The Gift of Sight

We have been super-blessed with some amazing teams and interns who have traveled from the USA to assist us in our work. In June we were able to host a team from Kingsburg, CA who came to assist us with some optometry outreaches. We have never done more than two medical outreaches from the clinic in any single month before. But while the Kingsburg team was here we did FOUR in just ONE WEEK!! It was a marathon. Over 350 patients were seen and treated at four different locations where patients have little-to-no access to eye-care. Here are some pictures to give you some of the highlights. The above picture is of the Kenyan and American teams who joined forces at our outreach to the community of Sosiani.

Packing up equipment at the clinic in preparation to hit the road

Patients waiting patiently to be seen

A grandmother from the community testing out a prescription to see if it will work for her

Excitement over the realization that the world is so much clearer when you can see!

On one of our outreaches we lost ALL of the lug-nuts on the left, rear tire. The tire came off as the team was cruising down the highway. Thankfully no one was injured. We were all glad that we had prayed for protection as we started the day.

Here I'm working the phone to try and arrange alternate transportation to our outreach site. Where is AAA when you need them?! The team took the whole situation in stride and we shared stories as we waited on the roadside for backup.

These ladies were styling in their new sunglasses!

It felt good to sit down for a breather in the midst of so many patients!