Volunteer day one at Mother Teresa's

Quite an experience the day was supposed to start at 6am with mass with the sisters (not compulsory) then breakfast and be ready to start work at 8am. Unfortunately I could not make it to the mass as I could not get out of the hotel so early hopefullyy when I move Monday I will be able to go.
I have been assigned to Kahlighat the first house that was established by Mother Teresa. As there is a bus and taxi strike today we got taken in the ambulance a biggish mini van with driver 4 sisters and 14 volunteers we stopped and picked up a couple more sisters who said the rosary all the way this however did not help with the traffic which is pretty wild here - we knocked into a motor bike fortunately no damage or harmm then we picked up a chap at the bus stop rolling in agony so now he is lying on one of the bench seats and off we go.

Once we all got out it was aprons and hand washing then off to work.
Wash the breakfast dishes big stone sinks are set into the ground and it works like a chain gang. They are all metal all plastic so there is a lot of water and noise and laughter.
Next the washing all done by hand and feet one sister the size of a 5year old kept telling us wringing was a two man job (what about spin dry)!! This is done in big concrete tubs there is water everywhere
Next the patients I guess that is what they are a few have dressings done in a sort of sterile manner. It is all very interesting for me to note their teqniques . My job was the cleaning teeth round amazing how good some of their teeth are .
We got a break for morning tea and a biscuit then back for serving lunch rice and some sort of curry I guess. Some appeared to have huge appetites for such small people. About 3 had to be fed there were at least 60 women and probably the same on the other side for men. Meal was followed by hand washing and of course the dishes. I learned a new technique for drying the mugs two at a time .
And then we were let out - more of the same tomorrow