Day 30

Day 30
June 24, 2011
I don’t really have a lot to say about today. It was just a lot of reflecting on my time here and a lot of the same questions I have been asking myself since I have been here. Today was another day that we were able to go out on the mobile clinic to mud fort. I still really enjoy going there to talk to all the people (or at least attempt too). We had a lot of staff on the clinic today which was actually really nice. I realized how much I really do cherish the relationships I have formed here. It was such good company yesterday and a nice break to all the extremely emotionally draining days that we have had in the beginning of the week. One case though that was really sad yesterday was of this 14 year old boy. He came in with a fractured/broken foot. He will need an x-ray to tell for sure, but either way he was in pain when he walked. I found out that just recently both of his parents hung themselves and he has no idea why. So now as a 14 year old he is working as a child laborer to try to support himself and his younger brother. He has no other relatives. I just couldn’t even imagine.
This weekend I am really looking forward to. One of the girls here booked a extremely nice hotel for us just to spend some last minute times together before people start to go home. I can’t wait to just go swim in a pool, relax, unwind, and process though some of the thought I have been having. I think all of the girls have been having a really rough week so I really think this weekend will be a great time for all of us to discuss what we have learned, continue to learn, struggle with, and hope to get out of the rest of our journey here. I really only have a little over a week left. Honestly home is beginning to sound really nice, but I know that I will miss the time I have spent here no matter how difficult it has been at times. One this I really am looking forward to is not sleeping on a bed that feels more like a rock, having a pillow that actually moves when you lay your head on it, and not sweating immediately even after you get out of the shower. My goal though is to take in every moment here as if were the last and make the most of it! I don’t want to spend the rest of my time here fantasizing about the comforts to come, but I rather just want to live in the moment and cherish every second.