The trip was uneventful and arrived to find one of the doctors from the hospital waiting for me, which was so nice. Then driving through Lusaka it all started to hit home. I managed to do some reading on the plane, and all that I can tell so far is that I need to really commit to this and that God has something planned completely beyond what I can imagine. I must admit that not really knowing how it is all going to work out is making me nervous and unsettled. Perhaps that's another lesson I need to learn ... to trust.
So after stopping to buy a mobile, we arrived at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church Centre. It's a pretty big compound and incorporates
- A large church
- Two small chapels
- A small in-patient unit
- A busy out-patients department
- An Infectious Diseases and HIV centre
- A school for orphans
- and finally a guest-house, which is where I am staying.
Everyone here is so lovely and it's really cool having the school on-site cos there's always kids around smiling and laughing. I spent today just trying to settle in and spent a short period with Dr. Moheb (who picked me up) in his rooms. Made me feel quite nervous about having to step up to the plate and be a doctor here.
He's an infectious diseases physician who also see's everything else and is also the main ultrasonographer. Anyway, I think I'll use the word overwhelmed too often if I continue so I'll leave it at that. Off to spend a bit of quiet time and energise for a fresh start tomorrow. I'll tell you more about what it's like here soon.
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