Sat. Apr 18 🏥

 I forgot to mention that our Tala outpost Brother’s ailing mother passed away yesterday morning early.

We wish we could’ve been available, But, Doyle rented a car  and took some of the brethren from Gopalgonj and Khulna to the burial that afternoon at 4:00

Another day at the hosp. for us. Gentry’s oxygen levels are still too low on his own and not eating enough to stay hydrated on his own. No fevers today tho 🤗

Nurse today was taking some liberties with her white patient, unhooked his IV ,took him to the nurses station, passing him around and getting pictures. Hopefully he’s not contagious anymore and that there’s no other viruses floating around!

But he hasn’t been scared of these nurses and usually is happy when they come to check on him.

We decided I should go spend a bit of time at the guesthouse with the girls so I went out to the curb and hired a CNG all by myself😜 It was quite liberating to be able to do that😂 and I know, we’ve been here for over a year already but I usually have not had much of an occasion to do something like that with Lonnie always around.. and I found out later that I quite over paid him as I just gave him the price he quoted😏 (about $4 USD for a 20 min. ride) Oh well, lesson learned and maybe he can go home early tonight, or buy a chicken to have with his supper.

At the house, I read Annslie a few stories and she fell asleep. At 6:30 the girls were invited to Brian’s for supper. I stayed while Annslie napped. Kaylee showed up with a plate of food and sweet tea💛 then stayed to visit. It reminds me of visits with Brianna before Brian’s term started💛.. couples placed in Dhaka fill a special role when their fellow missionaries come in to the City💝It was amazing to visit without any littles to be attending to 🫶🏼 

Lonnie contacted his auto rickshaw driver friend, Syed Ali, about taking me back to the hosp. as CNGs are not as readily available on this end. Auto rickshaws are not allowed the last stretch to the hosp. I don’t know if that was the reason or what, but Syed Ali ended up summoning a car and driver to take me back! Annslie was being Quite clingy so we opted to take all the girls back to the hosp with us and then they would return home with Lonnie, so he could shower and put Annslie to sleep for the night. He had the driver run him to a pharmacy for a med that the hosp ran out of and then take him and all the girls home. Another way to use somebody else’s hard to obtain fuel🫣