Happy Thursday and last day of clinic! We started the day bright and early per usual with morning worship and an awesome devotional led by Libby on the Parable of the Sower in Mark! We had breakfast and loaded on the buses for our 30ish minute drive to Quisqueya. It was more of an active city, so it was super fun to look around (especially at the fire truck with Roadrunner on it). The back of the church had quite a bit of shade, so about half of our team was outside and the other half was inside today.
It was a solid day at the medical stations. We had some pretty standard patients, but people still got to learn and experience new things (like running urine, how fun!). Something that really struck the medical team was the joy of the Lord that radiates through these patients even when walking through the unimaginable. There was a patient who not only was experiencing physical illnesses, but had also lost some family members within the past few months. Even through all her hardship, she was still able to say that God is good. It was such a challenge to all of us to find joy even through trials. Evangelism was great today! There were some hard conversations, but we also got to see a few people come to Christ! One team shared about a man who wasn’t very excited to chat at the beginning (not even the Lakers could get him excited). They began to share the Gospel with him and slowly started to see him soften up. They were very humbled by the end of the conversation when they were prepared for a rejection and he said “I’m ready.” They read Galatians 10:9 to him and before the translation could even come back to them, he had already confessed that Jesus is Lord and was ready to pray to receive Christ! It was so encouraging to see how God can move when you least expect him to. In the words of our team member Jay, “Things were awesome at the Sunglasses Hut”! We saw a record breaking (for this week) 21 eye patients seen today! Not only that, but 19 of those 21 patients were able to receive reading glasses! Thanks to Jay, Michelle, and Ethos, the joy from the glasses station was felt across all stations. They were able to love on patients so well and bring smiles (and a pair of aviator sunglasses) to so many faces. “Kids ministry was awesome. Period.” – Daniel We got to wrap up our last clinic day with my favorite session all week. During worship, it was so sweet to see so many smiling faces and people enjoying worshiping God together. During our team debrief, we got to hear about how the Lord moved not only in each station, but throughout the week in people’s personal lives. It truly has been a blessing to serve with a team who showed so much love and humility 24/7. We ended the evening with some great small group discussions and fellowship. Thanks for reading! Catch ya tomorrow for our fun day!
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