s000xld7NoZtFR0P6aygCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/20200926_103953.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The elephant who came to visit my chair!</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SZ3nAgklOK4/X4Qoniqxy0I/AAAAAAAAPbg/bf2ivvPNxngPiZ4JARRv3Vrfe4is7zgnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3299.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SZ3nAgklOK4/X4Qoniqxy0I/AAAAAAAAPbg/bf2ivvPNxngPiZ4JARRv3Vrfe4is7zgnQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/IMG_3299.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-91ZN_UbQdUc/X4QR-XGjMRI/AAAAAAAAPbA/CTM7CHWKqS0w9rmO25kJkVw4ZR3wctv_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200926_103555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-91ZN_UbQdUc/X4QR-XGjMRI/AAAAAAAAPbA/CTM7CHWKqS0w9rmO25kJkVw4ZR3wctv_gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/20200926_103555.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; 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After 9 weeks of treatment for ulcers I wasn't getting any better and was tired of being sick! He did a colonoscopy and another gastroscopy. More biopsies taken and no malignancies but this time it showed massive amounts of h. Pyloria, and infection in my stomach common in developing countries, and causes ulcers, so I was on the wrong treatment for 9 weeks.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I started on a 14 day treatment program of antibiotics on the 28th of August and it seems a bit better. Hopefully this will put an end to the ulcers and erosion in my stomach. I have good and bad days but am praying this will end it!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On the 2nd of September, Patience and Major and I took off for a short vacation to celebrate their 28th wedding anniversary.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We spent the night of the 2nd in Harare and were able to have dinner with Dr. Shield and Mrs. No Kajese and their daughters Zoey and Alexis. We had a great visit and kept our social distancing! We brought pizza home to eat at home. Dr. Kajese was our doctor from 2009-2013 at Chidamoyo. He was in Italy in 2019 doing a course in open-heart anesthesia and was sent home in March when COVID-19 became so bad in Italy. He leaves again on the 15th of September to go back and finish and will end in February 2022. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On Thursday the 3rd of September we drove 6 hours from Harare east to the Honde Valley area. We stayed on a tea estate. When we got within 2 kms of the plantation a truck transporting bananas had slide across the road and blocked us from going any further. Patience and I decided to walk in and leave Major with the car to come when truck was cleared! He showed up an hour later!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We spent the next 3 days enjoying hiking, some time fishing for Major and Patience ( I took a nap!), drives in the tea fields, seeing waterfalls, eating wonderful bananas grown there and drinking a lot of tea! Our rooms at the lodge looked out on a 9 hole golf course and tea fields all around. Enjoyed tea at 0600 every morning and seeing different birds and the quiet of the mountains.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This area is green all the time with almost daily rain and in the mountains with pine and cypress trees and bananas and tea up and down mountains. A big change from here and definitely you don't see the brown and dusty roads like here!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We drove to Harare on Sunday and home here on Monday night. It was a wonderful trip away and we did celebrate the Anniversary on the 5th of September. They prepared a nice cake for them as our dessert.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Msasa trees are in full bloom now throughout the country and we enjoyed driving and seeing the bright red, orange and yellow colors of the leaves this time of the year. It was a beautiful drive. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On our way back in Harare we got to meet up with another of our old doctors, Calvin Moyo, from 2016-2019. He is doing a residency program in Kenya for radiology and has been home since March doing it on line. He heads back on 18 September to Nairobi for 3 more years.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now back to work. COVID-19 continues and we continue to see plenty of patients as the other hospitals in Zimbabwe continue their 3 month strike--rumors are nurses gave up and went back to work today. People sitting at home and being paid! Even though some lockdown continues it is hard to know in the big cities and outside the hospital. Few proper mask wearing, no social distancing and water hard to even come by to drink in the cities, let alone frequent hand-washing. The police have many roadblocks to check for masks when they wear their masks below their nose or on their chin! They just wave cars through no matter what.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was nice to be sleeping under down comforters in Honde and Harare and we are back at Chidamoyo with highs of high 80 and lows of 55. We are moving towards summer very quickly.</span></p><p></p><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rEmKj96Okig/X1iYP-vvgvI/AAAAAAAAPUI/Nf4TZ0HR3ZQFr_ySR986NIT_sRyxhNMlQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3107.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" height="414" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rEmKj96Okig/X1iYP-vvgvI/AAAAAAAAPUI/Nf4TZ0HR3ZQFr_ySR986NIT_sRyxhNMlQCLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h414/IMG_3107.JPG" width="625" /></a></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Aberfoyle Lodge</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5yGIF6KHC8/X1idWl28sKI/AAAAAAAAPV8/yaS42A9sN0oxBXi4pueUsHqZpfofBgNMACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" height="416" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5yGIF6KHC8/X1idWl28sKI/AAAAAAAAPV8/yaS42A9sN0oxBXi4pueUsHqZpfofBgNMACLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h416/IMG_3109.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Picked some tea</span></h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hiking</span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r1_UEHSxyA0/X1iYWCTn8WI/AAAAAAAAPUY/Zg5rb68v3JgmnFtl-fSMHzEqDJBrl6QUACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" height="414" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r1_UEHSxyA0/X1iYWCTn8WI/AAAAAAAAPUY/Zg5rb68v3JgmnFtl-fSMHzEqDJBrl6QUACLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h414/IMG_3182.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_VvJZ0f_ZDQ/X1iYYs9A4WI/AAAAAAAAPUc/jKgI3Sf3UAw5cMo1FrloxwMTT6OHV-BTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3199%2B%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" height="414" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_VvJZ0f_ZDQ/X1iYYs9A4WI/AAAAAAAAPUc/jKgI3Sf3UAw5cMo1FrloxwMTT6OHV-BTgCLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h414/IMG_3199%2B%25281%2529.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bi2tJd2Dpic/X1iYiP1cUtI/AAAAAAAAPUo/Gat4wNjZXNQ1qAdtaMft7hhF6KWvgxwNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200904_151254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bi2tJd2Dpic/X1iYiP1cUtI/AAAAAAAAPUo/Gat4wNjZXNQ1qAdtaMft7hhF6KWvgxwNgCLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h469/20200904_151254.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Major and Patience got some fishing in</span></h3><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tReLqxW-VXk/X1iZg7kuS2I/AAAAAAAAPVQ/poy5cYFh7yoKr6-Ol5pfenMri7oo-eg0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200906_110301%25280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tReLqxW-VXk/X1iZg7kuS2I/AAAAAAAAPVQ/poy5cYFh7yoKr6-Ol5pfenMri7oo-eg0gCLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h469/20200906_110301%25280%2529.jpg" width="625" /></a></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Msasa trees in full bloom</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-229N2RLBDsM/X1iZKZCpk7I/AAAAAAAAPVA/f-fcNmgHVkYR3hWFPpMUMir6VCMb3qX8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1064" height="976" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-229N2RLBDsM/X1iZKZCpk7I/AAAAAAAAPVA/f-fcNmgHVkYR3hWFPpMUMir6VCMb3qX8QCLcBGAsYHQ/w648-h976/IMG_3204.JPG" width="648" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anniversary cake</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fIWm2Wfl3fU/X1iZebKszdI/AAAAAAAAPVM/e-vzrIA3lpMZZWlNz8HFdy3g1LiP-5WJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200907_165001%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fIWm2Wfl3fU/X1iZebKszdI/AAAAAAAAPVM/e-vzrIA3lpMZZWlNz8HFdy3g1LiP-5WJQCLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h469/20200907_165001%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Meeting Dr. Moyo in Harare</span></h3>Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-91087816755188117932020-08-18T01:13:00.002-07:002020-09-09T01:52:18.729-07:00Batanai Farm<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Forte; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">We spent the holiday weekend of August 8-11 at Major’s farm at
Batanai.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Located 25 kms and 45 minutes
of terrible road away from Chidamoyo, we went to enjoy our 2-day holiday of
Hero’s and Defense Day and the weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are our
last holidays before December.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Forte; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">We enjoyed the quiet of the bush and Major and his workers and Patience
were busy working in their field harvesting sweet potatoes and planting
potatoes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Forte; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">I spent the time reading, watching Netflix on my iPad and napping!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Patience cooked and brought me tea and porridge
every morning when I got up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a
life!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Forte; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">It was very cool as winter is still here and was down to low 60’s at
night and early morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually took
my bucket bath about 11 am after it warmed up a bit!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Forte; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">I went to the field one day and watched as they worked and watered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I laid in the sun on a cot and read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is why I like farming so much! Ha!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Forte; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">On Tuesday evening we came back to get ready to go to work on Wednesday
and the rest of the week we were busy at the hospital since 2 days were
holidays, we made up for it the rest of the week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Government Hospitals still on strike and not seeing patients. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Forte; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Cases for Covid continue to increase and
deaths too. As of 12-August-2020 there were 4893 cases and 122 deaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far, no new cases here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We keep praying for our staff and patients to
be protected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Forte; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">Thank you for your continued prayers and support for our work at
Chidamoyo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xe7OzWTTNag/XzpE9kpKk-I/AAAAAAAAN-o/526K09gBlAo1v3GjQPyzBGXsRzz-W2PEwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200809_104035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xe7OzWTTNag/XzpE9kpKk-I/AAAAAAAAN-o/526K09gBlAo1v3GjQPyzBGXsRzz-W2PEwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200809_104035.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Watering land where we pulled beans so we can plow and replant</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t5gMH6H115I/XzpFbaPbFOI/AAAAAAAAN-8/duM1ixiWgrML_yKCo1adyJrTfNGXvLSvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200809_110751.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t5gMH6H115I/XzpFbaPbFOI/AAAAAAAAN-8/duM1ixiWgrML_yKCo1adyJrTfNGXvLSvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200809_110751.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Maize and potatoes</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-joekvSOuTf8/XzpFKHGcx5I/AAAAAAAAN-s/w59D_oio6UEaXRrmX1U4JEpcjssqxfOfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200809_114249%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-joekvSOuTf8/XzpFKHGcx5I/AAAAAAAAN-s/w59D_oio6UEaXRrmX1U4JEpcjssqxfOfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200809_114249%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Maize growing with watering</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rFOgs6hwq40/XzpFgTVJmbI/AAAAAAAAN_A/MiLxO08mxJwdHPMXmPN4XrgV7JHttT7cQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200809_115821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rFOgs6hwq40/XzpFgTVJmbI/AAAAAAAAN_A/MiLxO08mxJwdHPMXmPN4XrgV7JHttT7cQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200809_115821.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Sanyati River where we pump water from to water the field</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nxiFpKL7uok/XzpFjc1XthI/AAAAAAAAN_E/Qb4X-kIuoPgqWZ2EDGvBscJMPyKdMImLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2026/20200809_120318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="2026" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nxiFpKL7uok/XzpFjc1XthI/AAAAAAAAN_E/Qb4X-kIuoPgqWZ2EDGvBscJMPyKdMImLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200809_120318.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Potatoes growing--very big!</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wHbt8qKzXtE/XzpFoOLe5uI/AAAAAAAAN_I/ZTXYk0IpaOgvu6C9AnZt9uaexflKZ6cXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200809_125709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wHbt8qKzXtE/XzpFoOLe5uI/AAAAAAAAN_I/ZTXYk0IpaOgvu6C9AnZt9uaexflKZ6cXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200809_125709.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Major moving water pipes</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dEY2501quXI/XzpFwW6mmVI/AAAAAAAAN_M/iZ9piyF26jw8gbeg4ZZxUfkD_Kn3LfCHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200810_095442.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dEY2501quXI/XzpFwW6mmVI/AAAAAAAAN_M/iZ9piyF26jw8gbeg4ZZxUfkD_Kn3LfCHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200810_095442.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sweet potato harvest--Patience and Major</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2IqgGXWenzM/XzuKwsCTGpI/AAAAAAAAN_o/Ut-B2D4rtmkA2zX8faxWepIHcAGoLW9BACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200809_114258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2IqgGXWenzM/XzuKwsCTGpI/AAAAAAAAN_o/Ut-B2D4rtmkA2zX8faxWepIHcAGoLW9BACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200809_114258.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Major resting at field while watering being done</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mp0T4HK9xUw/XzuKkXCIidI/AAAAAAAAN_k/KesKIuiIJIg8irq9pCypPlq0l7Bpi-6XACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200809_104042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mp0T4HK9xUw/XzuKkXCIidI/AAAAAAAAN_k/KesKIuiIJIg8irq9pCypPlq0l7Bpi-6XACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200809_104042.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">Watering ground to plant maize</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WbT3fawurGU/XzuKzczC57I/AAAAAAAAN_s/4fLGPqhcZ6UM1_hKX-qVIaI3TKqoZp_TQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200810_070229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WbT3fawurGU/XzuKzczC57I/AAAAAAAAN_s/4fLGPqhcZ6UM1_hKX-qVIaI3TKqoZp_TQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200810_070229.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: forte;"><span style="font-size: 21.3333px;">Sitting on porch in the morning drinking tea and looking towards Major's house</span></span></h3><p></p>Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-13437503784055220772020-08-07T01:22:00.005-07:002020-08-07T01:22:59.188-07:00Enjoyable time away at Rhino Camp<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On Monday the 27th of July, Major and Patience and I left Chidamoyo for 4 days at Rhino Camp. Its a 4 hour drive to Kariba and then a 1 hour boat drive down to Rhino Camp. We arrived to large groups of hippo all around and some elephants munching the grass.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Major and Patience went fishing twice a day and I went out on a game ride once each evening. In the morning I enjoyed just sitting in the sun and reading my book while elephants walked by in front of me, munching grass.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was a wonderful and relaxing time. Just a good time to get away and enjoy a change of scenery during Covid.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fishing wasn't that good for Major and Patience but they caught enough for all of us at camp to have fresh fried Bream for our last dinner there. Major doesn't eat fish but the rest of it loved it!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We returned home on Thursday afternoon. Zimbabwe had started a very strict lockdown again due to Covid. Now people have to have a letter from work to travel or otherwise stay at home. You must wear a mask anywhere away from home Stores are open 8am to 3 p.m. and there is a curfew 6 p.m. to 6 am. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We now have close to 4,395 cases in the country and now the majority of cases are community transmission and not returning refugees. There have been 97 deaths as of 7 August. The majority of cases are in Harare and Bulawayo. There are new cases in our Province and yesterday 2 cases reported 32 kms from us which resulted in 1 death. We keep up all our precautions and limit people inside of our gate. We also have kept our Outpatient department outside, wear masks and PPE.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have continued to unload our container and have found a lot of PPE to use here! We are so thankful for these donations.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nurses throughout the country have continued their strike and most other health care workers have joined too. That means hospitals are not functioning and more patients for us each day. In Harare if you can't afford a private doctor you get no health care.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Prices continue to increase and the US dollar is 1:110. Most of hospital workers make $40 US a month which buys very little.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please continue to pray for the country which is suffering a lot. Our hospital is the only hope for many people and Jesus is the only hope for the World. Thank you to all who continue to support us financially and with prayers.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We look forward to a 2 day holiday on Monday and Tues next week (Hero's Day and Armed Forces Day), so we have a 4 day weekend coming up--yipee! Planning to go to Batanai with Major and Patience (our rural home) for more relaxing. As Major says "our job there is to eat and sleep!" I like that job!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-46y-dQDE2_I/XyvtJEUg3iI/AAAAAAAAN7g/TNScOEP3nHMVFglHLnzk55G_zYXpTA7MQCLcBGAsYHQ/s897/IMG_3046%2B%25282%2529.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="897" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-46y-dQDE2_I/XyvtJEUg3iI/AAAAAAAAN7g/TNScOEP3nHMVFglHLnzk55G_zYXpTA7MQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3046%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Major and Patience and I at Lake Kariba, Rhino Camp</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2-Q4uHhh98s/XyvtSDql65I/AAAAAAAAN7k/fFZ2fYyhl1AKMTDcAT92kBn2_6yJkXBtQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3048.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2-Q4uHhh98s/XyvtSDql65I/AAAAAAAAN7k/fFZ2fYyhl1AKMTDcAT92kBn2_6yJkXBtQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3048.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Major and Patience</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TMXdDGsuye8/XyvtS-VLsgI/AAAAAAAAN7o/9i9yr7NScI4kMZ062V0fHBAXUrbcrZ1qACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3049.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TMXdDGsuye8/XyvtS-VLsgI/AAAAAAAAN7o/9i9yr7NScI4kMZ062V0fHBAXUrbcrZ1qACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3049.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Game viewing in the age of Covid</span></h3></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0gjbWnle3cw/Xy0NELZ7QBI/AAAAAAAAN8c/GL-IzkunxhoPdnsk7-ba4GsxOazXY9AGACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_2924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0gjbWnle3cw/Xy0NELZ7QBI/AAAAAAAAN8c/GL-IzkunxhoPdnsk7-ba4GsxOazXY9AGACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2924.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nd_agpeS108/Xy0NEeEUrnI/AAAAAAAAN8g/bwkzUaCLej0fd4Rxa-PsmZTgq1PYDg3jACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_2928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nd_agpeS108/Xy0NEeEUrnI/AAAAAAAAN8g/bwkzUaCLej0fd4Rxa-PsmZTgq1PYDg3jACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2928.JPG" width="640" /></a></h3></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dwaft Mongoose</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ET92cHVnow4/Xy0NDD1jQmI/AAAAAAAAN8Y/hPTGXhCpx4E7EiPAxWH_L1D0vZvPjcmTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_2975.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ET92cHVnow4/Xy0NDD1jQmI/AAAAAAAAN8Y/hPTGXhCpx4E7EiPAxWH_L1D0vZvPjcmTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2975.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iA1HqWu2rGk/Xy0NGU9BLqI/AAAAAAAAN8k/KGkENQ4xpvAKmkvulOVBs2kLf7hk_Pe4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_2990%2B%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iA1HqWu2rGk/Xy0NGU9BLqI/AAAAAAAAN8k/KGkENQ4xpvAKmkvulOVBs2kLf7hk_Pe4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2990%2B%25281%2529.JPG" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Big Bream</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HHi04NRsWeA/Xy0NI4-0_4I/AAAAAAAAN8o/hXlIWc6lJJM9jwr1vSJ38DYFndam83VTACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3009%2B%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HHi04NRsWeA/Xy0NI4-0_4I/AAAAAAAAN8o/hXlIWc6lJJM9jwr1vSJ38DYFndam83VTACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3009%2B%25281%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WkLF9HleJvk/Xy0NJSU9H4I/AAAAAAAAN8s/ewHrIrPqwdE2sisbB8O4P8iSxt-mCTuWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WkLF9HleJvk/Xy0NJSU9H4I/AAAAAAAAN8s/ewHrIrPqwdE2sisbB8O4P8iSxt-mCTuWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kudu</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNajRLfQEvo/Xy0NL9I18dI/AAAAAAAAN8w/BB65Dt037qo7QhOvBS4ueXsoKQyEgNVWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNajRLfQEvo/Xy0NL9I18dI/AAAAAAAAN8w/BB65Dt037qo7QhOvBS4ueXsoKQyEgNVWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3018.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The views from Rhino Camp!</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pWW061c76YU/Xy0NMrU3ZPI/AAAAAAAAN80/85OxkOXGfQkYAANGsU61hGxaMvmBOw4cgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_3028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pWW061c76YU/Xy0NMrU3ZPI/AAAAAAAAN80/85OxkOXGfQkYAANGsU61hGxaMvmBOw4cgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3028.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nothing like a Kariba sunset!</span></h3></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-69020907232553567682020-07-22T04:15:00.001-07:002020-07-22T04:15:41.517-07:00Surprise visit by thieves<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On the 1<sup>st</sup> of July I went for my stent replacement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was admitted—starved for 19 hours, waited
in pre-op for 2 hours and then was cancelled due to complications with the
patient in front of me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I told Major to come and pick me with food!! </span>They rescheduled
me for the 3<sup>rd</sup> of July—just 2 days later, and so had a free day in
Harare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With lockdown and trying to stay
away from crowds we met Dr. and Mrs. Kajese (our doctor here from 2011-2014)
for tea outside and went running around for supplies for the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was nice to have some human contact with
friends—even with masks on and social distancing!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On the 3<sup>rd</sup> I got my procedure done and was home by 4
p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We came home to Chidamoyo the next
day (the 4<sup>th</sup>) and had a day to rest before going to work on Monday--- I thought!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">At 0410 on Monday (the 5<sup>th</sup> of July) morning I was awaken
to 7 guys yelling as they cut my fence and ran by my window and with 4 hits
with a sledgehammer broke into my house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had run to the dining room and asked them what they wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they got in, they stated they wanted
US$.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had 2 AK rifles and 2
handguns—later I learned fully loaded!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
had called Major as they ran by my window to say many robbers were in my
yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told them all the money was in a
safe at the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They took the safe
and 2 guards and after about 15 minutes left us in the bush laid on our stomachs and
took off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have not put all the details
as it is still an investigation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please
know we were not hurt, and we are recovering well from the trauma.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We drove back to my house and we called the local police and then
Magunje police and CID and they set roadblocks out for them and finally less
than 4 hours after they left they caught all 12 of them and recovered all of
our things at a roadblock in Chinhoyi (3 hours away)!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">God protected us and got all our things back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who would have believed that!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was utterly amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People kept coming all day to take statements
and see what happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many people had
heard about me and came to make sure I was ok.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our staff had a hard time working that day and we had so many patients!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was very traumatic after it was all over,
and it took me a few nights to sleep through the night!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">So many people pray for our safety each day, many thinking of Covid but God knows where we need protecting and it really
worked!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a witness to God and how he
helps us keep calm in terrifying circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I just kept praying Major would not come after my vehicle thinking it
was me in the vehicle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He sent people to
the hospital who told him there were many people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did not know 12 people were there until
after they caught them—I just knew we were not going to stop them!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">One of the investigators asked Major if he had a Bible on his desk
and he said yes, he put it on top as he was working on a devotion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The investigator then told him one of the
thieves picked it up to steal it and it sent an electrical shock through him and drove his heart rate up so high, so
he threw it down!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow, God is powerful!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">We found out later that 7 were in the Army and 5 civilians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the civilians was wanted in 2 other
cities and they have been working together since 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Thank you to God for protecting everyone and recovering all our
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My phone was taken and recovered
but now must wait as evidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
need my new phone number or What’s App contact me by email. We are expecting to be called to court any day for our testimony.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Thank you for your support and prayers for our safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are really working.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Covid is now 1820 cases in the country and 26 deaths but no cases here that we know of yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nurses and hospitals in government
and some mission hospitals have been on strike for 4 weeks so people are
traveling further to get care to those hospitals open—like us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please pray for protection for all our
staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The country is in lockdown, but
people only wear a mask to get in a public building and get through a police
roadblock, and most wear it on their chin or below their nose!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">There is no social distancing at all, and people do not take this seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please pray for people to understand health
professionals and show kindness and care for other people throughout the world. Wear your mask!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On Wednesday 2 weeks ago we had Deon Haasbrook from Chinhoyi out to do
some surveying for water to put some new boreholes in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We marked some at Chidamoyo, Batanai (Major’s
village) and Hambakwe school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was
with us until Friday morning and found good sites for us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I feel my health is on the mend and I am feeling much better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My ulcers still both me, but I can
manage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Major is fine and was just so
scared for me when he found me after the robbery that he hugged me and cried!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to his village on Friday for 3 days
to just relax and enjoy the bush! I didn't want to be here at the mission without him that weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">He got his solar fridge/freezer hooked up Sunday and he drank 3 cokes
in a row to celebrate!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I drank some
cold water!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we do not have to bring
frozen water and hope it lasts for the time there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stayed until Monday morning and came
straight home to work on Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This week we are dealing with borehole problems and electricity
faults—so no water or electricity since yesterday morning!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our spare water tanks and solar at home and
hospital gets us through!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hope they
both might get fix today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had to
supply diesel for our electricity company to come and fix the fault.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life continues to be a challenge here with
hyperinflation, major health centers closed, low pay for civil servants, high
prices for food items (Bread now $70 Zim—$1 USD) and shortages of fuel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We never say things cannot get worse because
they almost always do in Zimbabwe!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: cavolini; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Thanks to many I heard from after the robbery giving me support and care. It was appreciated!!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xJG-MB01mgU/XxgCAkEhdeI/AAAAAAAAN1k/x0zxxZSaonYx75LdBShEMpup1h2alp46ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4060.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xJG-MB01mgU/XxgCAkEhdeI/AAAAAAAAN1k/x0zxxZSaonYx75LdBShEMpup1h2alp46ACLcBGAsYHQ/w481-h640/IMG_4060.jpg" title="Major keeping warm in Harare" width="481" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Major keeping warm in Harare</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iL9Oe4ROvWo/XxgB8kJlt-I/AAAAAAAAN1c/2m0m-Z4N8FMMHLcirS25uLctqW6GF6dbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4074.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iL9Oe4ROvWo/XxgB8kJlt-I/AAAAAAAAN1c/2m0m-Z4N8FMMHLcirS25uLctqW6GF6dbQCLcBGAsYHQ/w469-h625/IMG_4074.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Going to surgery in Harare--You keep mask on until they give you the anesthesia mask!</b></div><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="781" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PDnTgTXS9AM/XxgBsNDrHPI/AAAAAAAAN1Q/8tKW1CWF224KinBkKHjVt4zrIecTuuguQCLcBGAsYHQ/w586-h781/20200712_171235.jpg" width="586" /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Solar panel for new fridge/freezer at Batanai village</b></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wg59yB0CXgc/XxgXOR7F_sI/AAAAAAAAN10/Bc4VimlVaqcr21ijJUuQMVQLjQ-Zu8XUQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wg59yB0CXgc/XxgXOR7F_sI/AAAAAAAAN10/Bc4VimlVaqcr21ijJUuQMVQLjQ-Zu8XUQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_4045.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">New Fridge/Freezer</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Sweet potatoes on left and Maize on right.</span></h3></div><div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PxYTTvM3TRA/XxgZenSDusI/AAAAAAAAN2Q/3qu7zOc7bCMs_PY9R0ZB3gy3caxO_llcQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4071.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="781" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PxYTTvM3TRA/XxgZenSDusI/AAAAAAAAN2Q/3qu7zOc7bCMs_PY9R0ZB3gy3caxO_llcQCLcBGAsYHQ/w586-h781/IMG_4071.jpg" width="586" /></a></h3><span><h3 style="text-align: center;">Wear your mask!! Stop Covid</h3></span></div><p></p><br />Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-35590717574900219952020-06-23T04:29:00.000-07:002020-06-23T04:29:36.935-07:00Covid, Health, Container Arrived!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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hard for patients to get to us.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Covid-19 continues to increase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As of today (23-June) we are up to 512 cases
and 6 deaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Returning residents from
South Africa have been the main number of cases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we have several cases who are not
returning residents and so we expect the spread at any time.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Last week on Thursday all nurses at Government hospitals
went on strike (for better Pay and sufficient PPE) which has driven people to
mission hospitals for care as they cannot get care at other hospitals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our Out-patients has increased a lot this
week, even without transport readily available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People are hiring vehicles to bring them long distances to here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Continue to pray for the hospital and all our
staff to be kept safe and well.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I did have my stent removed from my right ureter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tried in the doctor’s office on May 26<sup>th</sup>
and failed so had to go into the hospital for the in and out procedure on the
27<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was home by 11am and
went home to Chidamoyo the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Instead of getting better I continued to get worse and
had another UTI. After 2 weeks I finally figured out that I was getting worse
when I ate which then made me sick all day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So, on the 16<sup>th</sup> of June I went in to see my GP who diagnosed
ulcers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went for an endoscopy the same
day (not that fast in US, huh?) and sure enough an ulcer and 2 areas of erosion
was seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They figured out it was NSAIDs
I take for arthritis, so I had to stop those and start ulcer meds for 2 months.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I also went to see my Urologist (who was happy they found
something else that was NOT his problem) and was sent for a CT Scan which shows
I need the stent back in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, must
return to Harare for that procedure in a few weeks when the ulcers have healed,
and I am feeling better.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I am feeling better if I watch what I eat and do not eat
too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel I am gaining some of my
strength back!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I am hobbling
around since I cannot use NSAIDs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always
something!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On Sunday, a new container from Sebastopol Christian
Church arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monday, we opened it and
it was just like Christmas!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were
bicycles for our evangelism program, medical supplies, and some personal items
we bought when home this last furlough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
big item was a golf cart so I can run back and forth to the hospital and to get
to our boreholes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got it out and
pushed it to Major’s house to charge it, only to remember the batteries had
been disconnected for shipment and we hooked them up and started driving it
yesterday!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Everyone here is so shocked to see it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have never seen anything like it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have been giving staff some rides in it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This morning I drove it up to work with boxes
I had unpacked of hospital items at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is so great and no fuel—perfect for a country like ours that has no
fuel!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We are so thankful to Sebastopol Christian Church who
paid for this cart and presented it to me in January when I was home!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is so great and will be helpful for years
to come. Thank you for all you do for Chidamoyo!<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thank you to Sue and Gene Beckstead who have been packing and sending our containers for years. This is our last one for awhile and we are so thankful for all they did for years! They might get their garage back after all these years!</span></b><br />
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Unpacking container</h3>
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Major got his Starbucks Flappocino (as he calls it!)</h3>
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A great note from Sebastopol Church</h3>
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Unpacking the golf cart</h3>
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The golf cart!!</h3>
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Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-32310189206800523922020-05-23T02:38:00.000-07:002020-05-23T02:38:26.326-07:00Covid Lockdown--Zimbabwe style, Two new vehicles and Happy Birthday Major<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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best of all no suspected cases of Cornavirus here!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I usually come to the hospital Monday-Friday 0700-1200 to do office work and Internet and go home
after tea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Like many of you I have been spending a lot of time sorting, cleaning
closets and drawers and getting rid of things I do not use!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Major loves to hoard so I dump it all on
him!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have almost finished all my
closets and drawers and feel better about no clutter! Major says if this stay at home order lasts for too long I might not have anything left in my house!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We continue to see patients at the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We let 3 in at a time through our fence and
we have our OPD outside with our staff in PPE.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There are now officially 46 cases positive cases in Zimbabwe, 4
deaths, 18 recovered and 24 active cases out of 28,019 tested. (www.worldometers.info)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There have been 5 cases and 1 death in our Province and none in our
district.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have no test kits yet—even though
all health workers were to be tested by the end of April.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Testing is a still a problem and the rapid test was giving many false
positives that were eventually negative on PCR. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We are seeing less patients a day—averaging about 100/day and have
not been doing our outreach vaccination clinics for April and May.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are talking about starting back in June. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We first started our lockdown on March 30<sup>th</sup> for the
country, but we began here on 23-March—so we are on Day 58!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We cut our staff down to working 3-4 days a
week as there are less patients and to use less PPE which we are preciously
trying to save.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our President extended on 16-May our lockdown indefinitely to be
reviewed every 2 weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Banks and stores
are back open from 9 am-4:30 but only approved buses and a few kombis (vans)
can travel in towns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We still have no
transport out here except local people who cram as many people into a pickup as
they can. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Towns are back to normal without social distancing—most think if they
have a mask, they are ok.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is scary to
go to town where people do not have hand sanitizers, very few hours of running water and use anything for a mask
and do not social distance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our staff and people in our community cannot travel to town because
of no public transport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That encourages
people to stay home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We received word that our 2 new vehicles that Friends of Chidamoyo bought
for us with auction funds in September have now arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything has been slow because of
Covid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The new excuse for everything
here not being done is Covid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am sure
they hope this lasts for years so they have an excuse for not working or getting
things done!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Two weeks ago, the Health Department here has made it a rule that no
one can move outside their house without a mask on (or there is a $500 Zim --$10
US fine).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our patients have come up with
some ingenious masks which I will share with you some pictures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We continue to pray for all of you to be protected, especially all our
health worker friends!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for
your continued prayers for us during this time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the meantime, we deal with drought for 2 years and people in need
of food, shortages of groceries (not due to Covid), and making our PPE last. The only good thing is that since businesses closed over 2 months ago we have had 24 hours a day of electricity!! A new thing for us and it especially helps to keep us home!! We are Binge watching TV and movies like never before!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On Wednesday this week (20th) Major and I traveled to Harare because I needed to see my urologist. Hadn't been feeling well for 2 months and Major finally convinced me we needed to go. He saw me. Gave me some meds to start orally and IV and going back on Tuesday for a stent removal from my right kidney!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Wednesday was also Major's 56th birthday and while we were in Harare we got a call to say that our 2 Land Cruisers we had ordered in November, 2019 had arrived and we could come and pick them up! A big Thank you to Friends of Chidamoyo who paid for the vehicles from their auction they held in September 2019! What a wonderful birthday gift, huh? We rushed over and picked them up and drove them to my townhouse. Then had to rush back to get a scan done of my kidneys. I had to drink water to fill up my bladder for the scan and all grocery stores and petrol stations close by 4:30 p.m. We drove around looking for water and finally found a pharmacy open we could buy water at (for US$!). The appointment was for 6 p.m. and we finally finished at 8:05 p.m. Then we went to look for something to eat. I had promised Major a birthday dinner to remember-ha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We learned that all take out places close at 8 p.m. and so no dinner you could buy! We went home and Major decided to cook sadza and use some left over chicken I had from lunch to eat with it! I went to bed and he made his own birthday dinner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next day Major ran around to do lots of errands and I went to the doctor and then went back to the townhouse to rest. Our driver from Chidamoyo came in to help take 1 of the new Land Cruisers home and we finally left town with both new vehicles at 7 p.m. arriving home at 12:15 a.m. exhausted!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">All new vehicles we have a dedication ceremony and prayers. Everyone was so happy! Our old vehicle we used for outreach clinics had to be pushed to be started! We are all so happy and blessed by this wonderful gift!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Last night (Friday) we finally got to celebrate Major's birthday for him and I cooked Lasagna and butternut--his favorites! We called his 2 kids--one in South Africa and one in KY, USA and had a 3 way video chat on Whats App! It was so fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Monday is a holiday here too (Africa Day) so Major will stay at the farm and come back Monday morning to take me in for my procedure which will be on Tuesday.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14pt;">There are mask roadblocks every town and several in Harare--so you have to have your mask on even in your car or be fined. Everyone puts mask on when they see "Police Ahead" signs and take them off as soon as they go through!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When I was in having my scan and Major was waiting and another patient came in for a scan and every time she had to cough she pulled her mask down and coughed and then pulled it up! Major ran outside to wait for me!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "cavolini";"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">You have to wash your hands or use hand sanitizer at the bank to get in--their hand sanitizer I am sure was Windex!</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "cavolini";"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">You have to wear a mask but many people keep their nose outside the mask or pull it below their chin--so how to wear a mask is not emphasized!</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "cavolini";"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Life in Zimbabwe is always interesting and keeps us on our toes!</span></span></li>
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Hospital choir singing and dancing in Covid!</h3>
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Use your sweater for a mask them use after you leave!</h3>
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Using your baby's hat for your mask!</h3>
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Jacket mask</h3>
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The new vehicles for the hospital</h3>
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Happy Birthday Major!</h3>
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Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-70291363354247423472020-04-16T01:07:00.000-07:002020-04-16T01:16:06.661-07:00The age of Covid-19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On the 23rd of March Zimbabwe was ordered into a 21-day lockdown and suddenly life changed for many people. Unfortunately, many people took it as a holiday from work and started going to stores and friends and walking to "hang out." The Army was sent into townships to enforce the order and many people were beat and sent home or arrested where they then were put in crowded jails with more people!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some people took the order seriously and at the hospital we had already started a screening process and letting 3 people in at a time to inside the gate. We have moved our OPD to our outside veranda and don't allow people to walk inside the hospital, but outside. We have been having daily staff meetings, we are wearing our PPE and we have cut back on staff so less people will get exposed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We are running about 15 in-patients including Maternity and we are feeding caregivers so they are not in and out of the hospital. We are also feeding staff on duty so they are not going back and forth to home until they finish their shift. This is costing us more money and less patients to pay fees, but God is providing for us, so we carry on as best as we can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We have daily devotions and pray for each of our staff to be protected and our patients. We have also started a new tradition of turning to the person next to us and thank them for working that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am not doing direct patient care and only come in the morning for 3-4 hours to do paperwork and encourage staff. I am keeping my social distancing and wearing an N-95 mask when I move out of my office. I feel like I am semi-retired and getting bored at home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Major and Patience come twice a week for dinner and I have been reading a lot--finished 6 books in 1 week! Trying not to watch too much Covid News on CNN--but I get drawn to it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Easter here is a 4 day holiday and we have from Good Friday through Easter Monday off. So On Saturday I drove to Major's farm where I have a house and spent until Monday evening there. I read a lot, watched some movies on my I-pad and enjoyed the quiet of the bush. He makes people wash their hands before entering the village and often there after. One of his relatives visited and said "do we have to wash every hour?" and Major said yes!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We had our own Easter service as a family with 8 adults and 4 kids and a baby. We were able to sit 6 feet apart and we had an interactive service with each of us saying what this Easter meant to them. Major then gave a message about how this Easter was like the very first Easter when all Jesus's followers were hidden in houses and their doors locked to the outside because of fear. Their fear was persecution and our fear is a Novel-virus! We had communion with Sugar cookies as bread and Raspberry Green Tea as the juice. Then after we had tea time. Yes we all washed our hands before communion and before tea again!!</span></div>
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I w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ent to the field where Major has put in irrigation pumped from the Sanyati River and he has planted beans and sweet potatoes that are just germinating now and look good. He was so excited to show me all the progress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This week some government officials came to say they wanted to turn our male and Pediatric wards into isolation wards and that they have money to do some remodeling. We worked with them to come up with a plan. We will wait and see what happens and when.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We received a circular yesterday to say that the plan is to test 33,000 people by April 30 and all health workers would be included. We wait and see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So far there are 23 cases and 3 deaths and 1 recovered out of 716 tested so far in Zimbabwe. (you can follow on www.worldometer.info) We seem to be in the quiet before the storm. We have time to act and we have put into place all the precautions we can here at Chidamoyo. The 21 day stay at home ban ends Sunday this week and there is some discussion it may be renewed. We hope so! South Africa renewed this week for another 21 days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We continue to have a bit of rain and April is always a big malaria month and we saw 38 cases last week--many we had to admit, but only 1 death so far this year. Many clinics are running away from any patient with a fever which right now is malaria patients, not Covid!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We continue to covet your prayers for safety for all health workers in Zimbabwe. We went to our local government hospital recently and they were wearing sleeveless plastic aprons as their only PPE--no gloves, masks, hats, googles. They seem to have nothing. We pray we will not be wiped out here in large numbers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our world is changed and it may never go back to the way it was! No one may ever shake hands again or move close to people. Lets be kind to one another and protect one another! We will win! God is in control!</span></div>
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Teaching by Dr. Mudzingwa how to wear PPE</h3>
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Keep that Hand Sanitizer Near-by!</h3>
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One of our Nurses advertising Stay Home, wash your hands, don't touch your face!</h3>
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Major and I watching Easter services from US</h3>
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Our outside Out-patient department</h3>
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Teaching staff about Covid-19</h3>
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How to put on the full PPE</h3>
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Happy Easter</h3>
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Major's irrigation field</h3>
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Communion on Easter Sunday</h3>
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The Farmer and His wife!</h3>
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The proposed wing of hospital to become Isolation Wards for Covid</h3>
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Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-41376556746347277482020-03-27T01:14:00.000-07:002020-03-27T01:14:03.348-07:00Covid-19--The world has changed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Throughout the world we are all facing big changes in our life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many are on self-quarantine; many are staying
home because their state has been put on lock-down and all of us are trying to
avoid getting this flu.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It has hit Zimbabwe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have 5 confirmed cases—1 death and 1
doctor at Harare Hospital, in Zimbabwe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They supposedly have only tested 150 people and as all of you are aware
the results take 5+ days. The tests are only available in Harare.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We have few test kits in the country, no PPE
and so nurses started a country wide strike today which means most hospitals
are totally shut down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our local
district hospital—which is our only other hospital in the district besides
us—sent a message today to not send any patients as they were closed!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With no PPE you can’t blame people who make
little money stopping work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hope it
will cause some action from the government and not for them to continue to be
quiet!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We do have PPE here thanks to many donations
from the US that has been sent in our containers over the years because they expired!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can a mask expire?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now they wish they had them back!!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I have been busy this past week working on
protocols and how we are to handle this Covid-19 at the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My doctors and Major ordered me to stay away
from patients and the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I come
up at 0700 to do internet (only available at hospital) and do some office work
and then usually home by 10 or 11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trying
to encourage staff and make decisions as issues come up.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On Sunday we met for church but met outside and
tried social distancing which is very difficult!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At night church at the hospital we used the
whole courtyard to spread out!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
thinking we may have to close by this Sunday and unfortunately no streaming for
our members!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sunday after church, I went with Major and
Patience to Batanai to relax for the afternoon there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No visitors came, and I was napping and
reading the whole afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
dinner we drove home and hit a big rainstorm all the way home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We needed the rain!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crops are still growing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, Batanai didn’t get any rain
that night when it rained so hard at Chidamoyo!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We started the week by making big changes at
the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> On Monday we were overwhelmed with patients and they did not co-operate with social distancing!</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our clinic is now an
ER—only seeing Maternity patients, emergencies and refill of HIV/Diabetic/ TB
and Hypertension medicines and then those with Respiratory conditions and
fevers segregated off to be seen in a tent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We let 3 people in at a time in the gate and all departments have no
more than 3 patients at a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We are encouraging people to stay home with
their families and only come for emergencies to the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, in Zimbabwe we have a few
ventilators in Harare and limited electricity outside of Harare so we can only
provide oxygen care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are looking at a
catastrophe if we don’t stop this now!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We are working with limited staff to not expose
our staff so much and our inpatient wards had only 12 today—5 wounds and 7
maternity patients.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C/Sections and
deliveries are continuing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fractures are
being fixed and TB diagnosed.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We are feeding patient care givers and have
cancelled all visiting hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
very hard for our community to understand and many people are saying we are
mean and punishing them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please pray for
their understanding.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We are feeding our staff lunch so they, don’t
have to go home and come back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
working 12 hour shifts now and we bought groceries for 3 weeks yesterday for
the hospital and home, so we don’t have to send our driver to town.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As of Thursday (26<sup>th</sup>) 1/3 of
government staff were sent home for 2 weeks and by Monday it may be a total
lockdown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No use to go anywhere as
everything but grocery stores are closing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Banks are mostly closed, schools closed 2 weeks early on Tuesday this
week and buses and combis are not moving much. No diesel or petrol available in Karoi! that helps people not go anywhere when there is no fuel. The US can use that idea!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Seeing a lot of news on CNN, reading and
baking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Major is enjoying all the baking
as I don’t keep it here since I will not have visitors for a while.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We have a lot of added expenses because of this
but God is providing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for your
notes of encouragement and prayers for our safety and health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pray for our country as we pray for all of
you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May this bring many people to turn
to God for their strength and to calm their fears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God is more powerful than all of this. Pray for encouragement and for people to stay home!</span></b><br />
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Things still hot here!</h3>
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Social distancing Zimbabwe style</h3>
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Church services last Sunday</h3>
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Trying social distancing</h3>
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Monday overcrowding </h3>
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Putting up plastic to protect staff dealing with patients</h3>
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Our OPD working outside with 3 patients at a time</h3>
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New social distancing at the hospital</h3>
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Patients outside the fence</h3>
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Isolation tents for respiratory patients</h3>
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Canopies for patients outside the fence to have shade in the heat!</h3>
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Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-3935359306956006142020-02-19T07:41:00.000-08:002020-02-19T07:45:53.167-08:00Back in Zimbabwe--Safe and Sound<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s hard to believe but Major and I left from the US on
the afternoon of Wednesday 12 February and arrived after 3 flights in Harare,
Zimbabwe on Friday afternoon on 14 February.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">All went well with only an hour delay on the plane from
Johannesburg, South Africa to Harare, Zimbabwe due to a bad storm over the
airport in Harare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We finally arrived in
rain on and off the rest of the day.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We were met by Major’s wife and driver Clemence as well
as a relative of Sylvia’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We drove to
our townhouse in Harare after stopping at a grocery store and buying some lunch
and a few groceries for $850!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Rate is
now 25:1 so that was $34 US).</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I rested at home while Major ran around and did some things
for the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went out for
dinner—which cost $1,100 for 4 of us ($44)!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These high prices are reminding quickly of the hyperinflation of the Zim
dollar days from 2006-2009!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We spent the night in Harare, and we slept well until
about 4 a.m. and then I was wide awake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Electricity came on about 10:15 p.m. and was still on when we left about
2:30 p.m.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After more grocery shopping of $4,650 ($186) for some
basics we headed for home after lunch and finally headed for home about 5 p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did notice miles and miles of queues for
fuel when driving in Harare and all the towns on the way home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many stores and businesses had closed in the
5 months I was gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">At the grocery store there was a long queue and we asked
what it was for and they said cornmeal—the staple of food in Zimbabwe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The price for 20kg was $295 ($11.80) about a
third of an average salary here!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
quickly ran out and many went home empty handed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That 20kg will maybe last a family of 4 a
month if they only eat once a day.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We arrived home at 9:45 p.m. Saturday night to no electricity but it
came on at 10 p.m. and was on most of the day Sunday—only off for about 4 hours
and then it came back until 6 p.m. Monday night and then only off for 3 hours
and then on all day Tuesday—wow what a welcome back!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sunday, I got 2 of our suitcases unpacked and left one
for Monday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went to work at 7:30 a.m.
on Monday and worked until 6 p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
a good day but lots of patients in our OPD!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Got to spend time talking to staff and patients.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone came to hug me after devotions and
sang to welcome me back!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had
Welcome Back signs all over the hospital and home signed by all the staff!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s good to be back and Monday it rained off and
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things look very green and maize is
growing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just hope the rain lasts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today—Tuesday it was hot and dry—up to 91
this afternoon!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Less patients in OPD
(outpatients) as people went to work in their fields.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The doctors told me they had lost several patients
(adults and kids) due to Malnutrition this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people are only eating once a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hospital is feeding 3 times a day and
many people are in because of malnutrition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We continue to give out drought relief to many needy people and families.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My first visitors arrive Friday but just for 2 days—4
people from my research team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I am
preparing for them.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cavolini"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thanks for all your prayers for safe travel and for
Zimbabwe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep praying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All our cell systems have been out for the
past 2 weeks—so internet our only way to communicate!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are used to this in Zim so no big deal.</span></b><br />
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Beautiful sights of San Francisco on day leaving US</h3>
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Golden Gate Park in SF</h3>
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Flying out of SF</h3>
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Flying out of Dubai</h3>
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In Johannesburg waiting to fly to Harare</h3>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Major decided to fly back to the US to help me
pack up and get home and he arrived on January 30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He arrived just in time to go out to lots of
lunches and dinners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After he lost all
his weight from his last visit, he is gaining again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said he is “Carb loading for Zimbabwe!”</span></b></div>
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I flew down to San Bernardino to spend 2 short days with ex-Chidamoyo
missionaries, Bill and Reba Harrison and their daughter Julie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They took us to a dinner and stage show on
Saturday night and to church on Sunday in Redlands and then we watched the
Super Bowl on Sunday afternoon with them!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We did a lot of yelling, but unfortunately the 49ers lost, and we must
wait for another year!!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We flew back on Monday the 3<sup>rd</sup> and
then spent the rest of our time shopping, packing and eating!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are ready to go home. The time just flew by and now we are ready to leave!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We leave in the afternoon tomorrow the (12<sup>th</sup>)
and will arrive Friday afternoon (14<sup>th</sup>) in Harare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are spending the night in Harare before
heading to Chidamoyo on Saturday.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s a long flight home but I am anxious to go
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We thank everyone for their generous meals and
entertainment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sylvia Majoni-Brown let
Major and I stay at her house all these months and my nephew lent me a vehicle
for the whole time I was here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God is so
good!</span></b></div>
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Dr. Stephanie Huang cleaning out ears</h3>
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after finishing her finals for first semester of her sophomore year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She did very well and got all A’s and 1 B+
which she was disappointed with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was
ready to be away from studying and she slept a lot and I kept her busy with
Christmas shopping and we went to a stage play, out to eat with many friends,
went to a movie and spent time at Christmas with friends.</span><br />
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has been a long time and I really enjoyed all the activities, decorating and
outside lights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The activities at church
and with family were so nice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went
looking at Christmas lights one night and visited a church who made up a little
town of Bethlehem with live animals including a camel.</span><br />
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to a women’s church party for Christmas, and went with friends to see White
Christmas on stage.</span><br />
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service Christmas eve we came to my brother’s house for our Ravioli dinner and
then opened gifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were 9 of us
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On Christmas Day I flew to Seattle, WA as my friends
had sent me a ticket to come up and see the 49ers play their football team the
Seahawks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We met for Christmas dinner in
downtown Seattle—6 of us—Jo and Dr. Derik Taniguchi, Cheri and Larry and Eli
Gail and me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also got to visit a
Gingerbread house exhibit that was a fund raiser for Juvenile Diabetes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I stayed with Jo and Derik and we enjoyed going out
to a movie, spending a day with Cheri Gail and going to the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a game it was, and the 49ers literally
won at the last second!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seattle fans are
the loudest in the NFL and I kind of took my life in my hands to wear 49er gear
to the game—but they were nice, and we had a good time cheering for our
teams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was glad we walked away
winners. Let’s hope it continues to the Super Bowl! I feel so lucky as I got to attend two 49 er games in person this time home and it was so fun for me! Thank you to all my friends who made it possible!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On January 2nd I went to get my right kidney stent
replaced. My urologist here in Santa Rosa did the procedure. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was an in and out procedure and I came home
from the recovery room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They put in a
longer lasting stent and so I won’t have to have it replaced as often as I have
in the past (every 3 month) but hopefully this will last 9-12 months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are getting me a couple to go back with
to Zimbabwe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Carolyn went off for an all day hike the day before
she left, and they walked 11.9 miles!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She was sore!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She went with
Courtney Walker who was a Chidamoyo alumni in 2018—a nurse who works here in
Santa Rosa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We met her a couple of weeks
ago for lunch out at the ocean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Carolyn left on Sunday the 5<sup>th</sup> and niece
Gloria took her on a tour of San Francisco before she got on the plane in the
evening to fly to Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She went to
spend a week in Florida with Dr. Kris Singh and family, a dentist there who
comes to help us at Chidamoyo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
going to work on her teeth before school starts on the 13<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are so thankful for this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Now I am booked to leave on February 12<sup>th</sup>
and am anxious to get back home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things
are not good in Zimbabwe with another drought looming, no electricity for 2
months at Chidamoyo, and the dollar continuing to devalue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life is tough, no doctors are working in government
and city clinics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nurses in town are
working 2 days a week because they can’t afford transport to get to work—we are
back to 2008 again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We were able to have a Christmas party for our staff at Chidamoyo Hospital and give them all a bag of groceries to take home to celebrate Christmas. This meant a lot to them and they were so thankful as most people had nothing for Christmas this year. Thank you to all who support us to do this for our staff each year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I continue to keep busy with doctor visits, seeing
friends and family, watching football games and enjoying being home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s all pray for a better 2020 wherever we
are.</span><br />
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Christmas tree 2019</h3>
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Great nephews Alec, Max, Santa and friends with Carolyn</h3>
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Carolyn in Little town of Bethlehem with Camel</h3>
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Chidamoyo staff enjoying their grocery bags for Christmas</h3>
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Making Christmas cookies</h3>
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Going in our PJs for Xmas party</h3>
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Lunch with Courtney at Tamales Bay</h3>
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I got new boots to wear in the Operating room!</h3>
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Larry and Cheri Gail in front of Gingerbread house</h3>
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Eli Gail with Cheri and I</h3>
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Christmas dinner with Taniguchis</h3>
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Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-31424441584813812852019-11-29T13:21:00.004-08:002019-11-29T13:21:53.497-08:00Happy Thanksgiving x 2, Go 49 ers!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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family got to enjoy 2 Thanksgiving this year, which is nice since I am seldom
home for Thanksgiving!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Saturday the
23<sup>rd</sup> of November my Brother-in-law Mike Fish from Reno, his daughter
Tracy from Folsom, CA and his son Greg and wife Peggy Fish from Elk Grove, CA
joined my brother and his family and myself and 2 relatives from my sisters-in-law
family and my Zimbabwe family for a Thanksgiving feast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were 16 of us and we had lots of food
and lots of food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was great to be
with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif;">My best girlfriend from junior high and high school, Maureen Yost, came down for the family Thanksgiving. 1she was married to be sister-in-laws cousin. We were always hoping we would be related for life and we have been!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif;">On
Sunday the 24<sup>th</sup> of November my nephew Marc and I traveled to Santa
Clara as I had been given 49er tickets in Seattle in September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We enjoyed an evening game and saw the 49ers
win and become 10-1 for the season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was supposed to be a tight game and the 9ers blew them away!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marc and I had so much fun and came home with
a bit of a sore throat from all our cheering!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif;">I turned
around the next day and drove for my doctor’s appointment to Stanford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mapi (Sylvia’s son) and Gloria (Sylvia’s
niece) took me down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It looks like I
will be having some minor surgery on January 16 to replace my right kidney
stent and for assessment of my urethral constrictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will go home same day and can travel back
to Zimbabwe in February.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, I
have rebooked to leave on February 12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We got to stop at the Cheesecake Factory and eat before heading home
that evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif;">On
Tuesday Mapi and I met Gary LeDonne, a Chidamoyo board member, in Rohnert Park
to look at a golf cart for Chidamoyo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have wanted one to run back and forth to the hospital from home and to get to
our boreholes with tools to fix them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It's battery operated and will save us on fuel. </span>We
found the one we wanted and Mapi and I both drove it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be delivered to our container next
week!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Major was so excited to hear we
got one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif;">Then we
had Thanksgiving again on Thursday the 29<sup>th</sup> at Sylvia’s house with
our relatives in town and my sister Kim travelled from Oregon to be with
us!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had 11 of us and we had a lot of
food again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ate and enjoyed and
played games after dinner and watched some football on TV!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What an enjoyable time it was!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to bed very full!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We tried to get rid of most of the leftovers,
but we still have a lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif;">This morning
we (Sylvia and I) went to breakfast with my brother and sister-in-law at
0645!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It was hard to get up and get going in the cold! </span>We have been having a cold spell
here in CA and it got down to 26 F last night!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is Minus 3 centigrade!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too
cold for this Africa body!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif;">Major
has been in touch and life continues to be tough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The government has decided now to fire all
the consultants—so all doctors in Zimbabwe have been fired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been called the silent genocide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has brought more and more patients to
Chidamoyo as no government hospital is really working!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pray for the added workload for our staff and
hospital and that people can seek out help at mission hospitals.</span><br />
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Great nephews Alec and Maximo and nephew Mapi</h3>
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Relatives preparing for our feast</h3>
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Niece Tracy and Brother in law Mike</h3>
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How fun it was that I got to fly out to Kansas City, Missouri from CA on Thursday the 14th of November to attend International Conference of Missions (ICOM).</h3>
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I was met at the airport by the Jeff Barringer family from Carl Junction, Missouri. They worked as our Maintenance family from 1990-1996 at Chidamoyo. Their three children, Isaac, Sarah and Bethany are now all grown up and have 8 children between the 3 of them. It had been 4 years since I had seen them, so it was great. They had rented a big house for all of us to stay in and on Friday their youngest Bethany and her husband and girls joined us.</h3>
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Isaac Barringer and his wife and 2 girls are now missionaries in Cambodia and had just arrived home for their first furlough--only 2 months before they head back. It was so great to visit with them and hear about their work.</h3>
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The sessions were great and exciting to hear all the work going on throughout the world. I also attended a class and saw many old friends.</h3>
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The first day I saw Ziden and Helen Nutt, the founders of Chidamoyo Christian Hospital. Enjoyed seeing many people from Zimbabwe now working in other areas of the world.</h3>
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We enjoyed having dinner with Dr. Charlie Shafer and wife and 2 of their 5 children from Souix Falls, SD. Charlie and Jan and their first son Derek worked with us at Chidamoyo in 1991 for 6 months!</h3>
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Also saw some of my interns from years past who have gone on to ministry throughout the world.</h3>
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On Friday the 15th of November I received word that Dr. Megan Fitzpatrick (Chidamoyo alumni) from Stanford had delivered her first baby--daughter Eva. We were all so happy to hear baby and mom and dad doing well!</h3>
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I flew home on Monday the 18th and have enjoyed seeing some more friends here at home and catching up on work this week. Our family is planning our Thanksgiving on Saturday afternoon (23rd) so everyone can come. Then Sunday my nephew and I are off to see the 49er vs. Packer game in person! Exciting week ahead!</h3>
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Major wrote there have been some good rains so far and so he is busy getting our fields plowed and planted. All government doctors were fired and not paid in November so Government hospitals, the medical school and most health care is non-existent in Zimbabwe. Only mission hospitals are working! We are thankful for that, but a bit overwhelmed!</h3>
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Debbie and Jeff Barringer</h3>
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Barringer family</h3>
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Main session of ICOM</h3>
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Tom Nutt and Carolyn and Mike Shragge from Good News Production</h3>
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Brent Brewer from Johnson Bible College, ex-Zim missionary</h3>
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Beth Schmidt (Chidamoyo Alumni 1998) </h3>
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Mr. and Mrs. Mpofu, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe</h3>
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Dr. Charlie and Jan Shafer and family</h3>
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Ziden and Helen Nutt</h3>
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Fanny and Martha Nyamutora</h3>
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Dr. Megan Fitzpatrick and Eva</h3>
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Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-44375823072493462292019-11-11T16:54:00.001-08:002019-11-11T16:55:37.592-08:00End of fires, Major arrives home safely, Disneyland, meeting old friends!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "abadi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Major arrived home safely in Harare, Zimbabwe on November 1<sup>st</sup> and
after a night in Harare travelled home to Chidamoyo in a light rain!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "abadi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He was happy to be home and was busy all week at work,
working long hours to catch up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
called me over What’s App several times last week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saturday the electricity had a fault from 11 am
onwards and was not fixed as of today (Monday) and no phone because their generators
ran out of diesel!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too bad we don’t have
PG & E to sue or complain to-ha!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Before the fault it was still 8 hours or less of electricity a day and
only at night!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "abadi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The day after Major left, my nephew’s wife, Derekca, took my sister-in-law Kathy and I for a pedicure at the Spa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This one you sit in recliner chairs with warm
towels around you and your feet up in the air!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What a relaxing 45 minutes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "abadi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After the fires ended and people got to go home on Thursday
the 31<sup>st</sup> of October, my 2 great-nephews had no school for another
week as all the schools had to be inspected before reopening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, guess what?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to go to Disneyland!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "abadi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We left on Monday morning the 4<sup>th</sup> of November
the two of them and my sister-in-law Kathy (their grandma) from Santa Rosa and
flew in Orange County airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We stayed
in a timeshare less than 2 miles from Disneyland and we went for 2 full days to
Disneyland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We enjoyed the new Star Wars
part of the park and the boys built their own light sabers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "abadi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We rode the rides and enjoyed our time there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was fun seeing some Halloween decorations
up and most of the Christmas decorations up!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We had 2 beautiful sunny days in Southern California and flew back on
Thursday afternoon to nice weather in Santa Rosa. It is getting to 30's and 40's at night which is too cold for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "abadi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Today (Monday) I met with old friends from my nursing job
at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, most from the OB Department (38 years ago)!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most have retired but a few are still
working.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had lunch together and
talked about old times and caught everyone up on family news.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Four</span> of the group had been to Chidamoyo to
visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a great time we had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They try and meet every 2 months and so it was
a privilege to get to be part of the group while I was home!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "abadi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">News from Zimbabwe continues to be bleak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Animals and people are dying from the
drought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cost of groceries,
electricity (8 hours a day only), bus fares, and all transport is so high most
people can’t afford it. Still long queues for fuel, if you can find it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Government d</span>octors have
been on strike for 7 weeks and so they fired over 250 last week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have no one to replace them with so the
government hospitals aren’t working, bringing us even more work!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "abadi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This is the time to buy seeds and fertilizer to plant for
the new rainy season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A 10 kg bag of
seed is $300 Zim (half a month salary for most of our workers)!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, people aren’t ready to plant as the rains
begin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "abadi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Maize to eat is in short supply even in the grocery stores
where it is so expensive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Inflation
continues to increase, and the local dollar continues to de-valuate—20:1 from
10:1 on September 1, 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "abadi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">God provides and we keep trying to keep going at the
hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are thankful for our
faithful supporters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Major was able to
buy 10,000 liters of diesel to store in our tanks at Chidamoyo the week he got
back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are thankful to Friends of
Chidamoyo (like on Facebook) for purchasing this for us from the money they
raised at the auction. This helps us provide Immunization and ART outreach clinics in our area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "abadi" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I await my December 9 appointment with the Stanford
specialist to know what the next step in my medical issues is!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks for all your prayers and thoughts!</span><br />
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Major met by wife Patience at Harare airport</h3>
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Major at his home</h3>
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Kathy, Derekca and Kathy Rose having Pedicures</h3>
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Disneyland--Star Wars</h3>
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Alec, Kathy Rose and Maximo McCarty</h3>
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Maximo and Alec in Disneyland</h3>
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Star Wars Light Sabers</h3>
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Christmas in Disneyland</h3>
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Light Saber Fight</h3>
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We have been having fun visiting friends and eating wonderful food. We got to visit with our minister who used to be at our church in Sebastopol for 30 years, Rick Hahn. He and wife Sue are Chidamoyo alumni and now minister in Occidental.</h3>
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We also went to Gene and Diane Nabor's house in Windsor for dinner. Gene is a 1993 Chidamoyo alumni. We made ravioli's for our dinner which was great fun. A few days later they have been evacuated.</h3>
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On Tuesday the 22nd of October, Major went with Gloria, Sylvia's niece, to San Francisco to see the sights. He enjoyed a crab sandwich and a big fudge sundae at Ghiradelli's Chocolate factory. </h3>
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On Wednesday the 23rd of October Major and my brother Dennis and his wife Kathy and my great nephew Maximo and I traveled to Fairfield for a VIP tour of the Jelly Belly factory. We were on the floor seeing how everything is made from start to packaging. It was so fun and then we had a nice lunch and drove home.</h3>
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This week we have been experiencing “Red-flag warnings” in
our hometown of Santa Rosa, CA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
started 2 weeks ago with power turnoffs due to high winds, dry land and high
fire danger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The local power company,
PG&E, gives warnings of what areas will be turned off from power and for
how long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far, our house has had no
power cuts, but our TV and internet and landline go out due to the tower for
internet being turned off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></h3>
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The first turn offs in mid-October were for 2 ½ days and my
brothers house was off (2 miles away) so Major came and stayed with us and they
came to take warm showers at our place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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them to do internet and watch TV—like the 49er game Sunday where they are no
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Unfortunately, on Friday a big fire started even with the power
being turned off, due to high winds (up to 90 miles/hour) and very dry
earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Kincade Fire started, and many
acres have been burned and several houses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Evacuation of over 180,000 in our area began on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many areas they gave 8 hours to get out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gloria, Sylvia’s niece evacuated to our house
and a friend and her daughter and dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My nephew Marc and his son Alec were evacuated, and they are at my brother’s
house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We go every day to do our
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So far, the fire has burnt 100,000 acres and 15% contained
as of Monday evening and 155,000 people on mandatory evacuation with 123 total
structures destroyed and 4,150 firefighters on the scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Winds are expected to increase tonight so
power is supposed to not come back until at least Thursday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life is always exciting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting Major ready for life in Zimbabwe.</h3>
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Major leaves tomorrow afternoon for Zimbabwe so we have been
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Sue and Rick Hahn with Kathy and Major</h3>
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Making Ravioli's with Gene and Diane</h3>
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Smoke in the air from fires</h3>
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Decorations in our neighborhood</h3>
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Major on Ferry to SF</h3>
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Major with skyline of SF</h3>
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<b>Gloria and Major in SF</b></div>
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Major and I have been busy traveling around and visiting friends and family and enjoying many meals!</h3>
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On October 5 we were visited by Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick, from Washington, DC and enjoyed having lunch with her and my family. I met Lisa in Zimbabwe when she was in a post fellowship in Infectious Diseases and stayed at my flat in Harare 1994-1995 and again in 1998. She got to know my family when she moved to Berkeley to work on here MPH. We enjoyed seeing her after some years.</h3>
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On October 6th we spoke at Adventure Christian Church in Natomas, Sacramento, CA. We enjoyed speaking for 2 services and staying for a lunch with church members. They blessed Major and I with some spending money and we headed that afternoon for Bass Pro Shop and Major bought fishing supplies! He had a great time seeing all of the different things in the stores and how cheap they are compared to Zimbabwe.</h3>
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We spent 2 nights in Sacramento so we were able to have dinner with 2 friends I started nursing with in 1977--Cathy Holdener and Vicki Barber. We were all new graduates working nights and enjoyed taking our breaks together. We had dinner with them at a great Mexican restaurant and also had another meal with Cathy and Bart Holdener and their daughter Jennifer who have travelled with Major and I in Zimbabwe one trip (2014) and Zimbabwe/Capetown another trip (2018).</h3>
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We then travelled to Reno with my brother Dennis and sister-in-law Kathy Rose to see my brother-in-law, Mike Fish. He was married to my sister Carol for 54 years before she died in 2012.</h3>
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While in Reno we enjoyed 2 buffet breakfasts at Atlantis casino where there were rows of food. Quite overwhelming for us from Zimbabwe to see all the food! Major took advantage of it all and went back several times!</h3>
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We visited with Chidamoyo alumnus Stacy Jaquith and her mom one day and we met an old neighbor from Santa Rosa that we lived near and she babysat for my sister and me and has girls our age. I was able to see them after several years as they live in Reno now.</h3>
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We have been enjoying going to great nephew, Maximo's baseball and soccer games and we were here to celebrate his 10th birthday this week.</h3>
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We had a visit this week by Gail Onyette, a good friend of Sylvia's and mine that I originally met in Australia in 1981 on my way to Africa. She came up to celebrate her birthday with us.</h3>
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I have been feeling well and have been referred to a specialist who can't see me until December 9th at Stanford. In the meantime I am keeping busy going for routine tests and having a Primary Care Physician here at home.</h3>
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Major leaves in 10 days so we have been busy packing the container that is ready to send. We have been busy buying and putting things in to save us money for the hospital.</h3>
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Life in Zimbabwe continues to be a struggle. If you are interested in finding out some current new check out: cbuckle.zim@gmail.com</h3>
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Mapi (Sylvia's son) and Great nephew Max</h3>
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the 25<sup>th</sup> I turned 65 years old and I celebrated all day long and
went to lunch with my forwarding agents Sue and Gene Beckstead and Major.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They then dropped us off and Major and I had
a pedicure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For dinner we met up with
family—10 of us—and enjoyed a beautiful steak dinner at one of my favorite
places, Cattlemen's.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We came back to sister
Sylvia’s house for cake, ice cream and presents!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif;">On the 27th for lunch we met up with Amanda. She was a Chidamoyo alumni for 2003 and 2005 and then moved to Santa Rosa to become a nurse and now works at Kaiser Hospital in Santa Rosa. We hadn't seen her in years so it was great to get to meet up with her!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif;">On
the 27<sup>th</sup> we went to Dr. Stephanie Huang’s office to get our ears
clean and then out to dinner with her husband and twins, Lucas and Julian (all
Chidamoyo alumni) Jeff Scharfen (Chidamoyo alumni) and his wife Dr. Cindy
joined us for a wonderful Chinese dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We kept celebrating my birthday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif;">On
the 28<sup>th</sup> we enjoyed seeing great-nephew, Maximo McCarty (10 years
old) play his little league game and win.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif;">On
Sunday the 29<sup>th</sup> Major and I spoke at my home church, Sebastopol
Christian Church, for their 2 services sharing our work at Chidamoyo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After second church they had a birthday party
in the parking lot of the church for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They BBQed hotdogs and hamburgers and had 3 birthday cakes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What fun it has been to celebrate this one!
They invited several alumni from Chidamoyo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif;">Major
and I have been busy shopping and helping the US economy in between doctors
appointments, lab work and procedures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have been spending time going to lunch and dinner and seeing many
friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been a great time to
catch up with old friends, many alumni from Chidamoyo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif;">Yesterday
I went to Stanford Medical (2 hours south of here center to see a specialist
urologist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has referred me to see a
Urogynecologist at Stanford for another evaluation later this month and then they
will decide about surgery. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I have
some time I can plan until I am tied down with further treatment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif;">I
have been feeling well and enjoying being away from the stress of
Zimbabwe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are hearing a lot of news
from Zimbabwe and we are concerned and praying hard for improvement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doctors have been on strike throughout the
country for a few weeks, which has brought more work to Chidamoyo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif;">Major
is here until the 30<sup>th</sup> of October and he hopes to get to Kentucky to
see his daughter before he leaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
enjoying all the food and shopping!</span><br />
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Birthday Pedicures</h3>
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Family dinner for breakfast</h3>
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Singing cowboys--Marc, nephew and<span style="font-size: small;"> Major</span></h3>
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Amanda (Chidamoyo Alumni x 2), Major and Kathy</h3>
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Great-nephew Maximo preaching</h3>
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Lauren--Chidamoyo Alumni from Nashville</h3>
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Cindy Cullen (Chidamoyo Alumni x2)</h3>
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Kathy and great nephew, Maximo</h3>
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Kathy blowing out candle</h3>
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Dr. Huang family and Jeff and Cindy</h3>
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Major and Great nephew Alec enjoying ice cream slush</h3>
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Dr. Megan Fitzpatrick and Major</h3>
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Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-29551875441078947772019-10-01T21:26:00.002-07:002019-10-01T21:26:18.873-07:00Maui, Hawaii<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">On Saturday the 14<sup>th</sup> of September,
Major and I flew off to Maui, Hawaii with Dr. Derick and Jo Taninguchi,
Chidamoyo alumni from Seattle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had
rented an apartment for a week and invited us to come along to celebrate my 65<sup>th</sup>
birthday!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">We were so excited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Major had never been to Hawaii and I had
never been to Maui.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">We arrived at 1 p.m. local time and were on the
beach right in front of our building within minutes! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were on the 6<sup>th</sup> floor with
ocean views and we slept with the sliding doors open to enjoy the ocean breezes
and to hear the waves as we slept!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">We were joined by my best friend from Nursing
School, Cathy Holdener and her husband Bart who had flown over from Sacramento,
CA 3 days before us and were in the same apartment building, 2 doors down from
us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">On Tuesday, Rachel Taninguchi, the
daughter-in-law of Derick and Jo flew in from San Diego to be with us for the
rest of the week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She and her husband
Kevin were married by Major in December 2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She surprised us all as she had days off from her nursing job and came
to be with us!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">We had a wonderful time going to the swim in the
ocean several times a day and their pool, we ate lots of fish and went out one
day to snorkel and saw turtles and lots of fish and coral. We even got Major in
the water to snorkel for a little time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">We went to Mama’s Fish House for a birthday
celebration for me a few days early and had the most fantastic dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had wonderful food with a wonderful
setting and special friends to celebrate my 65<sup>th</sup>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">We ate lunch at an old sugar mill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Major got to eat bone marrow and was so
happy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gardens were so beautiful and
still has lots of parts from the old C and H mill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">We went to Lahaina one day and visited all the
shops and the big Banyan tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked
through the town and really enjoyed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">We spent a lot of time on the beach just relaxing
and eating a lot!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so much fun it
was hard to leave after one week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the
21<sup>st</sup> we flew from 95-degree weather in Maui to 60 degrees in Seattle
and rain the night we landed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">We spent 2 more days in Seattle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent 2 nights with Taninguchi and then
moved back for a night at Gail’s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">Cheri Gail had breast cancer surgery on the 18<sup>th</sup>
of September and so it was good to go and spend some time with her and the
family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is recovering well and
waiting to hear if she has chemo and radiation or just radiation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please pray for complete healing for her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">On the 24<sup>th</sup> of September we flew from
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Derick and Major</h3>
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Birthday dinner at Big Mama's</h3>
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Major and Bart</h3>
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Turtle seen snorkeling</h3>
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Major and Derick in the Ocean</h3>
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Breakfast for Major</h3>
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Birthday dinner with Bart and Cathy and Derick and Jo</h3>
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Plantation lunch with Jo and Derick and Rachel</h3>
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Jo and Rachel with Kathy</h3>
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Dawn, Major, Cheri and Kristen (Cheri with Sisters after her surgery)</h3>
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Kathy at Chidamoyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14130352289271738775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128505882901333345.post-20553632769384651232019-10-01T08:11:00.003-07:002019-10-01T08:11:54.204-07:00We are in the US!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "bahnschrift" , sans-serif;">It has
been awhile to write as we left Zimbabwe on August 30<sup>th</sup> and arrived
in the US on August 31<sup>st</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
flew Harare to Johannesburg to Dubai to San Francisco and 26 hours later
arrived at home in Santa Rosa, CA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bahnschrift" , sans-serif;">Less and
all the than 12 hours later Major was on a plane to go to Wichita, Kansas to
present at Countryside Christian Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He arrived in Jetlag but managed to present well and flew on to Seattle,
Washington on Tuesday the 3<sup>rd</sup> of September.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bahnschrift" , sans-serif;">I stayed
in Santa Rosa to see my urologist here and get going on some pre-op
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the 5<sup>th</sup> of
September I flew to Seattle and Cheri Gail and Major met me at the airport and
then a few minutes later Major’s daughter, Carolyn, flew in for 3 days from
Kentucky where she is in college.</span><br />
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2 days getting ready for our auction and on Saturday night the 7<sup>th</sup>
we had our fundraiser from 6-10 p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was so fun seeing many old friends and alumni from Chidamoyo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were silent auctions and then live
auctions and then raise the paddle and dessert dash!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bahnschrift" , sans-serif;">We raised
to date over $230,000 and more is still coming in!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are so thankful to Larry and Cheri Gail
for hosting this event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was our 5<sup>th</sup>
one—held every 2 years!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have set up
a Friends of Chidamoyo fund to help sponsor our work. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are buying 2 vehicles and some bulk diesel
to begin with!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you to all who
donated and came and even those who bought tickets and couldn’t come!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bahnschrift" , sans-serif;">After the
auction we spent a week in Seattle visiting many organizations like Washington
State Global Initiative at a TB meeting!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How exciting to hear that the goal is to wipe TB out in the world by
2030!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bahnschrift" , sans-serif;">We got to
spend a day at the Washington State Fair with Sarah, Kendra and Lisa—PT instructors
who have come to Chidamoyo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ate corn
dogs, did some rides and watched kids riding sheep!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Major enjoyed seeing the cows and learning
about dairy cows—his next project in Zimbabwe!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bahnschrift" , sans-serif;">We had a special dinner put on by the owner and chef of Terra Plata restaurant in Seattle for all the people who came to work on our Waiting Mothers Shelter in 2015-2016. The owner was one of our visitors too! What a delicious and wonderful meal we had with Chidamoyo alumni!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bahnschrift" , sans-serif;">We visited
and I spoke at the School of Nursing at University of Washington.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also spent a day with friends and
Chidamoyo alumni Pam and Jack Johnson who took us to a wonderful museum of
history about Seattle and to UW to walk on the beautiful campus!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bahnschrift" , sans-serif;">We then
went to dinner with PT students who had visited us in 2018 and now were
graduating and starting their first job.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bahnschrift" , sans-serif;">Then as
one of the auction items we cooked a dinner for a family of sadza and all the
trimmings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a wonderful time with
them talking about Chidamoyo and our life there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also won the first copy of “Sadza for
the Soul,” soon to be published!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bahnschrift" , sans-serif;">I am
breaking up the trip into 3 parts so that I can attach the pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, stay tuned for more adventures in the US
with Kathy and Major!</span><br />
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With Cheri and Carolyn in Seattle</h3>
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Fun at the auction</h3>
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Our friend Caroline from Zimbabwe won the raffle!</h3>
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Bidding at the Auction</h3>
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We met Serva from NYC--Alumni in Jan-April 2019</h3>
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Visiting the Washington State Fair</h3>
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Sarah, Kendra and Lisa with us at the Fair</h3>
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Jack and Pam Johnson with us</h3>
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Our dinner with friends who built our Waiting Mother's Shelter at Chidamoyo</h3>
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Nicole and team from PT 2018 with us for dinner in Seattle</h3>
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a busy last 2 weeks as I prepare to go to the US for 4 months.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>All the things I need to do to get my house
ready to be gone and my work ready to be gone can be quite overwhelming.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Many people must do the many jobs I do each
day.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>To keep a hospital running can be
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "it lucida sans unicode" , serif; margin: 0px;">We had
visitors last week starting on Tuesday the 13th when Janice and Faye
Rosevit, song evangelists from Colorado Springs, CO came to visit.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They were last here in 1985!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They remembered meeting me when they arrived
on the 4th of July and I was wearing Red-White and Blue.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They had also been here in 1969 and 1972.</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "it lucida sans unicode" , serif; margin: 0px;">They did a
concert for us on Tuesday night and then devotions at the hospital on Wednesday
morning and then another concert on Wednesday night.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>On Wednesday night we had other church choirs
join to present music too.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Our chapel
was full of people and all appreciated their singing—they do lots of Shona
songs!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They left on Thursday to continue
their trip to Zambia, Cairo, Egypt and Norway.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>We told them not to wait another 34 years to come again!</span></h3>
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left on Thursday another 2 visitors arrived—Lisa Price and her twelve-year old
daughter, Catherine.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Lisa works for Bay
Area Global Health Alliance and through a contact we were put together and she
happened to be coming on vacation to Zimbabwe!<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>She worked for an NGO in 1996 in Zimbabwe for a year and was coming back
to visit friends and show her youngest daughter, Zimbabwe.</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "it lucida sans unicode" , serif; margin: 0px;">They agreed
to come out here to the bush to meet me and we had a wonderful time for the 2 days
they were with us.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Lisa and Catherine
went out with me on Friday to one of our ART drug clinics, Nyamutora (1 hour
away) and helped me in drawing viral loads (Catherine did the paperwork) and
played games with the kids who had come to pick up their meds.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They really enjoyed their time in going out
with us and we hope to meet up in the US.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Lisa’s husband works for Jelly Bellies and Major loved the Jellybeans
she brought, and she is going to arrange a VIP tour for us at their factory in
Fairfield when we are in the US!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Major
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to leave here on Sunday (the 25th) to go to Harare.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Major goes for his visa interview on Monday
(26th) and if he gets it, he will go back to Chidamoyo for a day and
pack up and we leave on Thursday at 1 p.m. from Harare to Johannesburg, South
Africa to Dubai to San Francisco arriving on Friday the 30th at 2 p.m.</span></h3>
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then scheduled to leave on Saturday the 31st of August at 0600 to
fly to Wichita to speak at Countryside Christian Church on Sunday the 1st. Hope he can keep awake!</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "it lucida sans unicode" , serif; margin: 0px;">Things
continue to fall apart in Zimbabwe.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Electricity improved for 2 days last weekend—I got to cook on my
electric stove for dinner—wow!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>First
time in months.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Quickly on Monday we
went back to our 10 p.m.-4:30 or 5 a.m. electricity.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Fuel is harder to get all the time, food
prices continue to climb, money is hard to get, prices for medicine for the
hospital is so much more than our patients can afford, but life goes on!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I’m not sure how we will handle all the
conveniences of the US—it may be too overwhelming for us-ha!</span></h3>
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been working on putting a new cover on our large water tank and the project
should be done this week.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This will help
us so much to store more water to have for the hospital and houses.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We are so thankful to Dr. Stephanie Huang who
generously paid for this needed project.</span></h3>
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in Harare from Sunday evening until we leave on Thursday to get somethings done
before we leave.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It is still cold in the
mornings and nights, so it will be hard to be in Harare with cold weather and
no electricity—just go to bed and keep warm!</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "it lucida sans unicode" , serif; margin: 0px;">The last
month I have been fighting a bad UTI.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I
started on oral medicine and then became resistant to it, so now on IV
medication for a week before I go—hope this works!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I give my own medication, so it’s not too
inconvenient and I am feeling better which helps.</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "it lucida sans unicode" , serif; margin: 0px;">When we get
our phone numbers in the US, I will post them here.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Pray for the hospital as we are away and for
my upcoming surgery and Major as he travels and presents our work and for our
fundraiser in Seattle on the 7th.<span style="margin: 0px;">
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Faye and Janice with Major and Kathy</h3>
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Catherine and Lisa with Kathy at Nyamutora</h3>
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Catherine helping me at Nyamutora ART clinic</h3>
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busy month with limited electricity and lots of work, so I finally have a
minute to sit down and catch everyone up!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "shruti" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">On July 12<sup>th</sup>
we welcomed 3 last year medical students from Norwich, UK.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Sophie Edmonds, Naomi and Dhiviya.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We welcomed them into our family and the fit
in so well.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They got started at the
hospital and on the 14<sup>th</sup> we sadly said good by to Dr. Derek, Mrs. Jo
and Tyler and Emma Taniguchi who had been with us for 2 weeks.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We enjoyed their time and help with us.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "shruti" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">On July 16<sup>th</sup>
we welcomed a new group of Larry and Cheri Gail with their sons Ethan (16) and Eli
(9) and their niece, Kalin Marino (from Ohio) and neighbour Claire Hodges (sophomore
at UW).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Six new people and our 3 medical
students, added to a large gathering at mealtime, with lots of fun!</span></div>
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doing Immunization clinics, unpacking boxes from our newest container,
organizing Major’s cupboards and helping with vital signs.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Even Eli, who is 9 years old did Blood
Pressures in our outpatient department.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "shruti" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">We have been so happy to have received funds from many people for drought relief to give to people in our area. We were blesses to be able to buy 30 tons of maize for the hospital and local people. Thank you for all who have given and we will continue this program through June 2020 as needed. You can continue to give to help.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "shruti" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">On July 22<sup>nd</sup>
we added 2 more guests, Dr. Kris Singh and his 16-year old son, Ishaan.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Kris is a dentist in Florida and spent 2
weeks with us 3 years ago pulling teeth.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>People came from far and wide to have their teeth pulled and in 3 full
days he saw 285 people and pulled an average of 3-5 teeth per person!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Ishaan wants to become a doctor, so he helped
around the hospital and hung out with the medical students to see many
procedures.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Kris worked with no
electricity, no suction sometimes and a flashlight on his head! !He never
complained but got very sore hands We began to run out of local anaesthetic he
pulled so many teeth, but we managed to finish everyone before they left on 26<sup>th</sup>
to go for a couple of days at Victoria Falls and then on to Australia and then
home.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We hope to make this an annual
trip for them!</span><br />
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the Gail family and 2 left Chidamoyo.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Claire flew on to meet her family in Singapore and the others went to Nyanga
in the eastern boarder of the country to see a young man they sponsor through
World Vision and then we met up in Harare on the 30<sup>th</sup> to have dinner
with friends and then Larry, Cheri, Ethan, Eli, Kalin and Major and I flew on
for 3 days in Victoria Falls.</span></div>
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seeing the Falls, cruising the Zambezi River, curio shopping, eating at many
nice places and going on a wonderful game drive where we saw rhinos and giraffe,
buffalo and sable.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>What a great time we
had.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It was sad for us to depart on Saturday
(3<sup>rd</sup> August) as we flew back to Harare and they flew on to Seattle
and Kalin to Columbus, OH.</span></div>
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left here on the 2<sup>nd</sup> of August to do some Zim touring before they
head for home.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So, I came home to an
empty house and a whole week until the next visitors arrive! A little time to
catch my breath and clean my house!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "shruti" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">So in between work at
the hospital and cooking for 12 and keeping everyone busy, time flew by.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We got all the container unpacked and put
away!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Taniguchis and Gails helped with
that project.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We are especially thankful
to these 2 families as they have hosted Major’s daughter, Carolyn, for the summer.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We were able to send things back and forth to
each other!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "shruti" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">To make it more
challenging we have been living with limited electricity from 10 pm-4:30 a.m.
or 5 each day, cold showers and some days no electricity (3 days recently due
to a fault).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I am privileged to have solar
back up at home and a gas stove so we can keep going.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We went to Vic Falls and even our hotel had
no hot water in 2 of our 3 rooms—our luck followed us!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "shruti" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The Zim dollar is now
$10 Zim to $1 US and continues to climb daily.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>All US money has been outlawed in the country, but companies still want
to sell in it.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Inflation continues to
climb!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A car battery costs $160 US
equivalent, but my salary which was $1100 US in October 2018 is now $110.00 US
as prices continue to climb!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>No
increments on salaries by the government, but fuel went up to $9/litre Zim this
week from $5, which means buses and Kombi’s are now so expensive that many
patients can’t come and get their medicines.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Life is very tough for all and very stressful.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We adapt and go on, but my visitors usually are
done with it all in the few weeks they are here!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We went 5 days with no phone service from 2
different phone companies and no Internet—that was enough to do the visitors in—locally
we just enjoyed the “no communication!”</span></div>
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visa interview at the US embassy on August 26<sup>th</sup>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Please pray all will go well and he will get
his visa.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Then hopefully we will leave
on the 29<sup>th</sup> of August to arrive on the 30<sup>th</sup>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Hope I have time to pack-ha!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "shruti" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">While Cheri Gail and
Kalin Marino were here they helped me edit my book/cookbook that I hope to
publish this year.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>People for years have
asked for copies of my recipes and have told me to write a book about my many
African Adventures.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So, I have combined
and done both! After working on it for literally years, I have finished it! We
are hoping to get published in time to launch it at the Auction in Seattle by
the Friends of Chidamoyo.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>All proceeds
go to the hospital—so buy one or many!<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Will let you know the price and how to order by mail after it is
published.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Stay tuned…</span></div>
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for auction, September 7, 2019 at the Wallingford Boys and Girls Club 6-9:30
pm.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Please buy a ticket even if you can’t
attend to support the hospital.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Our goal
this year is $150,000!</span></div>
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The Gail family and Major presenting the uniforms and soccer balls</h3>
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