Hello friends and family!
First day at clinic was a resounding success! We started the day in prayer before we drove about 45 minutes to the village where we set up clinic in the local church. (For those keeping tabs, there's no a/c in this church but there were fans!) We were able to fashion some stations for triage and patient care from the pews and the pharmacy was set up near the altar. We even had a children's ministry station were the kids could play and learn more about the gospel! The village was small, but everyone in the village had an incredible sense of family and community which made it feel bigger than it was. While the area wasn't wealthy, the people who lived there were in great spirits and they were very kind to us (especially since this was our first day of clinic!) We saw all kinds of varieties of diseases and all kinds of testimony-- everything from "gripe" (basically, the "crud") to high blood pressures to pregnancy care to cataracts. One of the members of our group had a special encounter today that illustrated our challenge with working against a language barrier. This patient had some kidney stone-related pain, but getting this information was difficult-- both due to the language barrier and having to speak through a translator omits some of the nonverbal communication that we use in conversation. But at the end of the encounter, she asked the lady "do you know Christ?". The woman instantly perked up and had so much joy in her face when this student asked her about her faith. Her response was so strong that even though there were two completely different languages being spoken, it was clear that this woman was praising the student, her work, and praying for her! We helped about 100 people today in the hours we were there. There certainly were some bumps along the way (literally, the dirt roads are real bumpy y'all), but all-in-all I'd say we were prepared for it with God's hand! Please continue to pray for us and the people we see and pray that our second is as successful as our first!
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