Today marks the first of June! That means that there are 13 more days left for me in here...this time.

This week has been a busy week for me personally. I visited the church that I used to go to in town, met my friend’s baby girl, visited a few of my friends in their homes, and went to market and sat with my friend who sells pagne (west African fabric). It has been so wonderful to be reunited with so many familiar faces. In the same breath, it has been difficult in some ways too, saying hello, just to say “see you later” again in a couple of weeks.

At the hospital, things have also been busy. This week the hospital treated its 50,000th patient since opening three and half years ago. 50,000 patients served by a 60”ish” bed hospital in just a few years.

Aside from treating 50,000 patients. I am also excited to say that the local nursing students (who have been training for the last few years), will be graduating later this month. The nursing students are now working more shifts at the hospital and over the past few weeks I have been assigned to work with a student almost every shift. Truthfully, I have loved the days that I have had a student assigned to me! It has been so encouraging to see how much they have grown in their skills and confidence over these past months.

Even though I am sad to be leaving in a few weeks (not knowing if/when I will return), I am content knowing that these new nurses will be “officially” helping staff the hospital in month or so. Please pray for them as they transition into their role as new NURSES over this next month.

Thank you for journeying along with me. I can’t wait to share another update with you next week.

Written by Megan Smith

2019 Global Health Collaboration Missions Scholarship Recipient

Working with World Medical Mission

Mango, Togo- Africa