Grace went to the orphanage today and did affirmation yoga with the children. The children seem happy and can make toys out of things that are available from nature and recycled items. Thanks to Brandi for the beautiful hair clips, but because all the children have short hair they wore them on their shirts and even the boys.
The rest to the team went to Bugando Hospital today and went straight to OR. We did 2 total knees and one total hip. Dr. Alex was thrilled to see how well the orthopedic staff at Bugando. Gayle was thrilled to see how well Dr. Swetala was doing with doing total joints. He was the first resident that Hope Ministries sponsored and made Mama Gayle proud. Dr. Alex and Dr. Mark Wheeler sponsor Endesh, an orthopedic resident, and Dr. Alex was excited to do surgery with her today. Dr. Alex continues with his excellent teaching skills to the orthopedic and surgery staff at Bugando. All of the procedures went well.
The female nurses were excited to receive the homemade surgical hats that Gayle had brought to them that a girl from Sioux City made.