Clinic Day in Kamba Land

Breakfast at 7:30 am because today is a day for the mobile clinic. We pack the truck and head out to the church where we had the auction. It looks like rain, but we’re not sure what to think of that. It has not rained much in the night, and now it is just drizzling a bit. If it rains any harder, the mobile clinic will be cancelled because we will not be able to cross the river, which is just a dry bed right now. Also, if it rains, many people will stay home to plant crops. The rain is much needed here, as it is in the rest of Kenya, but they also need the gospel which is presented with the medical care.

When we arrive at the church the crowds of people that we are expecting are not there. The rain has kept them away. Usually they are lined up; the event is well advertised ahead of time by word of mouth. We set up and wait, but there are few patients. Gary goes to the nearby school to distribute Vitamin A tablets to help the students build up their natural immunity. These tablets are given once every six months.

HIV awareness has become a very big part of the medical ministry here. Sexual promiscuity is a huge problem here, and the Johnsons show videos regularly to school students warning of the dangers and repercussions of sexually transmitted diseases. These are always shown together with gospel videos.

Monday evening we return to the Team House and spend some time reading and relaxing. Pastor Kalonzi comes by to invite me to speak at the student chapel the next morning at 8:30.