Sunday's Clinic - March 14th

Mt Kilimanjaro was beautiful this morning - the sun coming up cast a pinkish glow on it and there was not a cloud in site! Everyone was anxious for the first clinic and seemed to be up and ready to go early! After breakfast we headed out - stopping for some great pictures of the mountain! The entire mountain was clear - and seemed so close to us!

There were a few people already in line when we arrived at Namelok - after prayer with the lay workers we unloaded the truck and set pharmacy, medical, dental and wound care. We were not able to do optical at this clinic but will be able to at the rest of the clinics.

Wound care had their share of cuts and infections, from cuts all the way to the bone between the thumb and pointer finger, to barbed wire shredding a man's shin.

Medical had us taking young boy to hospital who needed immediate care - the kind we could not offer. When clinic was over we drove him and his mom (who is a widow) to the hospital in Oloitokitok.

Dental had plenty of patients and Mat and Zac were able to pull some teeth, and the toy department was kept busy with lots of little kids. Everyone did a great job!

After clinic was over we spent a little while playing with the kids, they love bubbles, playing volley ball, soccer, and just having stickers put on their foreheads! It was a great day - and everyone was tired out when we got home. At supper time Don realized that he had lost his hearing aid and so the drivers and I went back to the clinic site to see if we could find it. I was hoping to be blessed with a night creature on the way there - and had to be satisfied with a great big tarantula crossing the road. We found his hearing aid within minutes of getting back to the clinic - the Lord is good!

Sleep was needed for all! The day was a blessing.
kim