Aug 4 Connecting to families
Baby Samuel: One patient from our medical clinic won our hearts today, and we ask that you join us in praying for an
Baby Samuel and his mother Anita
infant named Samuel. Samuel’s mother, Anita, walked for one hour in order to find a car to hitch-hike a ride for an additional hour just to come to our clinic. Samuel looked very ill, and the doctors at our clinic had the suspicion that the baby might not live very long. We rushed Samuel to a hospital over 20 miles away, and they diagnosed him as having meningitis. At this point, his prospectus is very critical. So, please join us in praying, and we will keep you updated with how things develop.
Vacation Bible School: Over 60 children attended our Vacation Bible School today. Jan, the director of that ministry, was excited to share how responsive the kids have been to the crafts and games. Today, the children made little animal shapes out of pipe cleaners. Something as simple as this craft connected with the children, and parents were glad that the children could take the little crafts home with them. The local church leaders expressed their joy that our missionaries are working not only with important medical concerns, but we are also reaching families through the VBS, making photos to give to families, and helping locals with needed construction work.
We've nicknamed this cute kid "Boots"
Children proudly display their pipe cleaner animals
A child happy to be at VBS
Dental Clinic: Yesterday, the dental “clinic” was set up outside underneath a tree. Without electricity or water, Dr.
Using the Dental Room with a Ngobe patient
Dauphin was only able to extract decayed teeth. Today, we loaded up a busload of patients and drove them 5 miles to a public health clinic with a dental room so that we could fill cavities instead of only extracting teeth. It turned out, however, that much of the equipment in the dental room did not work properly, and most of the people were sent back home. Many patients, however, still received needed extractions.
Photo of the Day: During the day, several women prepare dinners of rice and beans for all of the patients who arrive for medical treatment. While working, one of the women put her small child to sleep in a nearby hammock.
Ngobe baby asleep in a hammock
Tags: Christian, clinic, dentist, medical, mission, Ngobe, Panama Mission 2009, VBS
Mt. Carmel UMC is praying for Samuel and the whole mission team. We are all very proud of Cara!
What a wonderful blessing each of you are as you serve others. Thank you for taking the time to update this web site so that we can be “with” you and pray for you and those you serve.
haha I love Boots so much
man… please keep us updated on the child with meningitis. It’s hard for folks back home to understand the severity of disease when there is little hope for proper care. …still praying….
Blessings to all of you who are part of this amazing team! Thank you for your willingness to serve God in such an incredible way. The people of Ngobe and those of us who read of your work are seeing your faith expressed in such a real way. You are the hands and feet of Christ!