Londiani Feeding Station and Chesyliot Clinic Day

We started today very early, departing the hotel with the rising sun to get to Londiani in time for a very long day.  My goal was to try to finish both feeding stations at Londiani and Chesyliot today, so that we could have an easy travel day Wednesday.  I knew it would be a stretch but based on what I saw yesterday, I was confident we could do it.

When we arrived, Dr. Cochran got right to work on three orphans from Londiani that he had seen yesterday who needed to have procedures done.  One had an abscess/parasite in a wound on her ankle, another had warts on his face, and the third had an ingrown fingernail.  He was able to successfully operate on all three as the rest of the team ramped up the clinic.

Anington, Susie and I took the vehicles over to Chesyliot to pick up those kids.  Its about 3 miles from Londiani, easy walking distance for Kenyan kids, but we wanted to treat the kids to a vehicle ride, something they seldom get to do.  We piled about 20 n each van and drove back to the orphanage.  As soon as we started rolling, the kids in our van began singing.  “Mrs. Susie, do you know we love you? Sure! We welcome you to our feeding station!”  Susie lost it.  So did I.  If you can’t feel like you are doing the Lord’s work while driving twenty singing orphans to a medical clinic, then you cant feel anything.

The clinic really got rolling then, taking on life like a living thing.  We were teaching, treating, and loving on orphans at warp speed!  When we lookd up, it was lunchtime and only 30 orphans remained to be seen.  We completed those by 2:30, leaving time for treating some of the support staff and their wives and kids.  Several difficult extractions were performed by our dentists, Brad and Bob Sears, including one on our nurse from the Muhoroni Orphanage, Bibiana.  She had a molar taken out and jumped right up to start helping more kids.  Can you say MVP?

As we wound down, Susie and I loaded up the van to take the Chesyliot kids back home.  The singing, crying, and great feelings returned again.  There is something about these kinds of trips, where you can do real, effective, life improving work for those who can do absolutely nothing for you that is just beyond words.  This is how God intended for us to find our true joy in Him.  Serving in His name, bringing glory and honor to him, helping the lost and suffering, this is what we were made to do.

We packed, loaded, said our goodbyes and rolled for Nakuru about 5pm, finishing over 140 patients in 9 hours and earning ourselves an easy day tomorrow.  After dinner, we surprised Ruth Sears, whose 60^th birthday is tomorrow, with a cake and party favors bought at the local Niavas store.  She was (briefly) speechless with joy.  She has been such an important part of organizing many aspects of these mission trips.  I don’t know what we would have done without her.  Another example of God sending just who you need, when you need them.

Tomorrow we will spend a few hours in the Nakuru Game Park, before driving up to Eldoret.  There we will stay the night, preparing for the two day overnight visit to our Feeding Stations amoung the Pokot tribe, Kinyach and Kimnai.  Check out pics from today on Facebook at http:\\www.facebook.com/kwoministries.