Jimmy and Chase Miller- Serving Kenya since 2011

Scene just outside hospital compound.  Where else can you find cows and motorcycles together except rural kenya Local roadside fruit stand.  Eat at your own risk!  I am grateful for a slow start back at Tenwek after a sleepless night.  Last night at dinner the visiting general surgeons proceeded to tell me all the crazy tumors and cases that they were passing on to me.  After an immediate panic followed by adrenaline rush I spent the rest of the night awake trying to figure out "why me?"  But as usual God's protective hand was on me and He carried me through the day.  We started our day with rounds at 7am which was brief as the hospital census is pretty low right now.  Wednesday morning devotions was led by Dr Levy, a neurosurgeon from California.  He wrote the book "Gray Matter" which is about the need for praying with our patients.  We were blessed by his insights.  I performed an adenotonsillectomy this morning, normally a very routine surgery, but

Mennonite Guest House "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.  Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.  That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.  For when I am weak, then I am strong."   2Corinthians 12:9-10 Over the last 3 years God has been chipping away at every bit of my human strength.  I have had challenges at work, in my health, and at home.  I have been stripped down to the point where every step is dependent on God.  In the world, everyday I am reminded of my weaknesses.  But Paul reminds us that when we are weak, He is strong.  It is in the place of weakness that He can shine.  So God I praise you for my weakness.  Thank you that I am in a place where you are glorified, not me.  God as I look forward to my service here again at Tenwek I am overwhelmed by the gravity of the hea

Psalm 91 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.”…If you make the Most High your dwelling- even the Lord, who is my refuge- then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.  For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. We are on our way.   As I packed yesterday I felt the presence of the Lord near.   I had the assurance of His protection but also the hope of things to come.   There was an abundant joy as I anticipated what the Lord will do.   He is certainly ordering our steps and preparing the way. We have just begun our journey and have already seen the hand of the Lord working on our behalf.   Baggage check is unfortunately a stressful event.   The amount of equipment and supplies is difficult to manage.   We carefully weighed luggage at home but inevitably the scales at the a