Day 2 – Thursday, January 28th

After a good night’s rest, another day with the wonderful people of Tanzania began. The medical team arrived at the clinic at approximately eight-thirty in the morning.  Set- up of the clinic was expedited and triage of patients began immediately.  In the tent used for triage, every chair was full. Each person was eager to be examined but everyone was extremely patient. Some waited from the opening of the clinic at 8:30 in the morning til 1:00 in the afternoon when the team had to close the clinic in order to reassemble the church for the upcoming service.

A few changes in the operation of the clinic yielded outstanding results; in the course of the day, over one-hundred and twenty patients were treated.  That’s one- hundred more than were seen on Wednesday. The Tanzanian people were very happy to not only see one of the four doctors on staff, but to visit a dentist as well.

While patients were being treated at the clinic, the technical team was busy at the hotel training fourteen translators and librarians. Each will receive a computer capable of printing messages from the Message Hub. With the extra printing toner that was brought on the trip, the translators have the capacity to print approximately 250,000 Message books before needing additional toner.

Before the bus came to a stop in front of the Church compound at four o’clock in the afternoon, the worship of the Tanzanian Saints could be heard. The singing had started about an hour prior and was still going strong! Pastor Dixon, and a group of believers from his church in Malawi,  sang a truly outstanding special that was thoroughly enjoyed by the entire congregation; especially by our mission group. The song service was followed by a dynamic sermon from Eugene Braun that drew shouts of appreciation from the congregation.

Truly, we can say we were blessed because we came.

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