CT Scanner - The final Push

 

Hello All,

Well, the EMI team has departed.  They did so much work while they were here, it is amazing.  They had people scattered everywhere around the hospital.  Here is a picture of the team along with some of the E&F (Engineering and Facilities) team from the hospital:

 

The Whole team

 

The E&F team (some of us)

 

Sure hope they all got home safely.  One was going to Dulles when Sandy was going by.  I am sure some of them will be back and hopefully see some of their projects implemented or they can come back to help implement them!

 

Jim has been busy this past week getting ready for the CT Scanner technicians to come from the states.  The team here needs to have the basic electrical and mechanical hook ups done before next Wednesday.  We have waited almost 6 months just for the UPS (uninterruptable power supply) to get here to do the electrical hook up.  It finally arrived last week and, with some problems along the way, the company that supplied it helped hook it up.  It is a big one.  It will supply the critical hospital loads and the CT Scanner. Here are some pictures:

 

Loading it in the generator room

 

moving it (it was 1.8 tons!)

 

 

 

The team of 2 coming, will spend a week getting the CT operational.  Hopefully, things will go well and all the parts we need will be here.  If we have to delay because the parts need to come from the states we are in trouble!  Here is a picture of Jim working on the scanner:

 

 

They really let him do that??

 

Please pray that the guys coming will arrive safely and that the week will go well with all parts available!

 

We get short term doctor visitors coming and going all the time.  They sure are a blessing to this place with their skills and attitudes of "givingness" (is that a word)?  There have been some here recently who have really made a difference.  Thank you to all who come and go and leave your mark!

 

We had a potluck up at the motel this week for the missionaries.  We do this periodically and it is nice to see people who, because we are all working most of the time, we don't get to see.  The kids have a great time too.  Here are a few pictures:

 

 

 

We sure enjoy these people.  Thanks to the ladies who organize us to get together!

 

 

In the last month or so, there had been a rash of robberies here on lower station (below the RVA school).  Someone has been breaking in homes during the day and stealing electronics and cash and clothing.  The person was deemed to be a child or very small because they were getting through barred windows.  He was finally caught as he broke into a building at the school in the night!  He apparently got through an opening of 8" x 10"!  He was caught and said he was working alone, but that will remain to be seen.  We think we have not been targeted because we have the dog in the house and Rose is here all day.  We are very careful to lock doors even on the other side of the house if you are not in that area.  We left the laundry room door open once and a jar of kerosene was taken from its place!  It is a lot like Italy here in the sense that people don't want to harm you, they just want your stuff.  We just pray that they will come to know God loves them and will provide for them if they can trust (without the stealing)!

 

This coming week will be filled with CT Scanner operations (and through the weekend and on through Wednesday of next week).  Please keep Jim in your prayers as he is running on empty.  Once we get through this, we will take a few days off.  We are thinking about going to Uganda soon.  The kids' last day if school is Thanksgiving day (it is just wrong to go to school on that day)!  Mom comes in December, so times of rest are coming!

 

Have a great week and send us a note if you can (see the contacts at the top of the page).  I sure enjoy hearing from you!

 

In His Hands,

Jullie T.