Thursday there were several hundred people waiting when we arrived at the clinic! 6-6-2024

 It got so hectic by around 11:30 that we decided not to register anyone else for the clinic.  We stopped at around 600 patients at that point knowing that we wanted to serve every person as if they were the only one in the world.  While it's great to see large numbers of people, I will always choose quality care over quantity. We gave out blank copies of registration cards to around 220 people to give them priority Friday morning.  Tomorrow's clinic will be about half a day as our team members are flying out that night to go home.  I was able to extend my stay by one day for free, because the delayed flights we had starting May 28th during the storms in Dallas were involuntary on our part.  I have our super clinic driver Jeff taking me to the Nairobi Game Park Saturday and expect I will have lunch with him afterwards before getting ready to go to the airport early in the evening.  I'll finally arrive home in Austin around 4pm Sunday.

Here are some pictures showing how chaotic it was today, I thought yesterday was bad!

There 18 people who showed up early, under the impression that we were going to get them to a hospital for their cataract surgeries.  While we hadn't planned on it, Jeff found a way to hire a nearby local bus and it delivered our precious cargo, plus the young twins that had cataracts in both eyes for their initial exam.  By the end of the day, all 18 had undergone successful surgery. Thank you, Jesus!

Loading

Jeff posing with his fancy bus that he hired

At the end of the day, we had seen over 600 patients and were all dog tired, but it's a good kind of tired! There were quite few moms with little kids with eye issues that we either could help or are going to find a way.  We packed up the clinic and then we had our final devotion, during which I talked about the Fellowship of the Believers from the end of chapter 2 of the Book of Acts. We also awarded the

certificates of appreciation to our volunteers, since much of our team will not be at the clinic tomorrow morning.  It was a moving experience with a lot of laughter and a few tears as we parted company.  Jeff closed the day with a powerful prayer. Thanks for reading everybody, more to follow as it is possible.

Blessings!