The Pink Lady

The last few days have been interesting. Little J has suddenly taken a liking to the colour pink. Nothing pleases her more than putting on her pink clothes – especially a particular pink trouser!!! She goes to bed and even dreams about (we hear her calling out for ‘the pink’). I know pink is the ‘accepted’ colour for girls – oh she’s a little lady now- but why she has this obsession has beat us all. I guess we all go through some kind of phase like this. We don’t know how long this obsession would last and we don’t believe it would go on for long but we are glad it’s nothing too negative.

As usual, our lives are very, very hectic. The past month has been very exciting as the hospital farm takes shape. To see all those groundnuts beginning to sprout, covering the hospital land with a blanket of green plants…..as we were blessed with rains a few days after they were planted. The professional farmers among us have advised that to achieve the best crop, planting should be done by the second week of May. We seem to be on track, as the last batch of seeds would be planted before the end of this week.

Notice how even on the beach J still has JA on her mind.

J is also busy with her Obstetrics class and sorting out the community placement for her students, to be done by June. How do you arrange placements for 39 students at 7 or 8 Primary Health Units (PHU), when they can accommodate only 2 or 3 (max) students per week? This has to be done in a space of 4-6 weeks. It is proving to be a challenging task but she is relishing the challenge.

We are planning to have a break in June to attend a wedding in Ghana of one of our best friends. This would hopefully give us time to recharge our batteries and most importantly to review and reflect on keeping to God’s direction as we yield to His promptings. It can be very difficult as we try to find solutions to some of these issues – trying to remember that the work is not ours’ but the Lord’s. Our prayer is to find the time to seek God’s face intently and reflect on what we have been doing as we seek answers to the daily issues.

Please pray for God’s continued guidance, for spiritual renewal and physical rest; emotional and mental stability as we continue to have the peace of mind to enable us to endure the challenges we face.