They took him to the hospital where he was given and IV and admitted. Later that afternoon, Timo and Iwent to the hospital and to the market to buy sheets and a blanket, as the hospital does not provide anything, but the bed. We made up his bed, talked briefly with him and prayed for him. He seemed to be comfortable on the soft sheets and bed, thanked us and smiled.
On Monday evening, the doctor told Timo he was discharged. Timo and the boys took him back to his place and Timo left a neighbor the medicines to give to him the next morning. Sadly, when the neighbor went on Tuesday, the man was dead. There was no family, no service, no coffin. Some neighbors dug a grave opposite his hut, wrapped him in the new sheets and blanket and buried him. The boys came just as he had been buried and we prayed.
We were comforted to know that in his last hours of life, he had known compassion, kindness, and gentleness. This experience had a profound effect on some of the young men.
The Hut
The Man
Timo and Charles carrying him
In the clinic
Timo (right) with school friends at graveside.