tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14452585853746076522024-02-07T16:49:40.330-08:00Kenya 2018Reports from Marvin & Miriam Hage at Tenwek Hospital, Kenya. This trip was supported by Samaritan's Purse and First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, NC, USAMarvin Hagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805579963934670891noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445258585374607652.post-52677071170207194052018-03-28T14:47:00.001-07:002018-05-22T09:50:23.479-07:00"Showered with Love"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1">It is never easy to leave. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>On the day before departure, we were summoned to the Neonatal<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Nursery where we sat and sweltered until nursing shift change was completed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It is a “hot” place for good reasons.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We were already overdressed and then given a Masai blanket along with a beautiful painting of a Masai woman “warming water” (in her mouth) and then showering her baby.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We were honored by the loving, sweet words offered by the nurses.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We grew speechless and we began to sing together “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” with verses for the babies, nurses, helpers, etc.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We left with thankfulness for another opportunity to be with this wonderful community. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Heshima is a Swahili world with many different meanings - respect, honor, dignity. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I like the translation to “honor” since it is what we experienced and what we can give when we are at Tenwek.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>There are probably many reasons we are given this gift of heshima not the least of which is our age! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">In the United States we are more familiar with the word ”respect", but I would propose that there is a significant difference.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The first is that in Kenyan culture, “honor” is a bigger idea. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It is described by Raymond Downing in a dialogue reported in </span><span class="s2"><u>Global Health Means Listening</u>.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">“Two days later I asked Dr. Wafula how he would translate heshima. Honor, he said. And which would he prefer—to be honored or respected? Honored, he said”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Another reason that I like this Swahilli word is that it is used to describe an organization that brings care to children with special needs.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What happens at this organization in Nairobi is truly miraculous.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Children with severe limitations bring honor to life and teach us all to honor their courage and the courage of their families. (See prior blog: <a href="http://2018tenwek.blogspot.com/2018/03/troops-arrive.html"><span class="s3">Troops Arrive</span></a>). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We were privileged to see that same courage in the nursery at Tenwek and were honored to be a witness to it.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Upon returning to the US we celebrated Palm Sunday and sang the old words of praise and honor, but now with the experiences of “heshima”.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thanks and honor be to a God who showers us with his Love,</span></div>
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<br />Marvin Hagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805579963934670891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445258585374607652.post-54051076500818734042018-03-14T10:25:00.002-07:002018-03-14T10:26:48.386-07:00The Whole World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1">It is hard to know what experiences will live on in our memories of this time in Kenya.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It was a bigger experience with more “moving parts” than in the past.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In one sense, this “bigger, more moving parts” seems like the theme of Tenwek 2018.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>See the other blogs:</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Bill & Penny - <a href="http://hagepennybill.blogspot.com/"><span class="s2">hagepennybill.blogspot.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Another reality is that we have been more connected to the world than the isolation we have felt in previous years.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Connection to news and church services were surprises.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We were able to hear Jack Hage sing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCow6sfrQRg"><span class="s2">“He’s got the Whole World in His Hands /This is my Father’s World” </span></a>with backup from the choir at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It moved us to tears here in Kenya! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Maybe some of the best moments were the ones like walking to the hospital with my son and visiting him in the operating room.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Or maybe, it was seeing the Special Needs Team journey off with Solomon to deliver wheel chairs.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Or maybe it was just seeing grandchildren making friends here in Kenya.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What ever experiences it has been an extraordinary experience for us!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">As Miriam reported, we are given gifts like the gourd. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What we have also been given are gifts of friendship and love that we have felt from our home community as well as here. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>These gifts are priceless and are freely given! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<br />Marvin Hagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805579963934670891noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445258585374607652.post-21835015462394368272018-03-13T02:28:00.000-07:002018-03-13T02:28:21.416-07:00God's Beauty<style type="text/css">
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<i>What a wildly wonderful world, God!</i></div>
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<span class="s1">Sorry to always begin the blog with a weather report but it is the first thing I notice<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>when I sit down to write and look at the beautiful sky out my window!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I just wish there was a way to describe not only the weather but<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the road<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>outside the window and the activity that takes place on it!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A huge bull just meandered up the road, a matatu overloaded with people followed it, Moms with babies tied to their back, and then there are women carrying heavy loads on their heads - Never a dull moment.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Yesterday, Mimi and I went to the Peds ward and painted toe nails!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We also colored with crayons<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and did stickers telling the Christmas story.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Unfortunately,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the characters were<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>all white, but the kids loved it and most had never played with stickers before!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It is not an easy place to visit and I was proud of Mimi for stepping up and engaging with the children.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>One little girl is waiting to have a heart valve replacement, another has severe scoliosis and can not lift her head.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She is so precious and happy even with this terrible handicap.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We are praying that something can be done for her. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Before the fire when the canteen was here we loved getting samosas for lunch.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Now that it is destroyed we are going to try a local restaurant called the Garden Hotel.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Let me just say that this takes some courage as we are not sure what the kitchen looks like!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everyone is eager to try one!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Stay tuned for a report on the cuisine!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>OK here is the report!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They were delicious and we wished that we had ordered more!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I will not report on the kitchen sighting or the chicken wandering around it!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We had some samosas filled with ground beef and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>also vegetarian ones filled with skuma which is much like our collards!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Delicious! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<br />Marvin Hagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805579963934670891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445258585374607652.post-36979742770839852382018-03-01T21:03:00.001-08:002018-03-01T21:06:24.818-08:00Generations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1">What I will remember is that for all my children, I have had the privilege to be with them as guests in countries and communities where we have been welcomed as partners.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Now we have had the opportunity to be at Tenwek with two of our grandchildren. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We did some math homework and helped write a blog.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We played basketball and introduced them to our Kenyan friends.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They got to make friends with MK’s (missionary kids).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They have seen their parents and aunt at work.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>All of these are part of the promises of a God’s covenant.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The twins that I was helping with have gone home.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The tradition here seems to be to name the children with the same initial so they were called Louis and Lewis!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You must know that Louis is pronounced “Lois” here!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Still a bit confusing!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Now I am helping a Mom with triplet boys named Ezra, Elijah, and Enoch!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mom has a family of seven now having had four girls before the three boys!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She assures me that her family is complete. Thankfully her mother-in-law is here helping too so it will be a community effort raising these babies!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I am impressed with both of these mothers and grandma. They are all loving and smart.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It is not easy keeping track of how much formula versus breast milk each tiny premature baby receives every three hours around the clock.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Over the years I have been generally very<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>impressed with African moms; their love and devotion to their children is to be admired.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Happy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday morning!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We are finally here at Tenwek and getting settled into our tiny studio apartment on the third floor of the guest house.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I think they forget how old I am or else they remember and think that climbing steps will keep me in shape .<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I have not attempted<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to go up to the hospital yet so that will be the real test of my stamina.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It does take a few days to get used to an altitude of 7000 feet<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>coming from the flat land of eastern North Carolina! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">On Sunday we hired a driver and went to Kijabe Mission Hospital which is about an hour and a half outside Nairobi.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We had worked there about six years ago so we were eager to see if things had changed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We were able to see some friends and Marv was able to talk with several people in the OB department.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He also was able to talk with the doctor who is in charge of their medical education which is a primary interest of Marv’s. The best part was that her husband was wearing a U of M t shirt!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The world is very small as he<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>had spent a short time in Ann Arbor. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">The four hour trip up here was uneventful thankfully.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We noticed how dry everything looks until we got very close to Tenwek.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Things are dry here too but a bit greener than along the way.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The bougainvillea is blooming as are many other flowers.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The tea leaves cover the hillside with a lush green .<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We are right next to a road the leads to the back of the hospital and so we have a fair amount of traffic; especially of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>small motorcycles or boda boda’s , as they are called ,coming and going.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It is fun to wake up to the sound of children’s voices as they walk to school<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>around 6:30 AM. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">As I look out my window I have a clear vision of the building that burned last Friday night.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It was a very big deal!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Stories are emerging of patients fleeing their hospital beds, Moms gathering up their babies and running. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The fire was not immediately threatening the maternity wing but the sound of the flames and breaking glass petrified patients.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>African women wail when tragedy strikes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I am told that the wailing could be heard for miles and miles as people could see the flames leaping into the air.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">I plan to visit the nursery this morning but will probably wait till tomorrow too really begin working there.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I wonder if the heat in the nursery will be a problem for me .<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It is like a sauna !<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Since it is Valentine’s Day tomorrow I will bring chocolate!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Many things are universal!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">We have<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>arrived safely in Kenya!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It was a frustrating trip as we were delayed by snow in Paris for eight hours.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We arrived at the Guest House at four AM but non the worse for wear!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That would amount to a 24 hour trip!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The good news was that there is very little vehicle traffic in Nairobi at 3 AM! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">We fell into bed to be awakened at 10 by the news that our driver was here. We had arranged for a driver to take us to a couple of shops while we rest up here today and tomorrow as our housing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at Tenwek is not available until Monday . Sadly we received awful news from Tenwek this morning that a major fire broke out there last night.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It sounds like it destroyed the restaurant, laundry, sterilization room, and some offices.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Fortunately they were able to move patients out of a ward in the basement and no one was injured.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They believe that the fire started in the kitchen of the restaurant. Please pray for the hospital, employees, and administrators as they work on a plan to rebuild.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It will impact surgery, sterilization, food prep for patients, laundry for patients and staff and countless other details that help a hospital function.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It will be a major undertaking. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">As I write I am sitting on a patio surrounded by beautiful plantings, the sound of children playing in the yard, and birds chirping in the bushes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>All is good!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We are always so grateful to God for safe travel.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">We all just finished the Christmas ritual of gift giving…as well as the returns!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For us gift giving/delivery continues as we prepare to leave!</span></div>
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<span class="s1">We have been collecting and packing gifts to take with us to Tenwek Hospital.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>These gifts range from medical supplies to donations for a cow! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It is with grateful hearts that we thank all who made or gave these gifts. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So why does this happen? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Why do people need or want to give gifts, great or small?</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Let me share a recent unlikely “big gift” Tenwek story - (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/health/missionary-hospitals-africa-prize.html"><span class="s2">click here</span></a>).</span></div>
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Marvin Hagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805579963934670891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445258585374607652.post-63359738495524206102018-01-08T07:28:00.000-08:002018-01-29T08:04:15.747-08:00Another Kenyan Trip?<br />
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Every year the question returns..."Are you going to Africa again?" We are fortunate to be able to answer "Yes" to the question. We leave on February 8, 2018.<br />
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The answer this year is more complicated with more family participation, a focus on the Special Needs Clinic and continued development of a curriculum for a residency in obstetrics and gynecology.<br />
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Your support and prayers are so important to us as we share stories and photos. We will continue to respect the privacy of patients and our friends.<br />
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Thanks for reading and responding to this blog.<br />
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p.s. For an overview of Kenya in 13 1/2 minutes see:<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/idrisgianni/videos/1649699521747805/">https://www.facebook.com/idrisgianni/videos/1649699521747805/</a><br />
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