Day 2 of medical clinics

30th July, 2009 - Posted by Camille Cotton -

We had a great day today! It started with a devotion time led by David Gallagher, and then we were off to the Village to complete the set up for the clinic and prepare to see patients. We played with the Open Arms Village children as they did not have school today! So between playing with kids and setting up, our morning was full. Setting up consists of counting out pills, setting up cubicals for the doctors to see patients in, preparing the intake table to receive patient info and the prayer tent. At about 11:00 am, we had about 35 locals waiting to be seen. We had a mini church service before we started treament, where the Village children sang a couple songs they had prepared…it was priceless! Then a few more worship songs and a short message from David. Then we took to our posts…I was assigned to work the prayer tent…scary, I know. Brandt and Karleigh were assigned the Pharmacy, Shane and Hunter were on crowd control, and Spencer was on registration. The time flew by as we provided treatment for 60 patients, raging in age from five months to 98 years old. And the 98 year old had walk about four miles to get to us! David and I prayed for about 45 of the 60 patients as they are the ones who requested prayer. I think I will be on that duty again tomorrow, so please pray I can serve God well in this role….I am feeling a bit under-qualified as they need such amazing healing! But, I am trusting in God to lead my words! Brandt and Karleigh passed out everything from vitamins, to ibuprofen, to Typhoid and Malaria medicines. We only had to refer one patient today to the hospital…yeah God! At the end of the day, we spent about an hour playing with the kids from the OAI village….they love to climb up your legs and hug you and then have you spin them around! We ask for prayers for twice as many people to come to receive treatment tomorrow!! Shane and Hunter could then actually put their crowd control skills to work! All in all, life is amazing here in Kenya and we feel like God is using us for His glory! Thank you for checking in on us and sorry I haven’t been able to up load photos yet! Service here is very slow….hard to believe we even have service! Til tomorrow, thanks for the prayers!

- Shanon, Trip 4 team leader