Ambulance

We had a huge celebration the day the ambulance arrived!  People, this is the ambulance that you all bought for Bumi Sehat.  It was bought with funds from the Rotary Club and generous donors.  If you gave $10, you have helped saved a life...or two.  Sometimes mamas and their babies need to be rushed to the hospital but usually it's just a really long labor where the mom is totally exhausted and wants to transfer.  Sometimes, a family walks up with a child in their arms who is having a seizure of some sort.  We've used the ambulance to help these people get to a hospital quickly and provide care on the way.

A little less posed here...and you can see Pagi's face, which was blocked by those beautiful flowers in the previous shot.  He's an amazing part of the Bumi, team!  I was at the birth of his second daughter the last time I was at the clinic.  It's so cool to see her grow up.  We're both parents of two daughters and both full of love for Bumi.  He is a much harder worker than me, though.  He has built stairs, poured concrete for a walkway, created and maintained an organic garden, driven people all over town, laughed a lot, and remained humble through it all.  When the ambulance was on it's way to us, he poured the concrete for the parking pad, used a blowtorch of some sort to make a metal roof complete with intricate swirly metal on the posts.  He's pretty much awesome and I am honored to work alongside him year after year.

Yes, it was tasty and healthy!

let's eat!