Ambulance drivers

September 28, 2012

YEAH! Our San Carlos Class of young women who began the PEF process with us in June are all PEF approved and will begin school in November!!! We drove over yesterday to San Carlos to go over the last of the paperwork and to train our new specialist. Her name is Zinnie and she is a teacher on the small island across the channel beside San Carlos.  She said her school does not have any electricity until 5pm each evening so they have limited resources.  I can't wait to go and see her school.I have been to the school in Isabela and I think it would be very difficult to teach in a room without window or doors, with cracked cement floors and insecure walls and foundation.  I will take pictures then next time I am in a school.. 

We also had to drive north of San Carlos so Dan could interview a sister for baptism for President Lopez.  That took another couple of hours on very bad roads.  While we were traveling we got a call asking us to pick up two sister missionaries from San Carlos hospital and bring them back to Bacolod to Riverside Hospital.  Riverside Hospital is the best facility on the island although Dan and I both are not sure we would want to stay there, but it is totally enclosed and has air conditioning, television, and phones in private rooms.  We only saw the emergency room last night but are going back to visit Sister Person this afternoon.  She has only been in our mission two months and the doctors in San Carlos thought she had Dengue Fever, but the doctors here in Bacolod say that is not the problem.  Her blood pressure is high and her platelet count is low.  Dengue Fever is a very deathly illness.  So we have now been a mission ambulance complete with IV dripping from our car ceiling into Sister Person's arm, emergency flashers, and Dan' generated siren! Yes our patient was laughing!  Her companion has to stay with her in the hospital 24/7 so they will be happy to have visitors today. 

Dan had a sip-on and ubo' (cold and cough) last weekend and so he rested Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Monday we had the Mission President Marlo Lopez and his wife, the Adams and Andersons (all senior couples over for Lunch on Monday.  Dan was the chef and everyone loved the best meal they have had while in the Philippines!  (Their words, not mine even though I eat better than anyone else in the Philippines! Luckily) He also made Texas sheet cake and that was a real hit.  He is also cooking for the sister's conference this Tuesday. I think he is now the Mission chef!