Senga Bay, Malawi … Ndhala was full of smiles when Samantha Ludick told him he could return to his home village of Makanjila on the other side of Lake Malawi. It had been seven months and finally his leg had completely healed. Ludick reports, "He explained to me how happy he was for he had been away from his home village for a total of seven months. He explained to my staff that he had been trying to figure a way to repay me for all I had done, perhaps he could catch me fish and row his small boat across the lake to bring them to me."
"When I heard his plan I explained that the gift he could give me would be to teach others how not to wait till the wounds become infected. Teach them what he learned the past 5 months about health care. I said he should not risk his life by rowing 30 miles across the rough waters He had been given a second chance so he should take care and make the most of it."
"When I heard his plan I explained that the gift he could give me would be to teach others how not to wait till the wounds become infected. Teach them what he learned the past 5 months about health care. I said he should not risk his life by rowing 30 miles across the rough waters He had been given a second chance so he should take care and make the most of it.""Ndhala stood silent for a moment and then answered ‘Yes you are right. I should teach the people how to take more care with wounds. That is what I am meant to do for this is why I was granted another chance".
Ludick expressed mixed emotions when she said good-bye to Ndhala and his small family. "While I was pleased that his wounds had healed so well, yet I was sad for I had spent every second day attending to his wounds, getting to know him and his little family, and becoming attached to all of them."
Ludick then turned her attention to the contributors, "Thank you to the Malawi Project and to all of those who send the supplies that have helped me care for Ndhala and others."