Erin Pettengill is a missionary nurse through Mission to the World (MTW), the mission sending arm of the (PCA). I have been a Registered Nurse for over 20 years. My family and I served in Honduras for 7 1/2 years where we were involved in Medical/Mercy Ministry, Street Children, English classes, Kids Club, and Church Planting. We are now serving in Equatorial Guinea, Africa in medical/mercy ministry and biblical teaching.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Playing at clinic
Many many children grow up without what we would consider "normal" kind of toys. Here, manipulative toys, learning toys, building blocks are way outside of the norm. For one thing, they are expensive and the other, parents would rather spend money on new shoes or clothes for their kids then "unnecessary" toys. To keep children occupied while they are waiting to be seen, I have building blocks, dolls, and other manipulative toys. What I find fun to watch is when the adults get involved. They have never had the opportunity to play with toys like this, so often times I will go outside to our waiting area and find parents playing with our toys as much as the children are.
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