A day in the life....
Now that we're back in Tikempt Ishet, it's time for “A Day in the Life”!
Melanie's weekday is pretty uniform
-Get up at 7, eat breakfast, read, go to work.
-See any number of ridiculous/miraculous/mundane/crazy/routine patients in the clinic, showing the love of Christ through service.
-Come home at 5, and then there's a couple options
-Eat dinner and vegetate
-Go to someone's house for dinner
-Have a team meeting
Steve's weekday could involve (in almost any order) one or many of the following things-
-Get up at 7, eat breakfast, read.
-After Melanie goes to work, usually some language study and prayer.
-from here on the day is always different:
-a walk up to the ketema (village) to visit people/pray for the town
-a visit at the clinic with waiting patients
-compound maintenance or repair, which might mean working on a solar system, fixing plumbing, setting a few rat traps?
-Then in the evening, same as Melanie or the option of going out to the nearby Me'en church's choir practice, or a prayer meeting with his friend Taka.
We usually spend the weekend doing stuff like (every third week/weekend Melanie is on call at the clinic) :
Saturday morning clean up the house!
Head to someone's house for the afternoon.
Weekends are when youth programs are run, so Steve will go to those all day Saturday, or longer if needed
Sunday morning go to church and not understand a word (it's all in Me'en except the bible)!
Sunday afternoon; rest!
