After 9 hours of much needed sleep we woke up to a hot cup of coffee bedside. We stayed at Mike and Cindy's house-they were great hosts and served us delicious meals. Alfred and Lumba picked us up at 7am to begin our morning at the Jembo Hospital. We began the morning with a few patients and within an hour there were 20 to 30 village folks waiting for dental work. The line never slowed down!
Our dental team finally got our system down ... Dr. Fricke provided the treatment plan for all of the patients and if needed, administered anesthetic while Brian and Trevor were extracting multiple teeth for each patient. Every once in a while Dr. Fricke would be extracting a tooth while the patient leaned back on a wooden bench. Judy and Sarah ran around cleaning utensils, assisting the men and handing out pain medications/bracelets and tooth brushes. Under strict supervision, Sarah extracted her first tooth! We were supposed be done working at 11:30 for lunch, but we finished at 1:45. Unfortunately we were not able to serve all of the people that came for treatment, which some people walked a few hours to get to the clinic. Dr. Fricke ended the day with the following quote, "well, you have accomplished half of a semester work in one morning!" Lumba assisted our team with translating and handing the dentists the necessary tools, while Muumbe directed patients into the room and also translated for us. Dr. Fricke, Trevor and Brian put in a lot of hard work today...there were some pretty sad cases that came through the door. They definitely got in a good forearm workout cranking teeth all day. Mike read a devotional to us this morning on the topic of being gentle, but I think Dr. Fricke may have been sleeping during it... The last patient of the day was rather dramatic with her moaning and groaning. We had a great day! It was a blessing to be able to assist God's people!
We went back to Mike and Cindy's house for a great lunch. We packed up the car and hit the road for Livingstone. We arrived at the guest house with no power but within 15 minutes the power returned. We are waiting for our food right now at a restaurant called "Spot."
Tomorrow morning we leave at 7 am for a safari in Chobe!
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