Ok we booked into the hotel, sorry hospital. Almost look like a hotel, right on the 16th floor and we can see the whole of Phnom Pehn. Let me think back when we came here first and there were no high-rise buildings, now there are so many of them. Wish I could open n window…..
Sitting in the hospital and write to you makes me
think when we always had to rush small Aprillyn to the hospital and how many
newsletters I wrote from there. Like they say it was many moons back but feels
like yesterday. Hospitals are definitely not my favorite place to be but over
the years I spend plenty of time in various hospitals in the Philippines as
well as here, either being the patient or sitting with my patients and their
families through the nights, waiting on doctors to get some answers.
Davao’s original government hospital was the place I
learned to be patient. I wonder how many books I read under the big mango tree,
waiting to be helped. I was always there the first with my Badjao friends but
because of the stigma of the Badjaos, we always got in last, so that is why we
had to wait. No harm done, I could enjoy reading books while on the job hahaha.I
can say for certain that I was the only “Joe” (white American) that always ran
around in the hospital. They know me well and we could build such good
relationships with everyone inside the hospital. Remember I was a missionary
and had to behave and that was difficult when you always had to fight for
justice. Many years back now, I can use all that difficult experiences in and
out of the hospital to work better with people. God had to shape me first.
I celebrated my birthday with good friends, Curtis, Brea,
Long and Katherine. We cooked nice lunch for them and ate together with great
fellowship. It is such a blessing to have so many good friends here in Phnom
Pehn.
Please pray:
Tomorrow at 9am, Toinette will be in for the
operation. Please pray for a successful operation and that God’s glory will
shine. Pray for the surgeon to perform a good work.
Pray for Curtis as he will go out to Dim and ride the
jungle trails in order to see the people at the church.
Love you all
Rossouw-clan
1 comment:
Happy birthday 🎊🎂🎉🎁, Mordegai! It’s good to see Long’s face.
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