More Testing in Madaba

We like to think of Jordan as a bit like Utah.  We live in Husn (Logan) in the north, the capital city is Amman (Salt Lake) in the middle, and Aquaba (St. George) is in the south.  The climate is about the same in all three.  Madaba would be compared to Provo.  Madaba is about a three hour drive from Husn.  We can stay in the Amman center whenever we want and we've been very grateful we don't have to make that drive every day during the diabetic retinopathy campaign in Madaba.

The goal for the diabetic retinopathy campaign is to test 20,000 people for diabetes.  This isn't our project, but we've been asked to take over when the lead couple goes home in May and we've been assisting them as best we can.  We two old people from the Salem 9th Ward can't even spell diabetic retinopathy but we're learning.  The skills we learned doing the measles campaigns have helped us.  Every time we think we're "in over our heads" we remind ourselves that the Lord doesn't make mistakes and he's the one who sent us here, so by golly we'll do our best.

We trained the volunteers from a nearby university.  They were very happy to assist.  

These two students set up a table and tested in a busy area by the bus station.  They loved it.