Africa Team Blog
Yesterday the team visited a government hospital and prayed with people in the TB ward. The hospital provides free care but the conditions are horrible. There are mangy dogs and cats wandering through the wards, the operating rooms have open windows and the patients are wheeled out of operations to recover under the trees. Many of the people told the team they were hungry. Upon investigating, the team found out the hospital is not able to provide food, each patient’s family is responsible for that. Since many of the patients are refugees from Sudan or Congo, they have no family and subsequently often starve. The team bought what food they could find and will purchase a large bag of rice and some cooking oil when they return Thursday. One of the nurses said people could be found to cook for the patients if the food was supplied.
Yesterday the team visited a government hospital and prayed with people in the TB ward. The hospital provides free care but the conditions are horrible. There are mangy dogs and cats wandering through the wards, the operating rooms have open windows and the patients are wheeled out of operations to recover under the trees. Many of the people told the team they were hungry. Upon investigating, the team found out the hospital is not able to provide food, each patient’s family is responsible for that. Since many of the patients are refugees from Sudan or Congo, they have no family and subsequently often starve. The team bought what food they could find and will purchase a large bag of rice and some cooking oil when they return Thursday. One of the nurses said people could be found to cook for the patients if the food was supplied.
Last night the team slept in a mud hut in the bush about 2 miles from the Congo border. There were poisonous snakes, large spiders, and stories of The Lord’s Army activity nearby in the Congo. Needless to say, not much sleeping. Today was spent conducting training for a group of pastors representing churches in over 70 bush villages! Sheryll said it was one of the most rewarding days yet. She reported that, even with the language barrier, there was camaraderie, a family feel, among them as they talked about being a part of the Body of Christ. The people were very receptive and asked if the team could come back and spend 2 to 3 weeks with them in the bush training church leaders. Dana also participated in the preparation of lunch by killing the chicken at the invitation of the group! Sheryll said that went well when they replaced her dull knife with a sharp one.
Tonight the team returned to the base camp and is enjoying the evening together relaxing after bathing in their outdoor bucket showers. Tomorrow they will take the day off and go on safari. They will rise at about 4 AM, pile in the back of a pickup truck and drive to the national park where a guide will join them for a day of seeing animals, climbing waterfalls and lunch in a restaurant. Les, our YWAM team leader, knew what he was doing when he strategically placed this break in the team’s schedule.
Please continue praying for the team and those to whom they are ministering.
Please continue praying for the team and those to whom they are ministering.
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