A Woman Named Ester

It has been an interesting but wonderful three days. I will share the highlights of each one with you.

On Saturday we had our first medical clinic in the bush. We arrived at the school around 9:00 am to find over 200 waiting to be seen. Many had the normal aches and pains resulting from the hard life they live here. There was a little girl who came to us with an abscessed cyst. Dr. Brenda and Mike drained it and put a dressing on it. She returned to our compound yesterday for a follow-up. Dr. Brenda found that it really wasn't that much better and it was too large for us to remove and she was sent to the hospital. The saddest case was a 67 year old woman named Ester. She was 67 years old, blind and had a prolapsed bladder. There was nothing we could do medically. One of our team members named Gabby couldn't just let her leave without trying to make her feel comfortable. As we watched Gabby and Pam wash her eyes, face, and her feet, it was amazing to see the expressions on her face. She had no shoes and her feet were in much need of attention. As it tells us in Matthew 25:40 "Assuredly, I say to you, in as much as you have done to one of the least of these My brethren, you have done it unto Me." Well I can only say that Gabby and Pam washed the feet of Jesus.

During the clinic a few of the team members went out to evangelize in the community and more than 7 souls were saved. That ended a great day of work for the Lord.