Enjoying the Present
Nurses, Dietitians, Physical Therapists and Screening Nurses It´s been 4 weeks since we arrived to Conakry. Four weeks that seem so much more time!! The first two weeks here, were the last weeks of preparations to welcome and train 36 new nurses and 54 hospital day crew (local translators), meet and encourage 14 charge nurses (alumni nurses that oversee and lead every shift), train 5 of them for the first time; and also opening the hospital to the crew so they could learn and enjoy all the fun things we do there. Then the big week started, the New Nurses Orientation Week. 36 new smiles and hearts full of excitement for becoming "mercy shippers" were finally meeting the names that we knew and prayed for. My own doubts and fears about leading this event faded away by God's voice telling me: "Push it forward, you can do this", my friend and partner in crime brought peace and amazing ideas every time we needed to "improvise, adapt, overcome"...