Mens ward has been dealing with a lot of orthopedics lately... at one point I had 6 patients in traction! These three boys have fractured femurs. Some creativity is required for traction weights at times.


This man fractured his leg 2 years ago!! Yes, that IS the tibia bone sticking out.


Chris and Emma Houlden have now arrived from the UK, and Rachel Rodgers from Canada. I took them to the village to visit some friends from church for a bit of a cultural experience.


Peter and Astrida Kafweku (a.k.a. "Smiley Lady") were wonderful hosts. Chris had a go at pounding cassava, much to the locals delight (not a mans job!).


We enjoyed a meal of nshima and a selection of delicious relishes.


One Friday afternoon we visited the local school sports day. We arrived in time for the girls high jump. No landing mat! So obviously a different jumping technique is adopted.


Mamisa stayed with me for the first part of this year, which meant regular meals of nshima. Here she is cooking flying ants, which are abundant during heavy rains, and mixing the nshima as they traditionally do with the help of the legs.


The girls youth group has relaunched with great success, we've almost 80 names on the register and an average of about 40 girls coming each Tuesday afternoon.


I end this blog with a picture to go with a recent favourite quote of what Africa has to offer... "insects for the visually impaired". This man kindly brought this oversized grub onto the ward for us to see. (And no, the don't eat them... although I'm sure Bear Grylls would...)