It is Saturday and like many places in the world the pace around the hospital is slower. Marv is not on call today and so we decided to take a walk to get some exercise. We have been intrigued to see the generator project which is underway down at the river. Let's just say that Marv, still having a bit of little boy in him, has been more intrigued than I have, but I agreed to walk down there this morning and check it out. Both the walk and the project are unbelievable! Both are difficult undertakings. The road down there is third world, full of boulders, uneven,and steep. Betsy you would have been having a fit watching me navigate the path. But I did it! Once we reached the river the third world meets modernity. What an amazing sight to see this gigantic piece of machinery generating electric power for the area and now it is going to be doubled in capacity. What vision people had 75 years ago to harness the dam so that medical care could be provided for this vast area. Now this addition will make it possible to provide more reliable power to the area as well as supply needed power for modern technology to improve medical care like CAT scans and MRIs. As we were standing there at the river edge we looked up to see a woman walking across the narrow bridge over the dam with a heavy water can on top of her head. Modernity is not part of her world yet! That is Tenwek, a place where one world meets another. We are blessed to be a part of it; if only for a short time.
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