The Triplets are doing great, just waiting until baby Ely gains some more weight. Ben and Tom are growing fine. Here is a photo I took a few weeks ago.
Pastor Moukingui and the other two men who were tortured by people pouring kerosene on their feet and lighting their feet on fire are still at the hospital and undergoing skin grafts. Each has had skin grafts at least twice and their feet are heeling well. They are encouraged by all the prayers that are going up on their behalf from all around the world. I asked Pastor Moukingui about returning to their village and he said that he plans to go home quietly. The men and Christ will not be chased from the village! The men who did this to them have not yet been brought to justice though so please pray about that.
The Nursing Students are over half way through their first Trimester of school. A couple of them are really struggling with their grades and at least one of those has very little opportunity to pull up his failing grades. Pray for all thirteen of the students as they finish up the trimester by the first week in December.
I've been teaching two new Nurses a one year course in Midwifery. Annushka and Martine have been studying with me since June 14th. Please pray for Martine as she is having complications with her pregnancy. Her baby is due in January but it looks like she may deliver early. She has now been taken off of WORK until after the baby is born. Pray for a safe delivery and healthy baby. Martine is still in classes but but she will have to make up the practical work next summer after the one year course is over.
This week we received a truckload of food that various missionaries ordered from the States, Our Annual Food Order. Each household looks downloaded a current catalog from the internet and decided what to purchase. These items were trucked in the States to port then shipped to Libreville, Gabon then trucked down to us. It's fun having some new things to eat. Libreville is one of the most expensive cities in the world so buying our food in bulk saves us much money plus allows us to get some fun type foods that we would not be able to buy locally.
I've been sick for about six days. It all started with a sore throat which lasted for two days and then the coughing began. I've been coughing so much that my ribs hurt. Yesterday I had a slight fever but today it was lower. I've been sticking pretty close to home so I do not contaminate already sick patients. Since I already have asthma, this "cold" has aggravated my asthma which had been well controlled until now. I have all the medicines that I need to get over this "bout" and since I live at a hospital, I have doctors available to treat me. Please pray that my asthma cough stop. Thanks.
On an upbeat note, the Nzoundou Chapel is having great attendance. There is a new nurse at the Government Dispensary at Nzoundou. His name is Parfait. He's actually a graduate from the Bongolo Hospital School of Nursing and he is a Christian who has started leading the Nzoundou Chapel. That small congregation had had no one who would lead the services, so it is really of God that Parfait was transferred to Nzoundou. There were 64 in church last Sunday. Praise the Lord.
Bongolo Hospital has continued to be very busy, taking care of patients from all over Gabon. Pray for our nurses who are getting tired. Pray for Strength and Joy for them in serving the Lord at Bongolo. There are a number of Personnel openings that are unfilled. Pray that we find just the right people to fill these positions. Thanks.
Your prayers are so needed and appreciated. Thanks too for your emails and news from the States.
God Bless you.
Joyfully serving,
Carolyn
