More news on the flooding in Ecuador
Article is here.
Video available here, It's in spanish but even if you don't speak the language, you can still see what Guayaquil is like these days. All the shots in the video are from Guayaquil and its outskirts. Poorer neighborhoods are harder hit as they often lack sewer lines and/or paved roads, so the water has nowhere to go and turns into giant mud puddles where all kinds of nasty diseases breed. And then the mosquitoes start breeding which leads to other nasty diseases.
And in other news, my godson's wife was rushed into surgery today after she passed out. Doctors found that during her C-section nearly a year ago, somebody left a piece of gauze in. This from the semi-free government hospital. They'd gone back there multiple times because she felt like something wasn't right, but kept getting brushed off. She got rushed into surgery at a private clinic, so now they've got to figure out how to pay for it. Please send those warm thoughts and prayers her way.
With stuff like the flooding, people wonder how I can go back. And with stuff like that, I wonder how could I not. Even if I can't do anything, it means a lot just to be with the people you care about when crap like this happens.
Oh, and in other news...one of the priests who I've been working with for years had a stroke on Saturday. Luckily he was rushed to the hospital right away, otherwise they say it could have been fatal. He's beginning the recovery process.
Ten weeks until I'm back.
Video available here, It's in spanish but even if you don't speak the language, you can still see what Guayaquil is like these days. All the shots in the video are from Guayaquil and its outskirts. Poorer neighborhoods are harder hit as they often lack sewer lines and/or paved roads, so the water has nowhere to go and turns into giant mud puddles where all kinds of nasty diseases breed. And then the mosquitoes start breeding which leads to other nasty diseases.
And in other news, my godson's wife was rushed into surgery today after she passed out. Doctors found that during her C-section nearly a year ago, somebody left a piece of gauze in. This from the semi-free government hospital. They'd gone back there multiple times because she felt like something wasn't right, but kept getting brushed off. She got rushed into surgery at a private clinic, so now they've got to figure out how to pay for it. Please send those warm thoughts and prayers her way.
With stuff like the flooding, people wonder how I can go back. And with stuff like that, I wonder how could I not. Even if I can't do anything, it means a lot just to be with the people you care about when crap like this happens.
Oh, and in other news...one of the priests who I've been working with for years had a stroke on Saturday. Luckily he was rushed to the hospital right away, otherwise they say it could have been fatal. He's beginning the recovery process.
Ten weeks until I'm back.