What a difference a week makes!

It was a week ago yesterday, that we brought Sophie to the hospital.  A week I don't ever care to repeat!  I knew that there would be lots of things on my plate here in Zambia, but this was one that I  hadn't even had cross my mind!  Because you just don't go to the hospital when you are in Zambia!

Sophie was released finally on Saturday afternoon.  She was so glad to be back home!  Being in a ward is not a restful place to be, and some of the doctor's could have used a course in bedside manners.  When in the middle of the night they walk into the room and flip on the overhead lights, blind you and then begin asking you all sorts of questions, as you are trying to sort out what is happening.  Mary Leslie had stayed with her throughout her stay, and neither one came home looking very rested.  Over their first 36 hours at home they slept 27 hours.

On Monday, Sophie and I returned to the hospital for a check up.  They did another set of labs and they all came back very good!  We were rejoicing!  Now to just get her to eat, that wasn't something that either Mary Leslie or I had been able to do.  She would say something sounded good, and we would go to work preparing it, she'd take one bite and push it away.  By Tuesday night she was eating a little of this and a little of that, and by Wednesday night, she ate as much as I did!  Now we were truly rejoicing!

After last week, being about as low as you can go!  This week is on a high!  Things are happening, ministry is going forward, girls are giggling and laughing!  God is so good!  We are rejoicing in God's goodness!

Today the girls walked to Kablonga, had lunch at new restaurant there and spent the afternoon together with the Lord!  I went to the bank this morning and then out shopping this afternoon!  I bought 4,000,000 kwacha worth of fabrics for the Hand'n'Hand program!  And that is just a drop in the bucket of what we need!

Tonight, we sat and talked after dinner!  Laughing and telling stories of past Zambian experiences and all the things we are learning about Zambian culture!  What a difference a week makes!  We are rejoicing in our health in new ways!  Praising God for His goodness and healing mercies on us!  Thanking Him for what lies ahead! God is good all the time!  All the time God is good!