Physical&Spiritual Needs

Thank you for all your prayers...I can feel God's protection!

Today is the first day in the medical clinic. Before I get into it, this mission trip is set up with 3 groups: medical, evangelism, and camping. Every group's purpose is to show who Jesus is but each group has a different route towards that goal. I'm with the medical group so we cater to people's physical needs and spiritual needs. The evangelism team splits up and goes house to house or hut to hut to specifically share the good news. The camping group is extreme, they are camping with the Maasai tribe, showing the Jesus film, and again sharing Jesus.

Our very own medical clinic...it's about twenty minutes away from Karatu.

Eye glass clinic. This is where I was at for two days. We supplied HUNDREDS of people with eyeglasses and eye drops.

Intake where the Registered Nurses stationed themselves.

Our pharmacy. Lots of drugs; malaria pills, de-worming meds, diarrhea pills, ibuprofen, etc.

My friend, Elizabeth(right) sharing the HIV Hope cube; raising awareness and then testing patients for HIV.

It was supposed to be a fast prick but because this was my first time, I did a sloooow prick and hurt the poor guy. haha look at his face :(

It's okay, he tested NEGATIVE! One line = negative, three lines = positive.

Justin and Katherine shadowing Dr. Moses. I'm kicking myself for not buying that blue elephant painting in the background.

Wide shot of the medical clinic. Hundreds of patients came through here and hundreds made Jesus their personal Savior. Hooray!

Overall, today was a big learning experience for me. However, I'm feeling the most homesick today. I really miss my best friend, Kristine. She's a sweet one. She wrote me a letter for every day I was gone...and secretly tried to hide it in my bag but I found it early.
I miss my home church too. I can't wait to go on a big international trip with them.

It's been extremely chaotic and the e3 organization is not to blame. Honestly, there's a lot of spiritual warfare. The simplest way to explain spiritual warfare is a war in the spiritual realm between the enemy and our souls. The devil really doesn't like what we're doing in the mission field so he tries to ruin everything. But I rejoice in the fact that God reigns and is victorious.