Sunday August 8

Sunday: High 35.7 Low 27.3 Today was a little quieter around the hospital as the clinic was closed with only ER and inpatients for the staff to deal with. About Six or seven volunteer people left today. We sure miss them already. It is amazing how quickly bonds can be made in a situation like this and within a day or two working together you feel that you could have known each other for a long time. Gary was one of those who left this morning with his two friends. We will certainly miss his booming voice in the hallways and his experience in carpentry. It is so neat to see people from different backgrounds, different religious groups, ethnic groups and relief organizations coming together as a team all for the common good of those we are here to serve. Ron and I spent a good portion of the day switching electrical breakers on and off as we were trying to find out what breakers controlled what in which rooms. We found there was no rhyme or reason to the way the breakers were wired. And on one side of the hall all the lights and ceiling fans for the seven rooms are on one breaker. These rooms at present are not quite finished but the plan is to fix them up nice so they can be used for private and semi private rooms for paying patients. This would give the hospital a little bit of revenue to operate on and or to use for much needed parts and repairs so we are going to concentrate on finishing two of these at a time.