IPHC week 7

Here's the 200th post that I wrote. Did anyone read them all? :-)
Saturday, I went to my first wedding in Australia. The ceremony is open area in the morning. It was very short, but good. Then the bride and groom, family and wedding party spent time together (meals, pictures and games). In the evening,the guests gathered on a boat on the River. It was on this boat that the party happend.
For the lectures, we went over disease related to water (diarrhea, malaria, yellow fever, worms...).There is a lot to learn, but when you know how a disease spreads, we can also come with some strategies to stop it. Therefore fight for life.
One topic of gratefulness is that I've seen a big chunk of my finances for my outreach coming in. Thank you for keeping this in your prayers, that the last bit will also come in before the March 10th.

IPHC week 6

That means that we are halfway through the lecture phase! Only 6 more weeks and we are off to India, then to Mexico City.

This week Shirley, the base director, taught on unity. And like every time she teaches, it encouraging and challenging.

The days are busy. Sunday afternoon, with Louise, we went to the beach and then we went to an open-air movie. It was very a good time! :-)

And tonight, for Terrence's birthday, a classmate, each of us brought a dish of our country and then we watched a movie. For my part, I made Roesti with cheese and fried eggs and Aromat! :-)

Louise is sweet :-)

IPHC week 5

The topic for this week was skin infections, STDs and tuberculosis. A doctor from India who has worked for 19 years with people affected by leprosy and 10 years with people with AIDS, was our teacher. It was again very interesting.
Outside the classroom, other things happened :-)
Monday, we plaid golf to raise money.

We were in teams of 4, and for those who know golf, we finished at 5 over the par.

We didn't finish first, but all participants took part in a draw and Louise won a voucher for a cruise on the river for two people! :-)

So that's what we did Saturday night. At 6:30pm we boarded the boat. Our journey up the river was agremented with an aperitif. At 8pm we arrived at the destination of our meal, a buffet with good desserts and piano background music.

And at 9:30pm we went back down river.

It was a beautiful evening with a beautiful compagon :-)