awesome morning!

this week i'm working in the maternity of the big reference hospital in cotonou. this morning i saw an endoscopy. they went in through the woman's belly button and made only 2 other holes in her abdomen. they filled the abdominal cavity with gas and inserted a camera. i saw her uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, intestines, everything! in full color! it was so awesome! tuesday, i saw the birth of twins! 2 little tiny baby boys. they were premature but otherwise in good health. (sigh) life is wonderful. next week i'm going back to bohicon to work with an ngo there and visit women in the surrounding villages. in april i start really traveling and will only be in cotonou for a couple weekends after the end of april. i'll be traveling all around the north working in hospitals, clinics, and visiting villages. i am on cloud 9 right now. i love Benin!