More pics of Kenya

When the students were not seeing patients, they were able to play with the kids also. Here Aaron was playing frisbee with a few new friends. The kids were very excited to jump rope with us and they were really good too!
I just thought this kid was the cutest thing!! He was so precious and sweet to us.
Here is one of the walls inside the pharmacy at the clinic. There were two walls like this lined with drugs and medicine.

More Kenya pics!

One of the things i found great joy in doing was giving away tennis shoes and clothes to some of the most needy people. This lady who is carrying a baby came through with only a pair of worn out flip flops on, which is better than nothing at all, but if you could see the land and remember that they walk everywhere they go, shoes are a great need for them. Even though this woman could not speak English hardly at all, the only thing she kept saying was "God bless you." She was so excited to get these tennis shoes and a new jacket! Below, Dr. Jones is hard at work :). I was so proud of him and it was so exciting to see him in his first real medical mission work. Each student had to use a translator to ask questions and find out what the problem was. The students were able to gain a lot of valuable experience and knowledge. God is teaching him, and growing him to be a great doctor for His glory!!

There were always children around and a lot of them. They were so excited to get candy from us. Some of them could speak some English, but most could not.
This is the line of people waiting to be seen at the clinic. As you can imagine, it was hard turning people away at the end of each day, but the people were always respectful and kind to us.

Pictures from Kenya

Hey everyone, here are a few pics from Kenya...... This is a picture of the Rift Valley, the area that we worked in. This picture was taken on our way there from Nairobi.
Aaron is sharing a track and the Gospel with these men while they were waiting to get in to the clinic. It was challenging with the language barrier, but some could speak English.
This picture was taken on top of a mountainside. It shows the back side of the clinic, the waiting tent, and out buses, and some of the people waiting.
This is a close-up of our "tent clinic". In this tent their were four stations of students and translators where patients were seen and questioned. It did get a little crowded at times, but worked well for the most part. If they needed to do anything specific for the patient, there were small rooms with tables inside the clinic building for those situations.

Home from KENYA!!!

WOW!! I can't believe how blessed we are to have been able to go to Kenya and meet and serve so many wonderful people! I have a lot to share, but I am still recovering from jet lag so tonight will be brief. Thank you all so much for your prayers and support! God is so good to faithfully provide for all our needs, before...during....and after the trip. God has strengthened us each day, only by His power are we able to keep going this week. We got home around 8:30 Sunday night and both of us had to go to school and work Monday morning. (whew!) We are definitely ready for the weekend. I have tons of pictures to share, maybe I can put some up this weekend. The people and the land are so beautiful. The students and doctors saw around 900 people at the clinic in 4 days. We were able to pray for and share the gospel with many people. Most of these people seemed to know who Jesus was and many claimed to be Christians. There was some difficulty at times with the language barrier, but we know that the Holy Spirit was working it all out. Ok, I'm about to fall asleep at the computer. I must go to bed now.
I thank God for such an amazing opportunity. Whenever I have the chance to worship with believers from other countries and languages I always get excited and can't help but think of what it will be like someday when we all are gathered together in heaven, singing praises to OUR LORD, how beautiful it will sound.........from every tribe, nation, and tongue! I'm smiling just thinking about it. He loves us ALL, and there are SO MANY of us, He is truly AMAZING!
Goodnight.

Some random pics for you

Hello everyone, I just have so many pictures I want to share with everyone that I can't stay up to date....these pics are from about a month ago maybe. I just wanted everyone to see the snow and how beautiful it is!! The only hard part is getting up and down our driveway!
This is a picture of our church- Good Shepherd Baptist Church. We LOVE it and are so thankful that God has led us there. As you can see we have cleared a little pathway up to our house.....however it can still be very slippery :)
For those of you who will never get to come to VA and see Aaron's school, I thought I would bring it to you! This is where Aaron spends the majority of his time :)
It is only one building, which seems odd to me. I expected something huge after coming from UT in Knoxville. There are two huge auditoriums/lecture rooms for the 1st and 2nd year students. Then in their 3rd year they kick them out into the real world(clinicals). There is also an anatomy lab where they study the dead bodies and stuff, and there is a small library and study rooms and a cafeteria. So......if you ever drop by, we will give you the full tour.

Don't worry there are still many more random pictures yet to come!!