Happy Valentine's Day!  Today's devotion was from 1 John 3 and focused on
loving as Christ did.  We talked about the balance between faith and works, and 
the importance of showing others God's love through your words and deeds.  

We have a few more casualties with the GI vomiting/diarrhea.  Please pray for our
group that no one else will get sick.  We are now up to 7 of us.  I am finally on
the other side of it and feel like a human being again.

And now a word on Honduran showers.  Water is in scarce supply here because it is
the dry season.  Most folks don't have water indoors, but we do here in la medica
clinica.  But...when it runs out, it is gone.  So here is what we have to do.  We
get in the shower, get wet, turn water off, scrub up, water back on to rinse, then
water off again.  We have a big pan in the bottom of the shower to collect the water
because we have to recycle it.  There are around 24 women with only 3 showers.  
Oh yeah, and only 2 of them work.  Shower #2 is clearly the best because it actually
has a little power to it.  Shower #1 is not the one you want because it is more 
of a trickle and if you turn it up higher, you can actually stand under it and not
get really wet because it sprays sideways.  We save the water to help flush the 
toilets.  And the water is cold.  Despite all of this, there is absolutely nothing
better than a shower in the mornings, because we are all hot and sticky by the end
of the day and there is only one shower per day allowed.  I have never been so appreciative
of water in my life!  And from a spiritual side, the Good News is that although 
I will be hot and dirty and in need of water again in the morning, the Living Water
of Jesus cleanses me once and for all.

May your Valentine's Day be filled with love -

Mollie

Sorry I didn't have a Tuesday email.  Was struck with some major GI problems
(I'll spare you the yucky details!) and spent the majority of Tuesday afternoon
and evening in the bathroom or in bed.  Good thing about traveling with a medical
group is that there are lots of physicians to take care of you.  God bless the person
who invited Phenergan!  I am better today.  It would appear that the GI problems
are only impacting on the morning devotions group - what is up with that?!

This morning we were awakened at 5:00 AM by very loud cows who decided that a good
place to park themselves and moo like mad was right in front of our clinic.  I didn't
think anything could be louder than the roosters, but clearly I was wrong!

I spent the morning in the pharmacy yesterday and am finally getting comfortable
with a few phrases about how to take your medicines.  As long as you take it once
a day, or every 4-6 hours as you need it for pain, I am good to go.  Beyond that
I need a translator.

Our translators are high school students from the bilingual school, and they are
teaching me a lot about the country of Honduras.

Today the prenatal patients come in for care, so I'll be doing lots with prenatal
vitamins.  Prenatal vitamins are once a day, so  fortunately I can explain those!

Hope you all are well!  Look forward to seeing everyone soon -

A note for Danya - yes, my hair is pretty curly for sure!

Love, Mollie