November 2014

November has been a full and exciting month. It started with a 4 day bush walk to visit 2 of our remote health centers out in the mountains. It has also been the MAF Marathon all this month and the girls have just finished running a marathon up and down the airstrip (26 miles). Basically we feel pretty fit after November! If you want to know more about the MAF Marathon see our other blog at
www.mafmarathon.blogspot.com

X-ray of a guy shot with a shotgun about 6 years ago and turned up at the hospital wondering why he had so much pain

Off on our walk and found some kids in a bush classroom happy for a photo

Endless views in the mountains walking out to Marambe

Bush tracks

View out over Marambe

We had just climbed to the very peak of this mountain from the other side and back down

The health workers house in Marambe where we slept

Drinking water

Bath time after a hard 7 hour walk up and down the mountain

Sleeping conditions in Marambe

The girls about to start their first MAF marathon run on the Marambe airstrip

A family snap

Artistic!

Jack our health worker at Marambe and his lovely family

Another swim / bath

On our walk from Marambe to Lapalama health center

Typical walking conditions with lots of bridges

The view from Lapalama health center back towards kompiam (several valleys away)

Very sad story of little Nomi. See the MAF Marathon blog if you want to know more

Some of the local at Lapalama

Leaving Lapalama with another river crossing

Lapalama on the hillside in the background - another 5 hours walk back to Kompiam!

MAF Twin Otter visiting Yengisa health center with some VIP's

MAF marathon in Kompiam

Helicopter visit to a very remote part of the province to look for a site for a foot bridge for these people to cross the river

Final location selected for the rope bridge across this river so the people can get to health services

Sunday night fellowship in the Mills house

Time for the ducks to go - yummy.

A day out at the Sau river

The steep cliff walk in the background with Kompiam on top of this hill

Fun in the Sau

Warming up on hot rocks after a cold swim

Duckie love or getting another dinner ready??

First floor complete of the new Kompiam International School building

MAF Marathoners after a wet run

Think Heather ran the most miles of any one and all the girls achieved their full marathon

The final run with over 136 people doing the run (and one dog)