Dr. Albert Schweitzer's Hospital!

While at annual conference in Lambaarene some of us took a tour of the Schweitzer Hospital. It continues to function today but the old buildings are now a museum.  I remember studying Albert Schweitzer in grade school but I kept getting him mixed up with David Livingston. Well, since 1977 when I moved to Africa and first got to tour the Schweitzer Hospital, I will not get them mixed up again!
Here are a few photos:

Dr. Schweitzer's home plus nurses' dining hall(now a museum), piano (no I was not touching the piano) and some of his microscopes:







Dr. Schweitzer's operating room and maternity delivery room:





Dr. Albert Schweitzer's original hospital buildings, grave (he died in 1965) and cemetery:







My trip to the Schweitzer Hospital last week was my last before I leave Africa in November, to return to the States for retirement.

Today's Positives:
1. After about 45-50 minutes of a wild bird flying around in the Nursing School office, a yardman finally got him OUT of the office!
2. I took a short walk outside today.
3. I sold some more clothes that were left over from my earlier garage sale.

Blowout!

On August 11th, on the way to our Annual Team Forum conference at Lambarene, my car had a blowout! I was able to control the car ok. I can no longer bend my knee enough to change a tire. Friends started to help to change the tire but those tires are SO heavy so everyone was glad when a man in a passing car stopped and did the actual tire change. We drove about a half hour to a town where I could buy a new tire before we headed on our way.







After buying the new tire we traveled another hour and a half to get to the location of our conference. I ate lunch then went to get my car washed. While there two different people told me that my new tire had lost a lot of air!!! Next I drove to a close by tire repair shop where a hole was found in my new tire, like it had run over a nail!!!! My new tire was already flat!!!!! It was then repaired.



Praise the Lord that no one was hurt, that the man came to change the tire, that we were able to get to Mouila to buy a new tire and that we were able to get to Lambarene before the next flat tire manifested itself!!!

I was exhausted that night!