A view of Kapsowar

Dan here....
We have been in Africa for over 40 days now, and I realized that we have not posted very many pictures of the hospital, where we live, or the main town of Kapsowar.

Hospital Grounds

The nursing school on the hospital grounds

This will eventually be the new dorms for some nursing students.  All of the cement is mixed by hand and carried shovelful by shovelful from the ground to the top floor.  Apparently they have been working on this for about 2 years now.

Kristen outside of the maternity ward

A couple of the buildings where sick patients stay while they are being treated.  Each building has several beds, all right next to each other where the patients stay.  There isn't the privacy that we have in the US

Kristen just outside the theater.  This is where the 2 operating rooms are and where Kristen does a lot of her work

Billing office on the hospital grounds

Lab and X-ray building

The front of the hospital where all patients enter

Ambulance

Hospital gate at the front entrance.

Inside the theater looking at the ICU and 2 OR's at the end of the hallway.

Another picture of the front of the hospital

Inside the theater

Kristen's office/exam room inside the maternity ward

Nurse's station in the maternity ward

If you are planning on having a baby, this is the delivery room

 Where we live

Looking out our front door

In the background is our water tank.  As long as that has water, we have water in the house.  You can also see how they ran our electrical wire.  Since Kristen and I just sold our house in the States, we always are joking "that's not up to code!"

A view of the backyard

The basketball court on the mission compound.  Many kids come in the afternoon and play basketball here

A poinsettia tree in our front yard

More of our front yard

The front of our house

The back of our house

Our "garage"

Kristen's walk to work

More of the trail on her walk to work

The gate just outside the mission compound

A view on the walk to the hospital

A view on the walk to the hospital

A couple of water tanks and buildings on the hospital grounds

I took this pictures because it is very common to see pipes all over the place here.  They dont really bury their water pipes here

Our car

The town of Kapsowar

Main Street

One of the 3 gas stations here in Kapsowar

This is where Kristen and I get most of our produce.  Each little stand is managed by a different vendor.  I would be surprised if most vendors make more than a dollar a day.

The pickup truck in the middle of this picture shows one form of public transportation.  They will fit at least 20 people in the back of that truck

All of these mini-vans are for public transportation.  They wait until the van is full before they leave.  These are all sitting just outside the hospital.  

                                                    

                                                               Another view of main street

The local church that we have been attending

                                        

                                          Another church in the area

Inside the other church