Makueni Special; It's all good in the hood.. entitled by Pamella Bukatchi

It is begginning to seem as if you drive over an hour in any directiron away from Nairobi you will end up with a surrounding complete unlike the witnessed previously. This week our travels have brought us on a 4 hour drive to Makueni, which is one of the dryest experiences yet. The river beds have all dried up, the grass is reminiscent of a Texas ghost town, and the flies/mosquitoes don’t even bother coming out. Our mission here is to prepare ground for the medical camp that will be held here in August. African Inland Church has an old missions hospital here that has never been used besides for the dispensary. The good news for the medical team is that the hospital here is very spacious and will have plenty of room to operate and serve the community. The bad news for us in the meantime is the condition of the hospital as every room is extremely dusty and has old, unused materials clogging the way. Daniel and I have taken on the mission of designing a shower that can be used in the guest house to supply the 30 people coming with a place to refresh in the mornings. Shower actually may be an uderstatement as it will more than like just serve the purpose of dumping water on the individual. Everything else here is going well so far as we have already cleared out the rooms that will be used for the clinic and designated each room to a specific task. We have created areas to hold an eye clinic, dental clinic, triage center, registration, pharmacy, HIV testing, immunizations, and consultations. Even though there is a lot of work left here, our outlook is looking up as things are moving quickly towards the way we are dreaming them to be. It has been so great to see how evident God’s hand has been in all things we have done so far from our travel to the work that he has done through us. To those who are reading, please pray especially for Makueni as we try to prepare everything exactly how the medical team needs it to be so when they arrive there is no wasted time in preparation. In Him, Ben