Tuesday clinic went well

We had breakfast at Rosa Mystica and were on the road around 7:30.  Traffic was heavy and it still amazes me that you almost never see even a fender bender with the crowded conditions, no stop lights or stop signs, occasional police directing traffic as best as they can at some major intersections and roundabouts being the chief traffic control system.  This is why the best cab drivers in the world come from Nairobi.  Linda seems to be more relaxed and just laughs a lot at all of the close calls we see between anything from a big bus to a matata (van), car, motorcycle, bicycle or pedestrians.  I guess I’ve gotten pretty immune to it and feel very safe in the hands of our expert drivers and the Lord. 
 

Pastor James started off the clinic with a prayer and we had a pretty steady morning, with around 200 people having gone through by noon.  The afternoon was a little slower and we ended up a little ahead of Monday in terms of raw numbers.  Pastor Kevin reported that the triage station, our pastor and our evangelists combined had around 15 people receive Christ as their personal savior, which is probably the most important statistic, particularly for those individuals.  Thanks you, Jesus!

We never were able to stop for anything resembling a lunch, but snacked on granola bars, beef jerky and candy to keep going.  We got back to our lodgings around 5:30 and I was able to shower and get a brief nap before joining the team for 6:30 dinner.  The cook served us individually with a meal of chicken, French fires, slaw and pasta.  It was good, but we were so hungry anything would have been fine.  We all headed to our rooms for some quiet time.  Billy and I downloaded his pictures from his camera, since it appear to have died.  Luckily, I always bring a little extra Nikon point and shoot camera, so he’s still in business for the rest of the trip.  This is not the first trip that I’ve had to use my “loaner” camera.  Probably not the last either.

I’m going to spend some time trying to get a few pictures out onto the web for this blog.  My Internet connection in the room is too weak tonight, so I’ll be working from the main building of the compound where the signal comes from.  More to follow if pictures are available today.