The rains have continued to avoid us another day and the
people are praying for God’s blessing to fall upon them. Rain brings life to the land and food to
hungry stomachs. The sun shining bright
as the earth continues to cry out for rain. The dust rolls around us as we
travel into the village of Taito.
The word has spread and three villages have been made aware that
something wonderful is happening in their area today. Here in the villages people suffer with pain
and sickness because they cannot afford to go for help. Today the clinic
travels into their area and it is free!
Francine, who is associated with Doctors Without Borders, her
health care givers and team of doctors volunteer their time to help those that
are need.
We arrived early to set up and people were already outside waiting. The big red doors of the church were opened and everyone was invited to
come in out of the hot sun. We used the
school tables for the array of medicines and the moveable blackboards were position
to provide privacy. We were ready!
It was a quiet and peaceful group and all ages were represented. No one complained and no one offered to leave
they were willing wait patiently for their turn.
We served the people into the
early afternoon and it was now one o’clock.
It was time to close up and leave but there seemed to be more people
waiting for us than when we started.
It
appeared that three new people replaced one that had been seen. We continued on without stopping in order to
help as many hurting people as possible.
We had a wide range of ailments from the everyday common things to
very severe cases were presented before us.
One young girl was carried in by two men with burns on both
legs from the knee cap down. She had bumped into someone carrying a hot pot of
porridge. Another man could not speak or
swallow. He held a cloth in his hand that he spit salvia into. His son spoke
for him and shared the story. He was
drinking chai and an insect or spider must have dropped in his cup. When he
drank his chai something bite him or stung him on his tongue. His tongue was swollen, deformed, bruised and
full of infection.
The sun was getting lower in the sky and we were running low
on medicine and energy! It was 5:30 and
we had seen over 90 people from the villages of Taito, Makoi and Emoru. It was time to close the doors for the day and start to travel back before darkness entered the land.
There were many that had never entered the church before
until today. They had stood off in the distance wondering and watching with a
critical eye. They quietly listened with
a careful ear. Fear and distrust entered
the land as a newcomer had entered their turf. Today these same people came and were helped
and they left saying, “Now we know you have come to do good.”
Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy
people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who
think they righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
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