Today I jogged (slowly!) for 40 minutes without stopping! I have NEVER done that before. This morning Suzy, Sabet and I exercised with Paul and Elaine, a couple from San Diego, who are here with us for three weeks. They power walked while I jogged. As we started walking, something in me felt like jogging. I decided to jog and see how long I could go. It actually felt good to be back jogging again. Obviously I was not going fast if their power walking was the same speed of my jogging! Nonetheless, I was excited to have achieved that.
Today Suzy and I got caught up on accounting (shout out to Amy!). It feels nice to be back working here. The clinic is as busy as ever. We are seeing the amount of malaria cases on the rise. Yesterday a seven month old baby was brought in weighing only 3 kilos (6.5 pounds). She was severely malnourished. It's sad to think that's what people were like here during the famine not so long ago. We had to refer this child to Wau for further examination. It appears the mother is feeding her, but she is not able to absorb any nutrients. She was sweet and so tiny.
This evening, Stephanie, Jessica and I did a workout DVD my mom sent. It's from the Biggest Loser. It was SO hard and I am really sore! We are going to do it again tomorrow. Dennis and a few others might join us.
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I'm impressed!!!! 40 minutes is awesome, Stacie! I loved the exercise video you posted...will you ask someone to make me a "bar bell" weighing about 15 pounds? I need to keep my arms in shape so I can keep Mike in line! :)
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Amy
Stacie,
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing! I can't even imagine jogging for 40 minutes! Speaking of you and your exercise, Traci Beith just posted a picture of you on Facebook reminding people to pray for you. It was an amazing picture of you. You just look stunning. You are wearing a purple dress with a black jacket over it. I joked to Traci that I thought you were supposed to be roughing it over in Africa and here you are looking all glamorous. ;-) Keep up the good work!
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Megan
Thanks Megan! Believe me, I am FAR from glamorous in Sudan. In Nairobi it's nice to get dressed up for church - dress, jewelry, make-up. I don't even bring those things to Sudan because I never use them here. They stay in Nairobi.
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