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 Hey everyone!

Just wanted to give you all a quick update. We've started out a busy week and I've had some highs and lows all in one day.

Yesterday we spent the morning inside reading because it was raining and spend the afternoon on the beach, which was great! I also spend a chunk of the day figuring out my lesson plan for today's Ochem. Skirt making at the market was a success, wearing it right now actually.

Today we started out in the maternity ward of the hospital. The hospital--Wow. I never expected there to be such a difference in the conditions of health care, but it left me speechless. We saw twin babies born at 6 and half months. The best they could do for them was lay them on a table on oxygen, wrapped up in blankets. They were so small--I unsuccessfully tried to choke back the tears when I though of how small they were compared to my beautiful and perfect baby niece back home (whom I miss like crazy, and I hear she is anxiously waiting my arrival back home--give her endless kisses from me). It was all I could do not to break down and cry. I hated that these two babies will most likely not survive, quite possibly due to the lack of availability in medical equipment and attention. Between the broken heated lamp they tried to use and the ant crawling up the nurses gown, I couldn't be more shocked, and angry, at the unfairness (of nobody's fault) of these conditions.That being said the hospital is very well run and is doing the very best they can. We were warmly welcomed to observe, which I genuinely appreciate.

On a happier note--we began our computer classes at the secondary school today and I led my first 80 minute organic chemistry lesson. The girls are brilliant and it was another one of my happiest moments here to have the girls really  understanding and being excited about what we were doing. I love being at the school!

Tonight I'll be working on the second lesson, relaxing, and starting my 4th book. I love it here.

Miss you all!