Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Monday through Wednesday: 900 Served

Please excuse the shortness of the blogs. Time and internet connection allows only a short time for posting the blog. Thank you for your prayers.

On Monday, the clinic saw 250 people with four persons making decisions to follow Jesus Christ. This was a day of learning one another, the system, and getting use to translation. Some complications developed but were addressed. Overall this was a great starting day.

On Tuesday, what a change in the effectiveness and efficiency of the medical clinic. We began an hour and half earlier than Monday. What an unbelievable day of ministry. Over 300 people were helped by Ryan, Grechin, Chuck, Mark, Stephen, Donald, Stephen and Julie. The nurses for Outspan Hospital in Nyeri filled hundreds of prescriptions. A team of pastors and Floyd led in Evanglism. Mike served to coordinate the activities of the team. Bernard and Peter working with the local pastor developed a great system for the overall medical clinic. Peter, Jesse, Titus, Peter, Robert, and Joseph did an excellent job of translation. Sixteen people made professions of faith. After 11 hours of ministry the clinic finally closed—our longest day. Some of the people served by the clinic were the displaced Kenyan driven from their homes during the post-election violence. What a privilege to serve them in Jesus name!. Some had traveled 60 kilometers (37 miles) to come to the clinic. This was unbelievable.

On Wednesday, the medical clinic served 334 people and seven people made decisions for Christ. Each person who made a decision was counseled by local pastors and introduced to the pastor from his or her area. What a surprise that we were finished just after 5 PM. This was our shortest day but day of greatest service to the community. Even with all our joy we were faced with the reality that over 500 people had to be turned away. Each day the team has had to struggle with working to exhaustion and knowing hundreds were turned away. Please pray for them on the closing day. This will be a tough day









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