The crew working on the medical clinic promised us Saturday afternoon that they would have the building cleaned up and ready for us to set up on Sunday morning. They must have worked all night because the building was ready. After breakfast and a brief devotional we headed to the clinic to set up. Late the previous evening we had been joined by John Grady our missionary in Peru who had met our two Peruvian members in Juliaca. Angel Garate, a dentist and Jennifer Dias, a translator.
The clinic was ready to function by 9:00 a.m. The lines outside were getting long. We sang a couple of songs, welcomed the crowd and prayed for the success of the clinic. We then started doing business. Two people manned the front door, Our nurse was stationed inside the door, she is bi-lingual. The three dentists and one dental assistant and myself as translator, traffic director, etc. were in one room. The two people working the optical clinic and a translator were in another room. The Doctor and her translator in a third room. It was a bit rough but by mid-afternoon we were buzzing right along.
Because there was a political rally in the plaza we did not plan any presentation for Sunday night. We held our own devotional and had myself and another of the new members give their testimonial. Everyone was dead tired, we had no hot water and it was cold, cold, cold. The devotional that evening had to do with sacrifice. We all realized that the sacrifice of Christ on the cross was one we could not match. Our discomfot was nothing to His suffering. The entire group, the core group from Port Neches and those of us who were added to the group feel the spirit of the Lord with us. We are confident that we are doing what He wants us to do and look forward to a great day tomorrow.
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