Happy Tuesday everybody. :) I’m sitting here writing this blog as our team is laughing and playing games together. God has blessed us with awesome friendships and community. I love our team. I love Kenya. I loved today.
Lindsey, Rachel, Kristen, and I were able to spend the morning at CURE International, a hospital primarily for children with orthopedic diagnoses. I’ve been looking forward to this for a while, because I love cheering up sick kids. I also wanted to see what healthcare looked like in Kenya. Many physicians who work at CURE are missionary doctors, so I’m not sure if this was an accurate portrayal of all healthcare in the whole country. Nonetheless, I was so impressed with the facility and with the staff. The care the staff provided was full of love, and Christ was spoken about freely, both with the patients and with the patients’ parents. There were about 30 children in the ward with various limb and spine deformities. There were no private rooms, just lots of beds. The operating room is called a “theater.”
We were able to hand out stuffed animals to each child, and we prayed with a few children and mothers. We also played with several children in the playroom. We taught them a fun version of “Jesus Loves Me,” and we sang Shakira’s “Waka Waka” with them. :) They all knew that song…it was great. They also taught us a couple songs in Swahili. A lady named Phoebe was in charge of the playroom, and she had such a heart for Jesus. She shared the gospel in Swahili with two girls in the playroom, and it was beautiful to witness. One girl named Beatrice really tugged on my heart. She was four years old with severe scoliosis, and she was precious. She was there with both her mother and father, which to my understanding is a rarity in Kenya, as most care for the family is provided solely by the mother. I think we were all really blessed by our time spent at the hospital this morning.
The rest of the team worked incredibly hard at Naomi’s Village all morning. All four guys headed out to the orphanage at 6:30 to get a head start, and the other girls followed them at 7:30. The guys all worked on cutting boards and putting them up on the ceiling, while the girls sanded and varnished boards. So much work was done in the morning. When we arrived after lunch, about a third of the ceiling was completed, and it looked a-w-e-s-o-m-e. By about 4:00 this afternoon, about half of the ceiling was completed (that’s about 2500 square feet).
Today was a day full of answered prayer. God is so good, and He’s all over this trip. Yesterday the task of completing the ceiling by Friday seemed huge, as if it were very unlikely. The room is fairly large, and we needed to sand and varnish about a million boards. (Not really a million…but there sure are a lot.) We ended yesterday by praying that the Lord would multiply our time and increase our efficiency as we worked, so that the ceiling would be completed by Friday for a dedication ceremony. The Lord is faithful, and He answered our prayers. Tomorrow Bob, his friend Dan, and the Kenyan workers will work on the ceiling, and hopefully we’ll be able to finish in on Thursday. YAY! :)
Tomorrow we get to go out on a safari, and we’re all super excited about that…I’m sure there will be tons of pictures, so be on the lookout for that.
We love you all, and we’re so grateful for all of your prayers and support. Please pray for God to continue to maximize our time as we work, as well as for our continued safety. Pray for Naomi’s Village and for the orphans that will be served. And also, pray that we don’t get eaten by any lions tomorrow…
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” -Ephesians 3:20-21
-Melissa Kauk
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