It's much quieter here at the Transit Hotel now that the Medical Team has left to go back to the United States. The team consisted of 12 nurses, doctors, and others who helped out at a local clinic in Maai Mahiu (the name of the town CTC is based in). The only way to describe the dynamic of this team is to use the word 'family.' We all became so comfortable with each other so quickly! This led to amazing times being had and to great work being done!
I worked alongside this team more as a team member than a team coordinator, which is now my official position starting today. I went with them to tour local hospitals in the surrounding cities and when they worked at their clinic they had me filling prescriptions with the pharmacists! The main clinic we put on was in Maai Mahiu and the second clinic was a temporary one in Oitti... Maasai country!!! What amazing people! What amazing culture! What amazing food!
It is hard to describe in words the experience we had there. In a way I felt at home! It reminded me of my time at the ranch in Coleman, TX. The Maasai are a ranching community and their tribe is the most important thing in the world to them, just like family was the most important thing to those I met in Coleman. I also found warmth with the people that I met there. There was no aggressive nature that I sensed from any of them. I only sensed a deep desire in them to get to know us, their new and unfamiliar guests.
They were beautiful people. They didn't have much, but what they had they shared. We were invited into one home, which is dark and made of mud and wood, to eat lunch and have a coke!!! Imagine that!
I have adjusted well, am sleeping well, and am very much enjoying my time here.
We are actually going to visit the Maasai again tomorrow with a Physical Therapist also named Joel... Joel Mark Manwill. We are going out to see if he can help the tribe and their children with special needs.
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