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In honor of John's profession, this blog is all about numbers :)  I was amazed to read the latest progress reports for the hospital.  God is working in amazing ways here and it is exciting to see how many lives have already been changed. . .and this doesn't even scratch the surface of all that has gone on!!

In Guinea so far. . .

98 Patients have had maxillofacial surgeries (ie: removing tumors from the face, usually)
85 Patients now have sight thanks to Cataract surgeries
28 Adults and children have had General surgeries
20 Children can now have hope of walking better due to Orthopedic surgeries
19 Children have had Cleft palate repairs



Patients hanging out on Deck 7 after surgery

Also. . .

14 Local Health workers have been trained to aide in club foot repair
10 Have been trained for community eye care
1 African orthopedic surgeon has been trained.



Orthopedic patient playing in the house on Deck 7

Spiritually. . .

330 have met with chaplaincy one-on-one
63 have received HIV counseling
19 Bibles have been distributed to people who wanted them in a city where 95% of the people are Muslim.

God is good and continues to bring Hope and Healing to so many.  We are so grateful to be a part of this amazing ministry!


In Wall numbers. . .

36 Hours spent in our cabin potty training for Adalynn this weekend (no, she hasn't gotten it yet)
12 Pairs of underwear washed in sink from accidents
6 Treats received for successful pottying!
4 Years we've been married (not to change the subject)


We celebrated our anniversary on Deck 8 watching the sunset and had a meal from our wonderful chef!  It was a great night.



We even had "candles"

Other fun pictures from our week:

Crazy Hat day at school with Miss Herma

Learning to carry her babies "Africa style"

Daddy with his girls

Cora's eyes are getting more and more blue, we think.  This picture really shows them off.