My bag was found, and I now have it back! It took a small detour to Konakri (spelling probably incorrect) and then found its way back to me. I'm very glad to have more than one pair of clothes to wear and fresh contact lenses to put in.
It has begun to rain and we have already seen plenty of cases of Malaria at the health center. On my first day, I "helped" the midwife deliver a baby girl to an eighteen year old woman. She did nearly all of the work, but I assisted in very simple tasks such as cleaning the newborn and listening to the fetal heartbeat. I also have helped transport patients in need of more urgent care to the major hospital in Banjul, the capital. One of the most noticable differences between the health care systems here and back in the U.S. is the sanitation and hygienic practices. They are much, much more lax here.
I have also been sucessfully keeping up with my workout regimen here. I have a routine now where I meet some of the older men of the village (led by a monster man named "Poppa") at 5:00pm and we all lift together. The workouts they do are diabolical--yesterday we did over 200 reps of biceps...
I am doing well but of course the limited internet access makes it difficult to update often. Hope you all are staying cool!
(Also, I heard the Heat won the NBA finals. Very sad to hear this.)
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