I’ve been keeping up with our many friends who are starting their second week in Uganda. This is the second year MCO Charleston has gone to Uganda for the summer trip, working with PMI and the local church in Uganda. A whole lot of our doctor and student and PT/OT friends are running bush clinics. Despite their remote location, the wonders of technology never cease, and we’ve been able to read the blog updated most days by students on the team here: http://www.palmettomedical.org/blog/ We’ve also gotten a couple update emails from our daughter’s fantastic pediatrician, who is helping to lead the team. The stories bring back many memories of my long days in open air African clinics with lines of patients stretching farther than we could ever reach.
It has been hard for our friends in many ways, as they have had to turn away more than they are even able to see some days. One little boy died the first day, his needs extending beyond the resources they had available. Please pray that they will continue to have energy and wisdom to run the clinics well, that they would have the items and meds needed for the diseases that present, and that both Ugandans and the team would know the healing that is Christ. Also pray for travelling safety and protection from the stings of mosquitoes, tse-tse flies, and erring needles.
