Dr. Bob Skankey and his wife Louine finally arrived yesterday evening. I say finally because the preparations have been ongoing for months and the mission was in some jeopardy because of the recent coup d’etat in Niger. (only a week ago) The coup is being heralded as a pretty good move by most Nigerians so with the addition of three extra soldiers to our security brigade (we now have seven–our own private army it seems), we decided, and were allowed, to go ahead.
We have installed the medicines and vitamins that they brought…
And we have installed ourselves…
Bob and Louine’s room
Margaret’s and my room– Margaret arrives next week.
Louine’s first taste of camel milk…
Bob testing Sidi for malaria
Counting pills
Tomorrow the Niger medical team arrives so we can start treatment on Saturday. There are already 75 on the waiting list. Stay tuned…
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