AN OPERATING ROOM
The third of an estimated seven containers has arrived to continue the progress of the
building structure for the operating room suite addition to the
Hospital. Samaritan’s Purse continues to generously provide
the containers and shipping costs, while individual supporters
continue to sacrificially give to purchase the materials
needed to fill the containers. A team of 8 men from North
America spent the last month with us to put up the remaining
interior wall frames, run the electricity, start on the insulation,
create the septic tank, and lay the first part of the floor. They
then returned home to wait for the next container to be filled and shipped to further the work
on the building, including putting up interior walls and doors, installing the HVAC system, and
outfitting the entire building with solar energy. In the meantime, there is a team of people in
the United States working on finding and purchasing the medical materials we will need, once
the building is finished. They have even started shipping desperately needed medical
materials in this last container, namely a new operating room table! This project continues to
move forward to the glory of God. Please continue to pray for wisdom and strength for those
involved in planning and carrying out these plans and pray that the remaining funding that
needs to be in place, especially for the solar energy
and medical equipment, would come about.
A MOBILE CLINIC
After much planning and waiting, the new HOME Mobile Clinic Vehicle is finally here!
Due to the remote nature of many of the villages we visit, and the
rough terrain to travel there, we decided to purchase a Toyota
Landcruiser Pickup as the ideal Mobile Clinic Vehicle for our
setting. This will
allow us to
transport
people, personal
items (as we
camp out in the
desert when we
go on these
visits), and
medical supplies. Now that the vehicle is in country, our next step
is to outfit it with a specially designed cap that has spaces to store
the medical supplies.
We have been still going out on our mobile clinic visits, even while waiting for the
vehicle to arrive. The last trip we took involved two visiting doctors, a nurse, and their
families…even the children got involved!
Please continue to pray that we would be salt and light to these far away forgotten
places as we bring compassionate medical care to their villages.