Saving Soy's foot

Sue attending to Soy. The bright light is a flash-light that Sue often has on her head (like a coalminer!) when she cares for his wound.

Soy has been with us for around seven weeks now. He's the guy who has a diabetic sore on his foot. The sore was an absolute shocker when he arrived - black toes, black skin and about half a foot ulcerated away to the tendon. We were his last chance before amputation. The progress from day 1 with us, and the acceleration of this progress in the last 10 days, is just wonderful to behold.

Every patient is a training-ground for our carers, Sreymom and Sopheap. They have learned so much in caring for Soy, as Sue walks them thru' wound care and prayer. Remarkably, we discovered that Soy was a doctor in the Pol Pot regime. With all doctors and other educated people killed by the Khmer Rouge, they basically rounded up some likely lads, had the Chinese give them a few days training in acupuncture and turned them loose to be the doctors to a nation. I can only imagine the impact of this time of grace in Soy's life, where he receives that which is so totally far removed from that which he used to give.