Our team has been busy collecting a wide variety of medical supplies for our upcoming trip. There are times I have completely taken over my coworkers' desks and most of this week my car has smelled like a hospital due to being packed out with supplies.
So one of the most tedious tasks of packing a couple dozen large suitcases is organizing all the medications. This includes prepping our pharmacy into monthly supplies of medications and today was one of those days. Literally thousands of GI and heart pills were sorted out into hundreds of bags of 30...then relabeled. You can only write "triamterene hydrochlorothiazide" so many times before one gets a little loopy. For example, I learned that sorting Lotrel capsules is much like herding cattle...and it also sounds surprisingly like you're playing Yahtzee as it goes in and out of its bottle. In case you needed to know. ;-)
All this work now will make for lighter packing and also significantly less prep work once we arrive allowing us to spend more quality time with people ministering to their emotional and spiritual needs instead of busying tasks.
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| Lemonade Stand Gals |
One of the most genuinely awesome donations came while we were packing today. A group of young girls (from their neighborhood) came down the steps in a musical march to present the money they had made running a lemonade stand for our trip! True to style, the money was wrapped in a pink bow and laid nicely inside a bedazzled out hand-decorated box. A huge thanks to the ALL the people who have donated and will continue to donate!
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| In 3 weeks, this will all be nicely sorted into suitcases, I promise! |
So one of the most tedious tasks of packing a couple dozen large suitcases is organizing all the medications. This includes prepping our pharmacy into monthly supplies of medications and today was one of those days. Literally thousands of GI and heart pills were sorted out into hundreds of bags of 30...then relabeled. You can only write "triamterene hydrochlorothiazide" so many times before one gets a little loopy. For example, I learned that sorting Lotrel capsules is much like herding cattle...and it also sounds surprisingly like you're playing Yahtzee as it goes in and out of its bottle. In case you needed to know. ;-)
One of the most genuinely awesome donations came while we were packing today. A group of young girls (from their neighborhood) came down the steps in a musical march to present the money they had made running a lemonade stand for our trip! True to style, the money was wrapped in a pink bow and laid nicely inside a bedazzled out hand-decorated box. A huge thanks to the ALL the people who have donated and will continue to donate!
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