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| Santa Lucia |
Merry
Christmas! Another year is almost over
& I have no idea where the time has gone!
Last year at this time we were between outreaches, just finished in
Sierra Leone & were recovering in Ghana before moving on to Togo. This year though we are in the middle of a
field service here in Guinea. A slightly different feel to the Christmas
holiday this year with the hospital still open & patients still on board,
we aren’t doing any surgeries over the two week holiday break.
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| The OR door |
The Christmas
elves snuck on board again this year & the ship took on a very festive look
around the first of December. We
celebrated a lot of different Christmas traditions from all over the
world. First there was Sintaklaus- a
Dutch holiday celebrating St. Nicholas; then Santa Lucia- a Scandinavian
holiday celebrating St.
Lucia.
We had Christmas markets & cooking baking & gingerbread house
contests. The annual door decorating
contest is always a big favorite. The OR
has the reputation of having some amazing door designs- we didn’t
disappoint! We took first place in the
traditional office door category!
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| Merry Christmas from the OR! |
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| Christmas Scrub Day |
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| Advent wreath |
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| BBQ on the dock |
As Christmas
approached, we had a BBQ on the dock, followed by Carrols by Candlelight- a
very Australian tradition, complete with The African Wiggles showing up with
Santa Claus! A fun evening of friendship
& fellowship.
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| Light a candle |
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| African Wiggles! |
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| Silent Night! Holy Night! |
Christmas Day
arrived with the hallway outside our cabin doors piled with presents & a
lovely Christmas brunch waiting for us in the dining room. The food was amazing- ham, mashed potatoes,
omelets, hashbrowns, greenbean casseroles.
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| Oh the weather outside is frightful! |
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| Come buy from me- I'll give you good price! |
Here on the ship
we celebrate Boxing Day… a continuation of the Christmas holiday. This year I took advantage of being in a very
warm climate & took the boat over to Rooma Island,
just off the coast. A fun, relaxing day
in the sun enjoying the ocean, listening to a local band play & just having
a day off. So nice!
I hope everyone
had a wonderful Christmas time. Joyeux
Noel!
Blessings
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