A MIRACLE

God cares for our littlest needs. He has been the most faithful to me and the team. Before this trip, I was praying to witness a physical healing. Going into nursing, this is something that's really special to me. The same Jesus in the Bible who healed people from blindness, leprosy, demon possession can certainly do it now. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).

This cute little boy's name is Alponce(definitely spelled his name wrong). Our eye glasses only go up to 4 or -4 degrees. His eyes were so bad that someone helped sit him in a chair. He was at a -15 degrees and if you've ever worn glasses, you would know that's straight up BLIND! The eye doctor, Sospeter lifted up his fingers from up close and asked Alponce if he can see them. He said no. Dr. Sospeter then says there's nothing we can do for him. And at that very moment, despair and helplessness flooded my mind. I felt sick. This is a little boy who's legally blind. He's only eight years old and he can't see?! I mentioned before that when I feel helpless, all I can do is pray. So we laid hands on his eyes and I prayed a simple prayer of healing. I.kid.you.not. Dr. Sospeter told me later that he lifted up his fingers again and this little boy could see his fingers clearly. There's seriously no other explanation on how this little boy can see now. Jesus heals.

This is an Albino lady who is as white as can be but she was born and raised in Tanzania. Very interesting!

WARNING: THOSE WITH WEAK STOMACHS MIGHT THE FOLLOWING IMAGES DISTURBING.

This little girl had an infection in her eye and sadly, we didn't have the right eye drops to give her. So Dr. Sospeter took out his (steralized) pen cap to break off some of the infection covering her eye. UHHH, CAN YOU SAY ONLY IN AFRICA!

Gnarly!!! Nurse Lori got a snap of this crazy growth.

Those pictures weren't too bad, right? Some people get all weird with pictures like that. Well, if you're reading this, you're a trooper! Anyways, I love the fact that we bring Jesus to these people and if they accept, we show them of a nearby church. The local pastors involved on this mission trip really are amazing. This is their mission field and the people who accept Jesus are their new church members. We have a good forty local pastors working with us. This mission trip would not be as effective if we weren't connected with these leaders.

I can get pretty used to this life!! Time here is infinite. We don't have any usage of phones, computers, tv's, or any advanced technology. Yikes, that means we actually have to do something productive! :)

Some rafikis(friends) I met at the eye clinic. They were practicing their English with me and giggling at my lack of Swahili.