The DLRH Tour...in color!

As promised to many... today I will skip the play by play and give you a tour of the property. Granted these pictures are from different years and seasons (since it is 5am, dark, and I have to scour my mother-n-law's computer for pics).

Please click on the pictures for a larger view!

Here we are entering from the roadside to the David and Lois Rees Hosptial.
Renamed after Lois' death two years ago. New Sign!

The Main Gate (Main House on left, Security shed on right)

the Security Shed, and Dusty (of course!)

A look down the entrance road to the Main House doors (also the Staff Meeting rooms)

Swinging around back the Main Front House.

Around back the Directors Offices (backside of Main House)
There are also 3 small guest rooms on this side.

This is the only picture I could really find of the empty lot directly behind the Main House.
If you can imagine a Children's HIV Ward built there by Christmas this year...
and two more wings (girls and boys) built by next winter (for a grand total of 20-25 children)...
it will be a wonderful sight from the office!

Continuing down the Main Entrance road, affectionately renamed "Lois Lane"
(the parallel road 100 yards away, leading to the grave site and the orchards is "David Drive")

Next plot of land on the left is the New HIV Ward (Adult).
FAME - a Christian Medical Org - is helping to construct this building.
It is farther along than this picture (6 months ago), however,
this picture gives you an idea of the floor plan.
Most of the walls are up now on the left side of the ward.
It should be done by Indian Independence day on August 15th (we pray).

Next down the road is the HIV ward (current). These four rooms are joined by four more around back.
You can also see the Maintenance/Car shed attached to the building.

The Main Square for all of our events and celebrations.
Maintenance Shed/Cars on left of picture.

Here is the Guest house (Located about 50 yards behind the Maintenance Shed).
It is now being used for Office workers that have to travel to work during the week.

To the right of the Main Square we have the Hospital grounds. Here are the Offices (counseling, accounts, pharmacy, and our resident doctor all share this building). The backside of this building is storage and the hospital's kitchen.

The Patience have a large court yard with plenty of benches to sit and enjoy company, and the day, by. Even during these hot summer days, it stays cooler and breezy back there.

Here is a view of the Nurses Ward and the Main Leprosy Ward (left side male ward, right side female ward).

Here is a picture of the inside of a typical ward.

Okay...back to the Main Square and around the back of the Security shed...
and walking down around 100 yards...

...we come to the grave site of David and Lois Rees.
Behind the grave site is the farm.

Cows.

Planting mango trees w/drip irrigation.

The two that made it all happen. (David and Lois Rees)

And that is pretty much it. There are 25 acres. You have only seen around 6. The rest is employee quarters, and orchards, rice patties, sugar cane fields, and the "upper land" that we are currently trying to figure out the best vegetables to plant up there.

You can WIKI "Chittoor District, India" and you should be able to learn a little about the area. If you are interested. It is basically like Arizona/New Mexico this time of year -- and like Oregon/Washington State during the Monsoon! The "backwoods" of the southern districts in Andhra Pradesh (our state).

You should really see it yourself! REALLY! If anyone is interested, letmeknow!!!