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Medical Mission
ROSA
MYSTICA
organised
by ACIM ASIA
Sampaloc, Rizal, (Near Manila) Philippines
July 25 - 31, 2009
DAY 3: July 29
« And there was a great calm » (Mt. 8,26)
A jewel box of greenery for a church radiating hope.
Daily prayers have finally been heard: the big black clouds, always
near and threatening, seem to slide on the mountain tops and avoid the
little village of Sampaloc and its Medical Mission.
A rainless day allowed all the gears to be greased and the Mission took its cruising speed. A superficial glance could even indicate that all is well: the dentists are on dry dock, in the precincts of the small chapel, blue rosaries shine on children’s chest, the patients smile to their doctors. All could appear wonderful under these bananas trees waving under a gentle and warm breeze. However…
The
famous taxi-tricycle – a real Filipino symbol –
ready for the patients in front of one of the Mission’s Banners
‘downtown’ Sampaloc.
Difficult cases were frequent today. This ovarian cancer discovered
too late, really too late; this basal pneumonia, or this tuberculosis
obliging the patient to cry out in pain at the contact of the doctor’s
needle. And this child with a bilateral otitis letting the pus run down
along his hallowed cheeks. Then there are eczemas, and the cysts which
need to be extracted immediately on a wooden plank used as operation
table…
But there are also rays of hope, such as this severely burnt man who came on the first day and whose skin is already healing at the great joy of his nurse, or this other sick in pain yesterday and relieved today.
With great love, our nurse changes the bandages of the badly burnt man.
Scapulars are imposed in hundreds in the waiting area, requests for
house blessings abound and priests must cover kilometers on the uncomfortable,
noisy and famous tricycles to answer these calls.
Doctors’ labor was constant and fulfilled calmly.
From
far-away, Kerry Sinead awaits baby to calm down
before she can start her work as a nurse.
The pharmacy alone was under intense action. Hugues Martin, our chief
pharmacist from France, who came with two of his grown-up children,
could only thank his collaborators at the end of this great day for
their dynamism, their commitment and their remarkable team spirit.
The Mission’s first set of twins are a delight for Dr. Kim.
The friendly ambiance of this day without a single drop of rain even
allowed the priests and a few volunteers, towards the end of the afternoon
to initiate Filipinos to the famous Prison Ball game watched with visible
joy by many bystanders.
But relax doesn’t mean laziness, since a total of 634 person benefited of the cares offered by the volunteers of Rosa Mystica.
End of the day with the rosary at the feet of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy.
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