A medical mission can be incredibly satisfying for medical professionals. It presents the opportunity for doctors and nurses to be truly useful; they are able use their skills to improve the quality of life for hundreds of people who may never have seen a doctor before.
The opposite can also be true. Having patients come in with chronic diseases and ailments like arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure can be disheartening because there is simply no way to treat these ailments long term. A month’s supply is sometimes all they could do.
But even in that month’s supply, there is still a measure of satisfaction. Even if all each person ever gets is one month without pain and relief from other symptoms, at least they got that month. The motto for the week is “Be flexible and patient” and the medical team has certainly been both.
It is truly astonishing how many people our PA’s and nurses, as well as the local doctors, have seen in the past three days. Approximately 300 people have been seen and treated.
Many of the people came to the clinic with ailments such as extremely high blood pressure, asthma, vision problems and diabetes among other things. At one point, the patients were asked to only list two conditions or problems.
Most listed five or more serious problems.
Since this was the last day of the clinic, the team opted to work an extra hour. God will bless them for that. The heat (while not as bad as yesterday) was brutal and everyone was showing the strain. Nevertheless, they continued working.
Once we made it to lunch, Bill Childers, PA (affectionately known to the Tanzanian’s as “Doctor Bill,” told how he had expressed some frustration to his translator. He and his wife Jen and the nurses and dentists and pharmacy workers did everything that was in their powers to help people, and yet it still felt like they had not done enough.
In response to Bill’s frustration, his translator said “Words cannot express how much good you have done. Not even so much the pills, but simply having traveled so far just to be here gives the people so much hope and reason to carry on.”
Now for a feeble attempt at balanced coverage.
Bro. Barry hosted a ministers’ meeting this morning. Bro. Eugene spoke for about 15 minutes and then Bro. Barry conducted a 45 minute bible study on the God head. Then Bro. Barry gave out cloths that had been prayed for by Bro. Branham.
Bro. Eugene will speak to the ministers again tomorrow.
The tech team continued their training of the HUB equipment and also distributed all their computers, laptops, printers and other equipment to the librarians and translators who attended the training sessions yesterday. 
The light in those brothers’ eyes was something to behold as they received the tools they need to translate the Message and get it into the hands of the people more efficiently.
The effect of the work done here, both physically and spiritually, is quite honestly immeasurable, and the whole group feels so blessed to have been a part of this mission to Tanzania.
Tomorrow, everyone except Bro. Eugene will head out to Ngorongoro for an all day safari. Look out wild, here we come!
