Wish lists...

Items needed at the Buea 7th day Adventist Health Center. If any of you want to donate some of the items I would really appreciate it!

Here's the list:
1. urine pregnancy tests
2. hemoccult cards with reagent
3. glucose meter with test strips
* we have a One-Touch Ultra-2 machine here but we would need 2 machines during the health fair.
Another One-Touch Ultra machine would allow us to be able to buy more test strips in Cameroon if you
leave the machine behind after the fair.

4. Hand-held machine for testing hemoglobins or other simple system for anemia screening
* we have a HemoPoint H2 machine but would need microcuvettes (

5. Cholesterol screening kits

6. KY lubricant
7. condoms
8. Hand sanitizer
9. non-sterile gloves
10. blood pressure machine with stethoscope
11. black pens
12. Patient educational handouts on self-breast exam, prostate cancer, HIV, diabetes, obesity, HTN,
colon cancer, anemia
13. alcohol swabs, syringes, test tubes, needles, medical tape, gauzes/cotton, calculator are always
useful

Note: Items 6-13 can be obtained in Cameroon but it would be helpful for our budget if you could get
them donated.

Medications we would like to give out in the health fair:

1. antibiotic ointment
2. adult multi-vitamins
3. Children's vitamins
4. tylenol or ibuprofen or other analgesic
5. no perfume or scented skin lotion/creams such as plain vaseline, Eucerin, etc.
6. hypo-allergenic soap (such as dove, neutrogena, etc) small bars
7. antacids (any kind! examples TUM, Maalox, Mylanta, ...)
8. Travel-size toothpaste/toothbrushes

Don't feel you have to bring
everything. Any helps!



If you have anyone with access to sample medications,here's my list from Face Book of useful medications:

1. any PPI or H2B or antacid
2. HRT
3. lyrica/neurontin
4. HTN medicines - any class
5. DM meds - any
6. SSRI/TCA/SNRI
7. laxatives
8. asthma meds - inhalers and oral
9. analgesics - tylenol, ibuprofen, advil, etc
10. antibiotic eye drops/ointment
11. any allergy medicines, including anti itch agents (oral or topical)
12. cough/cold meds
13. prenatal and children's vitamins
14. glucosamine/condroitin
15. calcium + vit D
16. any type of GI aid such as metaclopramide, hyosine, etc
17. anti-emetics including Unisom, phenergan, etc
18. statins
19. muscle relaxants
20. anti fungals - oral and topical
21. ivermectrin
22. acyclovir or other anti virals
23. meds for aphthous ulcers
24. any dermatological medicine
25. oxybutin
26. synthroid
27. bromocriptine
28. antibiotics (not expired)
29. lidocaine

My New Ride...

I’ve got the keys to my own ride… the John Deere tractor!! My dad handed me the keys and said that I could go as far as I wanted…not too sure where that would be or how far I could get, but anyways.

I feel like such a country girl for loving the smell of tractor exhaust and fresh cut grass. (I must admit that the tractor noise is pretty swell as well!) Perhaps I was meant to be a country girl. Good hard work, nature, and sun! But than that would mean that I wouldn’t have had all the other experiences of growing up overseas… I’m glad for the opportunities that I had, nothing can beat the taste of tropical fruit, humid weather, take-off and landing of a plane, the rich cultures of overseas and not knowing where home really is!

I must admit that I’m still enjoying the mowing though☺

Grace

This word grace has come up quite a bit in the last couple days. For Sabbath School we read through the book of Galatians. The message of grace was tide in throughout Paul's letter. He, kept trying to tell the Galatians that righteousness was not by our own good actions; only through faith. Later that evening while we were at the Lunds for supper, the group started discussing the topic of grace. We are raised to be kind, patient, obedient, etc. because "That is what God wants". Yes, that may be what He would like to see in us, but it won't change His opinion and love for us. We are all sinners and there's NOTHING that we can do. And the good actions that we have, come from God.

It's not that I hadn't heard the idea of grace before, I think God just felt that it needed to be reiterated to me. I think I find myself getting distracted from the truth. I have the message of grace, but most of the time it isn't the message I see or hear around me. It's as if the devil throws these doubts in my direction; only letting me hear how bad I am and how desperately far I have to go. It's true that I am not good and I have a long ways to go, but I'm learning that life is taken one day at a time and at times, one hour or minute at a time. So, God had to remind me that nothing I do will make Him love me any more... or less. It's ALL through His blood and grace that I am saved!

This song came up on my Pandora station and I had never heard it before. In a way it was the 'last straw' that caused me to have to write this idea down.

Thank you God for this gorgeous song and for the reminder!