Thursday in Nairobi

Hello Prayer Warriors,

I thought I'd send a note a little earlier tonight. The electricity has been out all day and just came back on so I thought I should take advantage while I could. Today we were in a slum called Kawangware. There are Kenyans and Sudanese Refugees living there.

The Sudanese living here left Sudan 12 yrs ago and went to Uganda and then came to Nairobi 2 years ago. They left their country because the non-Muslim people were being slaughtered by the Muslim warlords. The Ethiopians went in and defeated the Muslim warlords in the last few years.

Each night someone on the team is responsible for "factoids". You are asked to share some fact about the country, culture or people. Tonight Ed shared a "factoid" about the Sudanese people.Many of them had scars onn their heads. The scars are made by spears and if they cry when it is done they are considered a lower class. Their bottom teeth are also removed. Very interesting factoid!

Today we saw a Sudanese man who was beaten by the police. A 45 yr old Christian patient named Susan came into the clinic, who had 4 grown adult children. She found a baby in the dumpster, rescued him and named him Moses. She brought him in to see Karen G. He is now 2 years old. Ariel and I had a patient who was caring for a 3 month old baby for a friend who died from malaria. It was a very busy day for all in the clinic.

I think the team is a little tired. We have a very full schedule. Each night we come home and shower, eat dinner, debrief and refill medication bags for the next day. Everyone usually take walks or runs and some do yoga to relax. We are staying on a compound which belongs to the Benedictine Sisters. There is an international representation here--Tanzania, Gemany, Uganda. They even have a Korean church service on Sunday. It is beautiful on this compound. The grounds are amazingly beautiful! It is very necessary for us to unwind and relax when the busy clinic day is over so God provided just the right place for us.

You must have been praying hard for us. The "fishes and the loaves" are evident! In other words, the medications are being stretched as well as our faith.

Tomorrow we will return to Kawangware. Please pray that the people would see Jesus through us.

May God richly bless you! We consider you part of our team as you support us in prayer. We could not do this without you dear friends and family!

We Love you and miss you all very much!

Karen (McClure) and the Kenya Team