We Have A New Assistant!

 This past week was a relatively easy week. On Monday it was Labor Day here so I did not have work. I stayed home translating and spending time with my host family. Tuesday and Wednesday Dr. Karla and I went to the schools and did consults in the morning and then tended to some special cases in the afternoons. There are a lot of things to be praying for. Thursday I had an online meeting in the morning and ended up just staying at my house and working on some administrative things that Dr. Karla and I have been falling behind on.

Then Friday was a great day! Our assistant started working and I oriented her at the Quinta about her position. Her name is Carla Patricia (I call her Patricia to avoid confusion with Karla vs. Carla) and she a Nicaraguan. She is 23 years old too and is excited to be helping the project…plus she is super organized and good at the computer!

It is important that the project of providing healthcare to the 1,800 Nicaraguan kids in the NRN (Nicaraguan Resource Network) schools is sustainable and as manageable as possible. Having an assistant and soon a Nicaraguan nurse will really set up Dr. Karla to have the basic stable support that she needs to develop the project and manage all the work that is involved….not to mention have some great ladies to share in the joys and sadness of the work. Sustainability is important in any project hoping to have a long term presence and impact. The addition of Patricia and soon a nurse will make providing healthcare to these children sustainable and impactful.  I am really excited about the assistant and the growth that the project has had in just the few months that I have been here.  I can only imagine all the wonderful blessings and work that is going to happen as the project continues to develop more and more.

Love,

Ayla Landry

“We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.” - Woodrow Wilson