Day Five

Tuesday, October 20th

We set up our first clinic at the church in Nong Kio. There were already people waiting for us when we got to the church at 8:30 to set up! There were many people who had traveled one or two days to receive the health care we provided.

Our group getting ready to start our first clinic

Scott, Robbie, Kristen, Alicia, Linda, Kirk, Deb, Terry, & Brian

Lisu women waiting to be seen

Brian gave out glasses to those who needed them

Deb, Linda, Robbie, & Scott ran the pharmacy

We passed out coloring books, crayons, & candy to the children

We ran the clinic a full day & saw many people. We passed out a lot of antibiotics & vitamins and gave several steroid shots.

After clinic was over, we walked down to the market with Mary and were joined by many kids, once again!

Brian even got to go for a joy ride on the scooter!

After we got back to the house and had dinner, we all went to church. Terry, Kirk, Kristen, & Alicia walked in first and all sat down together. After everyone else came in, they pointed out to them that the women sit on one side and the men on the other...oops!

Every night, three of us gave our testimonies. Terry was first to give his testimony, followed by Linda, then Kirk. What we said went through two translators. First, one who translated from English to Thai, then from Thai to Lahu. It was kind of a lengthy process! After the three testimonies, Brian gave a short sermon each night.

As Brian was preaching, he read some Scripture, and we turned around to see about 15-20 people wearing glasses he had given them!

This first church service was so amazing! The Thai people worshiped with their whole hearts without holding anything back. It was so neat to worship with them and to realize that we will be spending eternity with these beautiful people!