A cool morning; beautiful day; lovely grounds; nice, large church; functional rooms for each station; chai breaks; many interpreters; warm greeting from Phillip and Dorcas' uncle when we arrived; many, many people; hours of waiting; unusual cases; frustrating cases; many eye drops and eyeglasses; lots of tooth extractions; weary to the point of tears; feeling spent; feeling helpless at not being able to do more; joyful in helping people from Phillip's church and beyond; collaboration of about 6 churches; thankfulness and appreciation of people; approximately 600 people in one day....yes, 600; seen by our team only...not with help of medical students...all by God's grace; worked until nearly 7 p.m. and had to turn some away.......sooooo difficult; encouragement by God's Word sent on little slips of paper with some of us by a woman from church....and all using it to be uplifted; 4000 ibuprofen and 2000 tylenol and many more meds later, and the day ended about 7 p.m. with tea and praise with the pastors and translators after that; God's sufficiency and adequacy through it all. This gives you a glimpse of our day. It is truly amazing what God is allowing to be accomplished. Our hearts are full of praise. The team is doing well together and encourage each other as needed. God also knew what a respite this new place of lodging would be for us and we praise Him for restful rooms and good food when we return very late evening. When you read these posts in the afternoon or evening, pray that we get well rested on this Wednesday night and be prepared for another busy day on Thursday. We will go to the home area of Dorcas and Phillip's parents and our clinics will be held in a school. We are talking about doing some things a little differently to continue to learn to be efficient and organized. It's also exciting to see the two worlds of Dorcas and Phillip meet.....they get excited to have their "parents and brothers and sisters" from Calvary be with their biological Kenyan family. It gives us joy to serve them. They have been so helpful to us.
Phillip dreaded telling people that we just had to end the day and wouldn't be able to see everyone and was afraid people would be upset. After all there were only about 20 left, but we just couldn't do it as there were many more in line whose info we obtained and were waiting to see a nurse or dr, and it was almost 7. One man's reaction surprised and touched Phillip. He turned and said to the people, "We have come so close to the doctors but didn't get to see them. Let's believe we will be healed. Let us go home in faith." Pray for these dear folks too.
"Therefore stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." 1 Corinthians 15:58
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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What a testimony. Thank you so much for your descriptions, and sharing your heartache as well, putting us right there with you. You all continue to be in our thoughts and prayers. May the Lord lift you up with HIS strength, may your faith be strengthened moment by moment. Praying as you prepare to come home, that you will be able to take in and process all you have experienced and seen. Our prayer is that you all would return as different people, with a new passion for Christ and His kingdom that will be a sweet aroma that will touch the hearts of the body of Christ here in the US, and give us the Lord's worldview. Praying for you all.
ReplyDeleteIn Christ's Love,
The Weigners
'Keep those eyes up, looking unto JESUS the author, and the FINISHER of our faith.'
Thank you so much for your encouragement and your prayer support. It has meant a lot. I hope that I get to meet you sometime!
ReplyDeleteYvonne Shorb