Zeal

I'm just going to the jam the last few days together. As of now, I think all three of the medical students are sick with a stomach thing, Celia was hospitalized last night, and none of them could work at the hospital today. I've been hanging out with the kids at the burn clinic and starting to videotape more to make a fund-raising video so the clinic can afford more compression clothing and stuff. I never knew how much fun connect four could be without following the rules or having any objective except to let all the checkers come crashing out when you pull the bottom lever. The kids also enjoy knocking over domino buildings or lego creations or whatever else. Victor, who can't be ten yet, is apparently already adept at chess. Ronaldo, pictured, honed his monkey-linking skills for a long period of time, and explained a picture book to me in not spanish, but possibly his own made-up language. Alex got a wheelchair and explored a little more of the clinic, but I think was forced back to his bed, where I read him "Run, Dog, Run" in spanish. He's under the impression that most of the dogs are going to gun down the other dogs with machine guns. He was also very concerned because one dog didn't like another dog's hat. The other day while videotaping a heavily burnt child being fitted for compression clothes, I jumped when I realized I was kneeling in front of a space heater, and worried that I singed my scrubs. Pathetic, I know. I hung out some with Steve, who was also staying at the guest house. He's going to start med school in Chicago, and is down here working under different doctors throughout Bolivia. He told me about his friend who's in the habit of taking solo mission trips without any preparation, trusting God to provide everything. He's already gone to Africa and helped out orphans of wars. Now he's thinking about going somewhere over there and toughing the wilderness and stealing children out of sex slavery. Meanwhile I'm already missing the Zaxby's and Chickfila of the U.S. It forces me to wonder how the world would be affected if more Christians had radical passion and initiative.