Day 3 of Medical Mission.
What an amazing day!! First of all, its such a blessing to be a part of this Mission. I am grateful for God for this opportunity so serve Him.
Its my birthday today and what an amazing start. I was doing my quiet time between 430 and 530 am ( still jetlagged as well). At 545 am, I heard, voices singing outside by the lawn, it was the kids at Sankey and the staff singing Happy Birthday with Gilbert playing the guitar!! How sweet!!!, I was laughing out loud when I heard them. I have never been serenaded in my own country in all 39 years!, I looked at the window , its still dawn and there they were, some of them still have shower caps on, not wanting to miss singing for me. I walked outside to be with them with my pyjama on and I was all smiles and listened to them sing 3 songs, 2 of the songs were so heartwarming Tagalog Christian songs, that made me teary eyed, and 4 kids gave me flowers and card. Who wouldnt made that cry?
The mission today was held in city of Lucena, outside a barangay outpost where they set up tents for us. As usual, the first hour , we were swamped with patients, and getting started was a bit challenging, with the patient lining up in different direction until, Pastor William ( the local Pastor there) managed the crowd. And everybody was seen and treated and prayed for. Everybody in the team worked so hard today. We praise God for giving us the strength, perseverance, and love to do His work today.
Here's one of the patients we've seen, a guy with an infected wound. Kurt did the wound cleaning, took the scab in the middle, gently softening it first before yanking it out., The guy was so calm and didnt show any pain. Good job Kurt.
These are the folks waiting to be seen by the team. It was a small space but we made do with what we have and we have seen almost 200 folks for today.
We ended our day with playing with kids during the night. Its was so exciting we were all sweating at the end of it . We called it Philippine- American version of Capture the Flag! I am sure Im speaking in behalf of the team, that it felt so good to play and feel young and carefree again. Of course, we were all so exhausteded at the end of it.
Time to rest so we have energy again tomorrow. God bless you all. Thanks for all your prayers and support.
Melissa
