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.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Serving the young and the old
The beautiful thing about our permanent clinic is we are able to see people from the beginning of life until the end. This sweet little baby who came to our clinic today we saw when the mom was pregnant with him. Well child check-ups are a very uncommon occurance here as it is expensive and an all-day adventure to take the bus into town and wait all day to maybe be seen. Here for a nominal fee they can have a pediatric physician assess, evaluate and ensure that their baby is healthy and growing well. We keep a growth chart on all patients, and give vitamins to eveyone. This way we are truly able to monitor the progress of babies, and everyone in the community.
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