On Monday morning, I was picked up at 5 am to go on my first Mountain Outreach. The primary health care giver is a man named Mordegai, from Namibia. Also along on the trip were a couple of primary healthcare interns, three young Canadian volunteers, a Filippino pastor and his wife, and two other healthcare workers. Quite a truck load! We drove for two 1/2 hours, out into the mountains and then hiked for SIX HOURS in the heat to get to Pigalungan. On Tuesday we had a clinic there, were Mordegai did checkups and gave out some medicines. I was put to work packaging pills and cutting up tablets. Also, I was able to do prenatals on a few pregnant women, which was AWESOME. I loved it. I loved the whole trip. The hike was great, although extremely exhausting. The village was so cool. And the people were lovely. The scenery was just incredible..the pictures do not do it justice. These people live in paradise! Then on Wednesday we had to pack up and make the journey back out. Our muscles were so sore, and it was so hot, but we made it!
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