Medicine Again

Greetings!

All is well in Cambodia! Healthy and busy. Thanks for your prayers. Today, I worked as a doctor -- imagine that! I spent the morning at a Korean mission clinic. There were three docs, a Cambodian, a Korean, and myself. Initially, it was set up that I would have two translators. The patient would speak in Khmer to an interpreter who would translate it into Korean. Then that person would translate into English for me; the process would reverse itself the other way! I would be interviewing a patient through two translations! Remember that old "telephone game"?

Unfortunately for her, one of the translators fell ill and could not make it, so a pastor was pressed into service. He knew Khmer and English so we worked together! Much better; I was really anxious about quality working through two translations!

It was a great experience! We saw about 40 patients and made decent dispositions with all. The staff was very helpful and understanding.

Tomorrow, Kim and I meet with the Korean pastor to plan Kim's helping them teach English at their school. She seems excited. She has taught English the past two days to orphans at a facility run by a friend.

The full team arrives on Tuesday next week; that will be fun to welcome them and begin some more projects: working at the Christian school, two medical clinic options, the orphanage, and the students at the Student Center.

Time is flying; much is getting done, but much needs yet to be done! Think about coming with us!??? The weather is great!

Thanks! More later ...