It was a rather
calm/sleepy day of data collection at Joytown. There was a mellow cloud that
seemed to hang around the team. But the day must have taken a toll on us
because by the end of it, four of us were jumping into the school swimming pool
to cool off.
Devotionals this
morning with the BK staff were really cool this morning as it was lead by two
of our very own team members! We sang hymns (in both English and Swahili) and
then heard from Anna and Matt as they read from 1 Corinthians 12:4-26 and
shared about the struggle with jealousy and pride in relating to others. They
emphasized the point that each person has been picked by God as a specific part
of the greater functioning body of Christ. We should each stop worrying about
comparing our actions to others or trying to do everything on our own. Rather,
we should instead focus on doing what we CAN do, and make sure to do it well.
This was a cool point for me because I often get caught up in the futility that
can be found in humanitarian medical work as far as "fixing" a
problem. No matter how hard I work, there will always be someone hurting or
sick or dying in the world. Even though it may feel like I am only removing
tiny drops from a huge ocean, they are still drops that are being removed.
We have a visitor on
the team from the Motivation division in Africa (this is the company that
produces one of the chairs we are currently studying). She plans to hand out
with the team at Joytown tomorrow and watch how we do what we do. Hopefully she
easily understands our methods and can get something beneficial from our
preliminary data as well as give us any hits or comments about how we could
improve our study.
Tomorrow will also
be an interesting day because it is mobile clinic day at Joytown. This means
that a clinic of doctors will be setting up camp on campus and people from the
community will come receive consults and free medical care. We are praying that
this won't interfere with our data collection or with the availability of
subjects/space.
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