We spent 2 nights and 3 days in Chiwengo. It was a 2 hour drive from where we were staying at COTN. All of the people are so kind and so grateful for what we do. The village in Chiwengo was orginally built by president Kamuzu, the first president of Malawi, for his family. It had many cottages. That is where many of the orphans stay who people support through COTN. We got there around 12:30 and set up our clinic and worked for about 3 hours. It was nice because we could leave up the easy-ups and it wasn't as much work to set up and take down each time. We still needed to lock up all the crates where we keep the medications and supplies, but set up and take down was much faster.
We had a delightful surprise when the children of the orphanage had a program prepared for us after dinner. There were about 40 to 50 children. Their program was wonderful and was a highlight for all of us.
The next day we had a full day clinic, starting about 8:45 a.m. and going until around 5:00 p.m. Many people walked from surrounding villages to be seen. These people live a higher standard as most of them have shoes and brought cards from a clinic where they apparently get seen from time to time. I would love to include pictures, but they are not on this computer. Hopefully when we get home we can add some pictures.
We wrapped up clinic yesterday around 2:30 p.m. and were packed and on the road by a little after 3:00. We got back to the COTN village in Lilongwe. The people at COTN take such good care for us and cook all our meals. It was nice to be able to relax a little yesterday.
Today is Sunday and we went to Brian Biedebach's church and spent the day with a little down time before we go on to another village tomorrow. For the remainder of our time in the clinics we will be setting up the clinic and taking it down on a daily basis. We go to one local village for 2 days and another one for 2 days. It is so hard to believe that we are half over with our clinics. We all love these people so much.
Thanks again for prayers. We have seen so many answers to prayers in God providing medications at just the right time, to people being found who were on the verge of death, to many professions of faith. We are all holding up and continue to feel your prayers.
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Hello to all! We follow your progress as we pray that God would bless your efforts as you care for the sick and minister with the gospel. Thank you for your labor of love and we look forward to hearing more when you return home.
Much love,
Larry & Lauren Brown
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