Jimmy and Chase Miller- Serving Kenya since 2011

 It always seems to take a week for me to adapt to the pace and cultural differences at Tenwek.  I feel over my head in numbers of patients.  Each step I take is often interrupted by a medical question from a local or staff member.  My agenda needs to be to take care of the person in front of me.  I can not plan on a schedule or anticipate the next medical problem or surgical case.  And yet I can trust that the Lord is guiding my feet and bringing those to me that He desires me to care for.  I can trust that He will never leave me or forsake me.  That He has not called me without equipping me.  But when I look at the problems before me it is hard not to wonder "why me?".  There are so many others that are more capable.  " His power is made perfect through my weakness"!  Where I am weak, He is strong! Joy Joy is a 1.5 year old with 3 weeks of post auricular swelling and irritability.  Mother denies ear drainage or history o...

 This past Saturday we ventured over to Kitoben Children's Home to visit Alice and Samwel, who run the home, and all of the children.  Every visit we make we see some new changes to the school.  They have completed a beautiful, multi-purpose dining hall that will serve both the home and the school.                                                             Here's a pic of the outside of the new building:            This is Alice and Samwel Langat - they started and continue to run the home and the School. Here's a short video right after Isaiah gave the children a couple of soccer balls.  Notice that a cow shares the space with the kids! One of their greatest needs now is to build a new, larger latrine on the school compound which will cost about 350,000 KES o...

 Isaiah here!   At the end of this first week at Tenwek, I've had the chance to look back and reflect on the experience thus far. And it's been amazing. My time has been split between two main paths. First, I have been shadowing some doctors in the operating room and am truly experiencing first-hand the ins and outs of surgery. I have witnessed parotid tumor resections, tonsillectomies, pituitary gland tumors resected through the sinuses, cataract surgery, and more! A great part of watching these surgeries is the preparation I can do pre-operation. I have read about the surgeries beforehand and grasp, to some degree, what is going on and the anatomy involved. The doctors have been great resources and have helped me learn a large amount in just a span of one week.  The second focal point of my time at Tenwek, which I would like to highlight, are clinic days. Here, I have been assisting my mom in her ENT clinic performing various tasks. Most importantly, I have had the...