Dreams Come True - Prayers Answered

Dear all,

The last couple of days have been filled with great emotion for me as after years of planning, praying, struggling to find funding, sweat and tears, plans changing, budgets changing, etc etc...Emmanuel clinic is officially open in a limited resource model to help the most poor and vulnerable impoverished people in the Kiryandongo sub county region of Uganda, Rakayata Village.  Staff has been hired and I have met with them all!  Suzan is managing well.  We have had meetings with the Village Healthcare workers team...all are on board with the struggle to keep Emmanuel clinic alive and well under this model.  Fee structure is under a tiered system of payment that the villagers told me they could afford, so as not to select out and the poor still have no access to healthcare.  We had one mishap with the lab microscope and centrifuge.  The technician tried to plug them in before I arrived and may have blown the fuses so we will take them in and see how to fix them. Otherwise so far all is smooth.  In the first 2 days we saw 27 people and we know it will be growing.  Education days are planned.  We are introducing the VHT manuel Mariel designed...so grateful!  Tom and I and Richard have been in big discussions about implementing the goat sustainability project for Emmanuel clinic and are getting closer with the help also of our Ugandan lawyers advice (which he donated).
We are so grateful for all of the support and donations to build this clinic and see it come to fruition by the grace of God.

Years of planning and fundraising and grant writing for Kampala village well has also answered prayers by many of the elderly women and villagers.  It was such a joyous sight to see and feel clean water flowing freely!

The team is great!  Tom has been so busy with the water well testing etc and other well testing as well as soil testing and more!  It is so wonderful to see the fruits of his labor!  Thank you Tom for the years of service and love for these wonderful people of Africa!

Heather is so amazing with her teachings of the school children, playing with the kids, conversing with all people and generally helping out so much!  Thank you!

We dont have very good internet so will keep posting when possible.  Tomorrow we head north to Kitgum and Palabek where Tom assesses a possible future water project and we visit the orphanages and deaf school we support in medical care. Stay tuned!
Nadine