A few snapshots...

A couple of shots of the smallest patients in the hospital, quite amazing what they've been able to accomplish!

At the Mobile Clinic showing a little girl her picture

Vilborg and Eun Kyung with one of the burn-patients

This little girl always had a smile on her face!

Vilborg with the nurses in ward MS1 (internal medicine)

First blog from Ethiopia :)

We've had some trouble trying to blog, but finally we figured it out!

Vilborg and I left for Ethiopia on January 4th 2010 on a 3 month trip. In the couple of weeks we've been here we've been to a lake called Langano with a couple of childhood friends (also missionary kids). There we had a lot of fun with waterskis, boat trips, card games and a camp fire at night. What a way to start our time in Ethiopia!

A week ago we started our time in the Myungsung Christian Medical Center (MCM), which is a hospital here in Addis, the capital city of Ethiopia. We are going to be there for 4 weeks all together. So far our time has been great. I was in the Naonatology Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for most of the time while Vilborg was working in the three different wards they have at the hospital (medical, surgical and VIP/first class). A lot of things are different from what we are used to back in Iceland, but there are also things we are impressed with, NICU being one of them.

Today we went with volunteers and staff from MCM to a church in the suburbs of Addis where we had a mobile clinic. We had our own post where we saw patients and treated them as best we could or referred those who needed it. It was a great experience! All together 400-450 patients came to the mobile clinic.

We will try to post some pictures in the coming days, so stay tuned!!

Greetings all the way from Ethiopia!