Field Missionary

For the past month, I have been working on our Labor Ward and part of that is caring for these little babies.  Our nursery is the home to babies who are sick and need IV fluids, antibiotics or oxygen.  Our nursery is also the home to little babies, babies that are less than 2000 grams when born, which is a baby who weighs less than  4.5 lbs. Most of these babies are born early, and then have a long road ahead of them.  Tubes to help feed them and give them oxygen, IV antibiotics, and lots of weighings to make sure they are growing.  Thankfully  most of our babies grow and do well.  Recently our nursery has been pretty full with about 8 babies and their moms in our tiny nursery space.  Thankfully some of the babies have graduated and have gotten to go outside to the ward with their homes and soon should be going home.  It is fun to be able to watch these little ones grow and to see their moms so faithfully care for them.
Source: Nursery Babies from Erin Meier – Asia Pacific

Kids in the river Our team starting out Bird Watching   Bill clearing the trail Our hiking team Last Mountain Kanye River Zach, Bill, Lydia and I set out on a hike up to Last Mountain.  We picked up some PNG kids along the way to complete our team.  We quickly made our way up to 2 of the 3 humps of Last Mountain.  The mountain sits in between the Kanye and Kumul River, the kids suggested they knew a way to get to the Kumul River from the ridge we were on, so we started down the mountain.  We quickly found ourselves making our own trail through the bush, only to find out we were unable to make it fully down to the river.  So after heading down, we got to head back up the mountain and enjoy the views again.  On the way home we stopped in the Kanye River and cooled off in the river before making our way back to Kudjip.  We had a great day and got to enjoy some of the beautiful views that PNG offers. Starting out on the hike Enjoying the cool river on our way back The beautiful view
Source: A day hike from Erin Meier – Asia Pacific

Larry and Aarlie Hull have been long time friends of Kudjip Nazarene Hospital.  Larry is an orthopedic surgeon who has volunteered at our hospital numerous times.  After retirement in the US, they have now invested in and continue to run the Madan Coffee Plantation here in Papua New Guinea. We have been without a station generator for a number of years now.  We had a large CAT generator that never seemed to really work well for us and we haven’t been able to get it fixed.  We recently lost our hydro power and even more recently lost our hospital generator.  Just as it seemed like we were in trouble power wise, the Hulls came to our rescue.  They learned of our situation and offered us a generator that they had and weren’t using. The generator is old and isn’t computerized, which is great for us.  It is also very large (and came in it’s own container) and is able to   run our whole station and then some.  Jordan has been working to get it hooked up and just this weekend got it running.  So when a transformer blew and left us without PNG power, we continued to have station power due to our new generator and Jordan and his team’s work on getting it ready.  Power which enables us to have not only lights, but running water and cold food is such a blessing. Thank you Aarlie and Larry for your generous gift, and thank you Jordan and maintenance…
Source: Power – what a blessing from Erin Meier – Asia Pacific