We had good news and bad news all at the same time last week....
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commended and thanked for their allocation of many thousands of dollars for radiation treatment for patients who travel to the Cancer Institute of Guyana. The cost in Guyana is a tenth of that in Florida and the logistics are much simpler. We send our ladies in groups of three or four and they share a rented house that is in easy reach fo the Institute. Many thanks to the Ministry of Health who assist with accommodation costs. The donations received by the Cancer Society help to meet the cost of the fares and each patient does their own personal fundraising for their own costs. Over 45 women have now returned from Guyana with their whole lives ahead of them. Early intervention saves lives.
I am delighted to report that it is now possible to get to Boetica and Delices villages safely. A Bailey bridge has been installed and is in use at last. Since the Boetica bridge collapsed during Tropical Strom Erika the villagers have been effectively stranded, dealing with the tragedy of losing one of their own under a landslide and having no vehicular access due to slides and cracks in the road at Black Star.
There was no way that heavy machinery could be brought in to clear the landslides and fix the access roads and several businesses have simply had to close. Access from the other end was through the evacuated village of Petit Savanne and so they were truly stuck. We visited two weeks ago for a 100th birthday and drove down the precipitous gorge in four wheel drive and prayed not to meet anyone on the narrow muddy road. ( see video) the only other way in apart from traversing the muddy track on foot, was on a precarious sling (make shift cable car!) (See video)
So God is Good all the time and all the time God is Good. -- Other related videos follow:
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