A wet but very fruitful Tuesday clinic

We had heavy rains from about 11pm onwards last night.  It was very muddy on the way into the Kibera and when we arrived at the church, the middle of the sanctuary was a huge puddle.  Our volunteers made hasty work of mopping up all of the water and we had the clinic ready to go in short order.  William did a devotion out of Romans 10 about being sent so that others could hear about the Gospel.  You know the passage and surrounding verses that conclude with “How beautiful are the feet of those that bring good news!”  It was very appropriate for our team.  We concluded with some wonderful Swahili music and Francis blessed our day’s work with a prayer.  We did not see large numbers of people all at once, especially early with the weather.  But a steady flow of people gave us a total of 377 patients by the end of the day.  I am very happy with the day for several reasons.  Laura and Amanda spent time in triage, working with the people and praying over them.  At one stretch, Laura kept at it for about 5 hours. I understand it, time flies as you deal with each person and hear their individual stories as we care for them.  A local newspaper reporter came and interviewed me.  I showed him around the clinic and explained our operations, the purpose of the project and how we were committed for the long haul, having come to this church since 2010.  He is bringing us a copy of the paper tomorrow, the story may help boost attendance the rest of the week.  I’m thinking it will be in Swahili, so I probably won’t be able to read it.  I just hope they spell my name right!

Please pray for some dry weather for us.  With the start we have made in the face of everything from travel tribulations to ring weather, a few dry days might really make this one outstanding clinic.  Thank you, Jesus!