My day was different from most… it started out with about 30 minutes of English class then Isaac and I being ushered to Taipei to go see the doctor. For some reason when you just ask to see a regular doctor they make a big deal and decide to take us to the hospital.
As we were sitting in the car we realized that if we didn’t die before we got to the hospital that we would most certainly die by the hand of our driver. The roads in Taiwan are extremely narrow and there is nothing like trying to pass big concrete trucks while going head to head with on coming traffic at 60mph.
Things were fine as we both got our prescriptions and left… the hospital was a really good eye opener to me in really seeing the people of Taiwan… young and old… sick and really sick. The quality of care here is probably the best in the world. They have centers for everything you can think of and it’s quick and efficient.
We then had the privilege of stopping at Costco for lunch and had about 15 minutes to look around and buy the essentials… M&M’s and root beer. I had the feeling of being a little boy being let loose and a huge candy store. Seeing American food and the breads, pies and just well…good food was amazing.
We then took the train back and joined the rest of the team. I look forward to teaching tomorrow and hopefully the kids will enjoy it too.
Please pray for our health … we are being fed a lot of food but the food isn’t sustaining us. We need proper vitamins, fiber, nutrition, etc… and that the rest we have would make up for everything else.
The thing I will close with is the how amazing it is to be able to name someone. On Monday I was able to give out a bunch of names to the kids I was testing… Sophia, Matthew, Jeff, Brendon, Luke, and Micah were all names that I gave out in a period of about 30 minutes. The last set of names was fitting for the guys I roomed with back at HQ and today it was funny to see them shining through the kids.
Thank you for your prayers and encouragement…
Joshua Smith
Shuangsi County
