Today was the last clinic day and I think the most emotional one I have had…ever!
We saw 201 people today. All in all, over 6 clinics we have seen, treated and witnessed to 979 people!
Well, with today, we ran out medications. So many people with so many needs. In the end, as I saw the last of our people in line, because we didn’t want to turn anyone away, I could only offer prayers for them and only had parasite medications to give. Maria, one of the ladies I saw, as I explained that we did not have any medications, I offered pray and she gave me her needs. Together, with my interpreter, I prayed over her and lifted up her needs. It is hard to not be able to give people the treatment and meds they need. But my interpreter said to me, that has stuck with me. She said, sometimes God just wants us to pray.
I also got to meet Valentina. She has diabetes and with that she has other health problems. As I talked with her and prayed with her, her pray request was for healing but also for a Bible. I made this my mission. I was able to get a bible from one of the ladies that had brought extra Spanish bibles. I gave it to Pastor Franklin and he was able to get it to her after we had left. He took pictures and she looked happy. I hope I was able to touch her with this and I pray she is finding Jesus through our witness, with Pastor Franklin and through our prayer.
I can say that this day was stressful. As nurse, you want to do what you can for people when they come to you for help. It is a helpless feeling when you can’t do that. We rely on each other in the team to help us get through it all. Whether you are a runner on our team, working pharmacy table, interpreting, working the registration tables or working the clinic tables, it takes a team to make it work. This is the lesson that God is teaching us all in the clinics. To trust him and think out of the box and rely on each other to get through it all. I had to do that a lot.
Bendiciones,
