Jimmy and Chase Miller- Serving Kenya since 2011

 I am a bit late in an update as my time here has been so busy.  My ENT colleague has arrived and we have been focusing on ear surgeries for 2 weeks.  While we are doing the regular schedule of ear surgeries the general ENT problems keep coming.   This is the line in the morning to check in for appointments in the clinic where I work.  There seems to be an endless stream of patients.  They wait all day to be seen.  Once we identify patients that need surgery we need to go through endless paper work to apply for insurance coverage. Many can not afford even the 3-5 dollars a month fee for the national insurance. In these cases they need to raise money to pay for hospital fees. These are just some of the masses that I see on a daily basis at Tenwek.  These are now complicated situations as patients seek care so late. This 12 year old boy arrived last week with another case of acute mastoiditis.  This infection had spread to the areas around the ear but also to the blood vessels in the bra

 Praise the Lord I arrived safely with no travel issues.  My luggage was marked for inspection but when I ran my bags through the bagger scanner the inspector was asleep!  All the metal instruments and supplies went unnoticed.  This was a big concern as I was transporting quite a bit of expensive equipment including $20,000 of hearing aids. Kenya has continued to be in a serious draught.  This has driven up the cost of food goods on top of the already inflated prices from COVID.  The country has been obviously struggling.  This includes the hospital systems, like Tenwek, as the government has not been making the government health system payments.  Simple supplies in the hospital are just not available-like paper towels, toilet paper.  Repairs of medical devices are lagging making it more difficult to care for patients.  I have noticed the resident staff moral is low as they struggle to get what they need to care for patients.                                                waterfall tha

I will be traveling this Friday 3/10/2023 back to Tenwek Hospital.  The medical focus of this trip is ear diseases.  Our spiritual mission is to break the chains of sickness and darkness; to bring those that do not know Him to the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord so graciously gave us an ENT microscope on our last trip in October and we have the necessary instruments to tackle some of the advanced ear diseases we see.  I am bringing with me an audiologist to help with hearing tests and hearing aid fittings.  Dr Cam Kirchner is also coming to help with the more advanced ear cases.  This will be a difficult trip so I am seeking your prayers for strength, wisdom, and more faith to believe that God will completely heal his people.     There are more restrictions on supplies that we are able to bring into Kenya.  I have been working over the last months acquiring the necessary extra supplies for ear surgeries.  Kenya is now applying a Tarif to all donated supplies up to 22%.