Sunday was international woman’s day. It seems fitting that on that
day women with broken wombs, bladders and bowels lined up along the
dock. Having traveled far they were finally here, ready to go through
the last pre-assessment stages before they have surgery. There were a
lot of shocked eyes when they saw how big the ship is. There was also a
lot of chatter. Imagine 80 women in one place. Women that have been
avoided, shunned and ignored, hated, abandoned and hurt. Women that have
just been let in to a secret… that there are others. Others just like
them. Others that smell like urine and have been treated like filth.
Imagine the chatter then, the instant camaraderie, compassion and warmth
that happens when women find others who understand.
Today is the first day of VVF surgeries. The day that these women
start to hold their heads a little higher and laugh a little more.
If you pray, pray for wisdom for our teams who are on the dock
currently, carrying out final tests, pray for the surgeons in the
operating rooms and pray for the women who walk up the gangway.
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