I did mouth to mouth recessitation on a corpse yesterday

Yes, it was a pretty routine day for us around here working on getting our house set up. I was in
the middle of helping Brad take apart our washing machine to try and figure out why it's not working
properly when our friend, Jose Maia called us (yes, it is incredible, we actually have cell phone
coverage out here!) He said there was an emergency involving an Ash lady up at the clinic. Would I
like to go? I decided that sure, I was interested, so he came by with his four-wheeler to take me
to the clinic.

When we arrived, there was a crowd of Ash ladies outside one of the clinic windows. We went inside
and then after a quick introduction to the lady doctor, she asked for my help. She and another man
were there trying to do CPR on an Ash lady that apparently had drowned. Sometimes a drowning victim
can be revived by CPR so we worked hard. The medical man did chest compressions and I gave breaths.
We worked until the lady doctor was able to give some medicine to see if we could get the drowned
lady's heart going again. Unfortunately, nothing changed and after a little while the doctor called
a stop. We stepped back explaining how there really was no hope, but the family members present
didn't want to give up. Different one's on the other side of the window kept encouraging the family
members present to look for warm spots on the dead woman's body. They worked hard, but the doctor
had called it correctly and the woman was dead. How very sad! I hurt watching her husband and in
laws as they grappled with the fact that she was indeed gone.

Brad and I hung around with the family some that evening and then when we were told that they
wouldn't bury her until today, we said good night. We had understood that the burial would be this
afternoon, but unfortunately, we missed it as they burried her sooner than we expected. If you
think of this grieving family today, please pray that God would use the incident to draw them to
Himself.

-Rebecca