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"In matters which he took up pertaining to the service of our Lord, he made use of all the human means to succeed in them, with a care and efficiency as great as if the success depended on these means; and he confided in God and depended on his providence as greatly as if all the other human means which he was using were of no effect"                     Biography on St Ignatius It felt like I was using every human resource I had over the last weeks.  But it was only by the Grace of God that I was able to complete the work that was done.  God orchestrated every detail and touched so many people on this mission. I am amazed at the amount of work that was done on this trip! The patients were arriving from all over Kenya, traveling over 9 hours to get care for ENT issues.  I worked day and night to see as many patients that came to be seen.  Some had to wait 2 days to be seen but they were so gracious and thankful for their care.  I was also inundated with hospital consu
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Matthew 10:8  As you go preach this message: the kingdom of heaven is near. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons.  Freely you have received, freely give. My cry to the Lord is that He will heal his people.  So many have come this year with their ENT problems.  It has been a flood of outpatients and inpatient consults. More than one person can keep up with. But I have seen how God has been strengthening me and making the way for me. Just at the right moment someone will be at my side to help.  I have completed my 2 weeks of training the family practice resident. It is such a blessing to pour into these residents who are so committed to serving their people. The surgeries have gone well and I see God answering my cry for their healing.  Pictured below is a man with a large salivary gland mass.   He underwent surgery but the next day needed to return to the operating room for removal of a large hematoma.  But today is doing well and facial ne

First week!

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I arrived to Tenwek safely Sunday evening after a 30 hour journey. Wow! they are in a serious drought right now. The water level is very low here and power shortages are 3-4 times a day and always at night.  there is not enough water to run the hydroelectric plant so they are drawing from the government power source which has scheduled brown outs. It gets pretty dark around here so if you don't always have a flashlight on hand you can get pretty lost. I have been very busy in outpatient clinic. There are many patients coming from "far" to be reviewed. We have seen 2 emergencies in clinic where our patients lost consciousness- one from nasal bleeding and the other from alcohol related hypotension and hypoglycemia. The problems have been variable including simple things like acid reflux, allergy, tonsillitis to a number of cancers, HIV related Kaposi's sarcoma, airway difficulties in children. Among the stream of patients we have had time to pray with each on