Today has been a good day. We boarded the bus with members of our host team and managed to fit 30 people inside with the back row taken up by suitcases. We have all learned to like each other no matter how close we are or how bad we smell! On the way back to the hotel after clinic we managed to fit 34 people in the bus!

Things went really smoothly today. We have been to this village every year we have come to Uganda and it is Exciting to recognize people and have them recognize us. It was hot and long and tiring, but also very smooth and blessed. We saw over 86 people in the clinic, 63 in wound care, and about 46 in the dental area. We also filled 283 prescriptions and prayed for 250 people! The pharmacy was rocking it again and in much smaller quarters. The ladies keep things flowing along and a smooth working pharmacy makes for a smoky clinic. Trace, Cheryl, Allison, Erica, Randi, Connie, and Dottie did an amazing job. Way to go ladies!

The LC3 also thanked us and asked what he could do to help and we told him to support the local Methodist congregation and he said he was a Christian and did not have a church home and we introduced him to Sister Margaret and Christine who pastor the local church! He is planning on joining!

Richard and Emily treated wounds all day and were the hands and feet of Christ. They cared for people with love and were a blessing. This is not an easy task as there a many types of wounds. Just a great job today!

Mike, Les, Jonathan, and I worked crowd contralto and ushering to the pharmacy. Les and Jonathan were all smiles and made people feel loved. They both interacted with everyone they came into contact with and made some new friends I think! Mike was once again the point man and face of the medical clinic. He stages the patients and delivers bad news and works triage. Mike is simply amazing. He is always talking to people with respect and love. He let us know he remembers them and he is always looking for ways to connect us to the local leaders when he finds them. Mike is the man!

We will be back tomorrow to Koch Chorom for the last medical clinic of the trip. It is bittersweet when the clinics end because you know we will not have helped everyone, but they are also demanding physically. One of the hardest things is when we let the remaining people know there will be no more patients seen that day. People come up to you and begin to tell you what ails them or a child and we have to still say we cannot see anymore. The doctors work hard and see a huge amount of people, but the need is great. I rest in the fact that we are doing what Jesus called us to do and that is care for the least of these. He did not command us to solve all problems, but to come and partner with the local church and join Him in caring for the the poor, hurt, sick, and prisoner. We are letting people know they matter. We are loving people regardless of their social position or status. We are being he church. I rest in that.

Tonight we will eat dinner and relax and go to bed. Everyone is tired and worked hard today. We need rest to be ready to go out and serve again. Pray for rest for the team. Pray for as many people as possible to be seen by the doctors. Pray for the team to remain healthy. And pray for us to finish strong.

Talk to you soon. God bless you!

CRT