Some Work, Some Cough

Today was both a productive and unproductive day for Team JAMES. Jose and Angela each saw a handful of patients in the morning for eye and speech therapy assessments; Mary and Elissa spent the morning at the Foster Home. Susan’s scratchy throat turned into a cough and couldn’t risk infecting the kids at the Healing Home (poor Catherine has no one to read to her!...). In the afternoon Mary taught English to two older girls at the Foster Home and Susan continue to be sick. Elissa did another stress management workshop for the staff (different people than yesterday). Jose and Angela saw a few more patients including from the families that foster kids in the neighboring village. Elissa and Angela took a walk to the village to buy snacks, fun items, and breakfast for tomorrow since the team will do a “make-up” trip to the Great Wall. This may be a bit of a health challenge… We’ll probably be doing the lazy tourist version that has a lift to close to the top and then a toboggan ride to come down. It will be a 2 hour ride each way from New Day…! After dinner, Team JAMES played some games with the English school students for their Game Night, a bout of Uno. Remember that old camp game?

Susan