| Loreto Weekender April 23-26, 2010 |
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REPORT FOR
WEEKENDER TEAM — April 23-26, 2010
We were so glad to have on our Team this month, people again from the US and Canada. In fact we also had a lady come all the way from Paraguay to participate in this Weekender Team…
Each month we try to tell you something else about our Health Fairs…, and after you’ve read many of our Reports, then you’ll have a better/fuller picture of what we do, what we encounter, and what are the challenges and the blessings, etc. This month I’d like to give you a little information about the hospitals here, and something about the people we minister to...
On Saturday, a lady in her 40’s came to our Health Fair and we discovered her blood sugar reading was over 500; so we took her to the hospital where they gave her an injection… But they had only one test strip for their glucose machine; so we gave them more strips and lent them one of our machines... They then tested the lady again but her blood sugar level had not come
down much; so they put her on an intravenous drip, and after 3 hours her level was down to 250 so they let her go home. On Sunday she came back to our Health Fair, but again her reading was over 500; so we again took her back to the local hospital - and they repeated everything, and then we took her home…
This lady is typical of many in our area: her lifestyle, her beliefs, and her medical condition - although her medical condition is worse than most - but it’s because of her lifestyle and beliefs. What is so typical? First, she’s been a serious drug user; she has 3 children - one is in prison, and two are on drugs - along with other family members. And she’s convinced some doctors that she’s schizophrenic, when she’s likely not. (She falls back into drugs, sexual promiscuity, etc., but then says she doesn’t know what she’s been doing...) And this is as a result of her beliefs... Like most here, these people have a ‘fatalistic outlook’ on life - that is, they believe they can’t change anything about their lives. What will be, will be! Therefore, they do not understand or accept ‘responsibility’, or believe they can change… We teach them healthy habits, and about Christ...; but often they struggle to really believe that life can be different; that life can be better; that Jesus can really change things...
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