Saturday, May 2, 2009

Barb's Work

I (Barb) am teaching a health course to a group of 15 women in a mountain town, the Cumbre, an hour and a half from Cali. The forty hour course is on childhood illness prevention. To keep the group from dozing, each four hour class has lots of activities. I have been going to the Cumbre once a month since November, and spending the night at the pastor's house (Doris is her name) after the late afternoon class. Shockingly early in the morning, 5:30 am, after spending the night last month Doris and I took a great hike and she told me about dreams for her church to help hungry kids in the town. She is hoping that the health information will help her church serve poor kids in the area.
Doris the pastor with view of the Cumbre valley

Showing a poster she made to the group about the signs of an ear infection
An Aids class with youth in Cali
AIDs brochure given to the youth in Sunday school

1 comment:

Kathy said...

What a great teaching experience!