Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Prayer As Witness



There was a time during the care of my four-year old patient that all I could do for him was to pray.   He was in very critical condition and no medicine could help.  So after taking his vital signs and making him comfortable, I prayed at his bedside, the rosary and divine mercy chaplet .

One time I got near to his head and whispered in his ear, “Wilson, you are an angel and have suffered so much already.  You are too young to experience this discomfort. If our Lord is calling you, just go with Him.  You deserve peace of mind ,body and soul. I like taking care of you, but I can see you are suffering and so does your mom. If the Angels want to take you, just go with them.”

Little did I know that my two female co-workers heard me.  I just found out about this when I was given a day off for a Lenten pilgrimage day.  One of them was talking about what I had whispered to Wilson - the prayer I said to him.  Then each of them called me in a corner and requested me to pray for them on my pilgrimage,  They enumerated their petitions and prayer, a few were even very personal.

They were serious in talking with me. So I made them aware that I will make their prayers known to God. After this incident we seemed to bond even more. This is what I call an intangible gift from God that I have received in this mission.

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Cardiac Conference



St. Elizabeth Catholic Hospital, Shisong celebrated its first cardiac conference at the Hilton Hotel in Yaounde with the theme: Cardiac and Vascular Events. It was on March 16th for  the cardiac center open door day.

I had the opportunity to witness the presentation of the seven-years experience of Shisong cardiac center. The panelist were cardio-vascular doctors from Italy, USA  and Cameroon. The main guest speaker was the Minister of Public Health of Cameroon. There were some former patients who came also per invitation. The whole event was amazing.

My trip to Yaounde was overnight by bus with other staff. Then our cardiac center manager had me stay at a nice hotel which I am grateful to God and the Tertiary Sisters of St Francis. I felt so special on how they took care of me.