One down, one to go.

It was a full day of school physicals today for the medical team and a great day for the construction team. The construction team helped finish 2 classrooms with new tile 6 feet up the walls, and built several bookshelves for the classrooms. They also tiled the floor in an office.

The well is pumping! The complex will now have a reliable source of good water.

We saw around 175 kids yesterday, over 250 today. The team has found its rhythm. The kids, especially the younger kids, are just adorable. Not a lot of emergency cases today, but still quite a few referrals for follow-up care.

The funniest thing that happened today had to do with shoes. The kids all took their shoes off when they came into the auditorium where we were working. And yes, it did get a bit "ripe" in there! Anyways, this one girl came running back into the room, wearing socks but no shoes. She went over to the pile of shoes, looking for what we guessed would be a pair of shoes. After a bit of looking, she took the sock out of a shoe, grabbed one shoe, and took off.

As other kids got their shoes, the pile got smaller and smaller, but it was obvious that there was one more sock than shoes, and there were an odd number of shoes. You don't want to be the last person to look for your shoes in this crowd!! I think they will figure it out, there were only 2 classes involved, so hopefully the poor girl that ended up with only one shoe finds the match.

On Monday, at the village, a TV crew showed up and shot some video. We heard the report was very good. We are hoping to get a copy of the news story, would be interesting to see how it was viewed. As Karla mentioned today, the fact that Muslim people entered a Christian church was a very, very special situation. The mayor has asked the center to please provide more medical camps there, as we had to turn so many people away and there are many, many more in the area.

Tomorrow we head to the other school, the one that sits on property that is 30' x 60' and has over 400 kids. That's a lot of kids per square foot. We will again be doing the camp at Tim's parent's house. We will hopefully finish Friday, maybe Saturday morning if needed. There are plans to visit the beggar's prison and a few other locations Saturday. Then Monday, the Kearney team heads back in the evening, and John and I go to Bangalore for a very full week of activity and meetings.

A huge praise note: John's ankle is doing very well, he has almost no pain. Thanks for you prayers for this, they have been answered!! We had one of the Kearney team down for a couple of days sick, she is back and doing well. At devotions (morning and evening) different people share their life stories, it has been very inspirational to hear those stories and to get to know this team better.

Right now John is helping teach a small group at the center, the rest of us are resting, getting ready for supper and a good nights sleep. Prayer requests are to finish strong with the schools, and to give the kids a touch of how precious they are.

Stan