We can't even Imagine

Today was an amazing day. Lets start with the medical side. Today was a much better day from the clinic side. We were much more organized and had a great flow. Patients checked in, saw a doctor, got treated, and received prescriptions in a very timely manner. SOOOOO much better than yesterday. Our clinic was open for 1 hour less than yesterday but we were able to see about 500 people. That is 200 more than yesterday. Praise the LORD. We again saw some very crazy and heart breaking situations and conditions. Every once in while you get a glimpse of the pain and struggle that these people go through. A small glimpse. A very small glimpse. It is very sad from time to time. But it is changed to joy when we see the good that can be done through the love of Christ. People are being helped. Which is amazing.

From a medical standpoint, a major problem are cuts and soars. These people walk through the bush all the time. And often they get cut. Not a major deal. But as they continue to walk through the bush, and water, and swamps, these cuts get infected. This infection is what gets them sick and causes many problems. So one of our big jobs besides medication, is simply cleaning wounds. Some of them are very bad. So cleaning these wounds is very important and helpful. Most of our students have been a part of this process. Which is very cool to see. (They are all being careful, clean, and sanitary.)

So that is the medical side. Lets talk about the people side. We have been working with a team of Uganda volunteers. Janelle and I spent our entire 2 and a half hour bus ride talking to one of them named George. George has an amazing story. So much so that we invited him to dinner with us, and then he spoke to our whole group for over an hour. I don't have the space to share his whole story. There is too much to tell. The short of the story is that he had to quit school for 3 years to hide in the bush. He, and his friends, spent 2 years walking, crawling, swimming, and running from the LRA. (See invisiblechildren.com if you don't know the history of Northern Uganda). His brothers where taken and killed by the Rebels in the LRA. George has too many stories to try and tell. Can't type them. But they are incredible stories. To hear the horrible things that were done to these people is gut wrenching.

But the best part of the story is to hear George talk about how he came to know Christ. There is no reason that George should be alive. Spending 2 years in swamps, he should have caught malaria. The Rebels should have taken him when they took his brothers. But God has a plan for his life. The smile the comes to his face when he talks about his salvation story is incredible. The joy that just oozes out of George when he speaks of how much he loves Christ, and what God is doing in his life in unfathomable. In a person that has every right to hate the world, hate the situation he is currently in. Hate the hand that he is dealt, all he wants to talk about is the love, Grace, mercy, and forgiveness that Christ has shown him. And all he wants to do is pass the love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness to everyone he talks to. Doesn't matter who it is. At all. Rebel, Government, Friend, or stranger, he speaks of this love. It is unbelievable, unfathomable. It goes against any rational thought. But he, and a lot of others, do it anyway. By the grace of God.

Another day tomorrow. Hopefully God continues to build on our success today so that he can be glorified. God is good, all the time. And all the time, God is good.

GOODNIGHT!!!!!