A day out in the community
Today Hunter and I (Isaiah),worked with the community health program of Tenwek. The program took us into the slight "suburbs" (if you can call them that) of Bomet.
Tenwek hospital currently supports 1,500 orphans (they are hoping to up that number to 4,000 very soon).Our mission, into the "suburbs", was to see what these orphans needed. However, most of the orphans were in school which resulted in their "care-takers" to represent them. Many of these "care-takers" were very old; most of them supported 1-3 orphans but there were some who supported up to 6 orphans. The people we traveled with took down the names of these orphans, from their "care-takers", and also other information that could be useful in determining sizes for school uniforms and other needs. We also took the blood pressure of these "care-takers" to help determine their health; many of which were spot on (120/70 - very surprising for these old "care-takers" considering their living conditions and diet). Furthermore one of the people we traveled with gave a short talk on how to be healthy and prevent certain illnesses.
Near the end of our stay, which brought guilty realization to me, our driver went on a shopping spree of white bread, my favorite, and soda, also my favorite (sorry Mom). Our driver gave out the bread and soda to the "care-takers" there. One problem however, was that there was not a full loaf for each person. To my surprise, the Kenyans, without hesitation broke the loaf in half and gave it to the others who did not have any. To my second surprise, the Kenyans completely devoured the bread. They did not wait to take a slice out of the bag instead they ate it as one whole , big piece. As I watched them, it dawned on me that they were pretty hungry, no duh. More seriously though, this experience made me really chastise myself for making a big deal out of missing one meal out of my 3 meal day (not counting snacks). These people truly have very little in physical means (food, housing, water etc., the list goes on). However, despite their very little possession of "things" these people definitely have a full possession of heart. They never stopped thanking us for just coming out to meet them and taking their blood pressure. Furthermore, they never stopped thanking and praising God for sending us to help them. At the end of the day, I will surely be more careful complaining about missing or having a late meal (this list could also go on - all the things I could be more grateful for).
We thank you for your prayers,
Chase, Jimmy, Hunter, Aaron, and Isaiah
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Tenwek hospital currently supports 1,500 orphans (they are hoping to up that number to 4,000 very soon).Our mission, into the "suburbs", was to see what these orphans needed. However, most of the orphans were in school which resulted in their "care-takers" to represent them. Many of these "care-takers" were very old; most of them supported 1-3 orphans but there were some who supported up to 6 orphans. The people we traveled with took down the names of these orphans, from their "care-takers", and also other information that could be useful in determining sizes for school uniforms and other needs. We also took the blood pressure of these "care-takers" to help determine their health; many of which were spot on (120/70 - very surprising for these old "care-takers" considering their living conditions and diet). Furthermore one of the people we traveled with gave a short talk on how to be healthy and prevent certain illnesses.
Near the end of our stay, which brought guilty realization to me, our driver went on a shopping spree of white bread, my favorite, and soda, also my favorite (sorry Mom). Our driver gave out the bread and soda to the "care-takers" there. One problem however, was that there was not a full loaf for each person. To my surprise, the Kenyans, without hesitation broke the loaf in half and gave it to the others who did not have any. To my second surprise, the Kenyans completely devoured the bread. They did not wait to take a slice out of the bag instead they ate it as one whole , big piece. As I watched them, it dawned on me that they were pretty hungry, no duh. More seriously though, this experience made me really chastise myself for making a big deal out of missing one meal out of my 3 meal day (not counting snacks). These people truly have very little in physical means (food, housing, water etc., the list goes on). However, despite their very little possession of "things" these people definitely have a full possession of heart. They never stopped thanking us for just coming out to meet them and taking their blood pressure. Furthermore, they never stopped thanking and praising God for sending us to help them. At the end of the day, I will surely be more careful complaining about missing or having a late meal (this list could also go on - all the things I could be more grateful for).
We thank you for your prayers,
Chase, Jimmy, Hunter, Aaron, and Isaiah
Check out the short clip-
