Hello,
A quick hello from the other side of the world. Some of those I mentioned last week actually came from the Refugee camp in order to get some of their healthproblems fixed. It is so interesting to see the brandnew arrivals, how timid and nervous they are when they come into a foreign place like our hospital. And it is even more exciting to see their first smiles after two or three days, after they have realized that all of us mean well with them and are here to do good to them. If you just imagine for a moment that you are in a foreign land, you are sick, you are desperate, but you have no clue whatsoever what people around you are talking. You don't know whether they are backbiting you or whether they are out to do something very bad to you. On the other hand sometimes the doctors and the nurses are totally frustrated when they can't communicate or are just guessing of what the problem might be. Then it is very rewarding to come in between and get the communication going and build a bridge and bring understanding. It is amazing how important language is and many a times we take it for granted that when we talk people will understand what we are saying.
Most of these people from Somalia never have learned any other language other than the one they sucked with their mothers milk. And they never chose to be refugees, they never wanted to leave home, but because of the war they had to and are now depending on the mercies of UN or some of the NGO's. Many times I really feel for our friends from those camps, and I am thanking God for our place which can offer great help for otherwise totally hopeless cases.
Our prayer still goes out to those in wartorn places like Somalia and Sudan and so many other African countries,
have a lovely weekend, Thomas
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