Today was our last clinic day- what a whirlwind the past two weeks have been. We’ve been in every size and shape of building, braved the Dominican heat, seen all sorts of medical conditions, and witnessed to people from all walks of life. We changed it up a bit today and set up clinic in a school classroom in a rural village. The quarters were tight for the medical stations, and pharmacy/evangelism were pushed to a classroom in a separate building half a football field away. The floaters deserve an extra shout-out today because they had to walk between buildings with patients in the hot sun. We were in high demand today: there was a crowd waiting to be seen all day long. Despite the exhaustion from 2 busy weeks, the day was packed with people needing care, interesting medical experiences, and special moments sharing the Gospel. Joe and Will’s first patient was a mom with her 18-year-old daughter with special needs. The mother was distraught because she couldn’t afford her daughter’s expensive epileptic medicine, and her faith was suffering from the steps she had to take to try to scrape up the money. Not only did the team give her three years’ worth of medicine for her daughter, they also set her up with Lilly’s House- a local program that gives women housing and employment. Needless to say, all of the people involved were close to tears at the end of this visit. Team members Morgan and Luke also had awesome days today- they both had their first experience helping lead someone to accept Christ into their heart. Oh, how the Lord worked through us today to reach the people in this village! There were plenty of funny moments throughout the day that kept all of us laughing. For instance, a communication mishap in triage led to medical stations getting quite a few older men with a chief complaint on their triage card as “depression,” which was meant to say “high blood pressure.” Talk about a plot twist for those medical teams during their interviews. Our wonderful floater Justin learned the importance of correct pronunciation today- turns out he had been telling people “seventy-six here please” instead of “sit here please” in Spanish for a solid 4 hours of the day. Even though every clinic day has had its share of stress, this group has kept each other laughing through it all. We also had a fresh way to show these villagers the Lord’s love after lunch. We brought multiple portable water filtration systems for the village, and Bobby presented these gifts by using them as a metaphor of the Gospel. The villagers were overjoyed, and their delight rejuvenated the whole team to power through the rest of the afternoon. We couldn’t have asked for a better day to end our clinic time in the Dominican.
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