Thursday May 21 and Friday May 22

Wednesday: Yesterday was a long day! We all woke up yesterday at about 5:30 except for Sarah (she enjoys sleeping in). We decided to check out mass at the Mother Home where Mother Teresa is buried. After mass, we ate breakfast and then headed to the hospital around 8:00 AM for chapel. Tyler and Jenni led worship and Catherine shared her testimony. They all did a wonderful job. : ). Natalie and Tyler went off the PT/Rehab center for children which is about an hour away. Catherine, Sarah, Katie and Jenni headed to the operating room to watch surgeries. They saw cleft palate and lip surgeries along with a C section. Mandy and I (andreina) went on rounds with Pastor Joshua and prayed over patients throughout the hospital. We were able to pray over a young man that was getting ready to go in for cleft lip surgery, and after rounds with the pastor Mandy and I were about to go into the operating room and watch the same man get his lip repaired. We were also informed in the morning that all 8 of us were going to be eatting lunch with the CEO and some of the administrative team of the hospital, but problem: Tyler and Natalie were about an hour away. So they were called and had to come back to the hospital. They took a cab as far as they could get (in India traffic switches the direction it's going at 1PM). So they walked about "5 miles" and were lost in the city of Kolkata. Thankfully they made it to the hospital in one piece. After lunch, we went back to BMS to change out of our scrubs and into some real clothes. We took an auto to park street to go to a coffee shop. After having a long, indepth conversation about life, value and poverty, we deided to go to . We brought two buckets of chicken and corn and on the pathway back home we passed out chicken and corn to people who were sticking out their hands for food.

Thursday: After breakfast, we headed over to the hospital around 8:00 AM for chapel. Tyler and Jenni help led worship again : ). After chapel, Katie and Catherine went on rounds with Pastor Joshua to pray over patients in the hospital. Natalie and Tyler were able to go into the PT room of the hospital and work with a patient with parastalysis and 2 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They were also able to go to the operating room and watch a cleft lip repair. Jenni and I watched a cleft lip repair, a hysterectomy, and a hip prosthesis surgery; Catherine and Katie were able to join us for the hip prosthesis surgery. After some time in the operating room we ate lunch. On the way back from lunch, we ran into a lady we usually see who has a baby with what seems to be a severe ear infection. Both mom and baby are severely malnourished. Tyler, Natalie and I took the mom and baby to the emergency room of Mercy Hospital. Unfortunately, there was no pediatrician at the hospital in this afternoon but we are going to bring the mom and baby back to the hospital tomorrow morning. On the way back Tyler took the mom to the store to buy baby formula. Mandy stayed back today; she has a fever and does not feel good. So we ask for prayers for her. Later today, not sure what the plan exactly is, but it looks like we are making a trip to new market. Tomorrow, we are all going to the PT/rehab center for children, where Natalie has been doing AMAZING things at. We are really excited. Miss you all! bye!