Malawi Blog 3

Today we got to do the things we came for.  We all attended Church in Madisi and we worshiped a risen lord.  We found things that we had in common rather than things that we perceived as different.

After the church service we converted the church into a make shift medical clinic and prepared to treat those in the community that had medical issues.  As we set up the pharmacy and made work stations for the clinical staff, a line formed at the door and every church window filled with the faces of children who seemed fascinated with the process.

Traveling to another country sometimes points us to the cultural or social differences but when we see children laughing and playing we immediately see the similarities we all have.

During a long afternoon we saw 122 patients.  Some had serious issues and others just had aches and pains, which was another similarity between those in Madisi and our team from the United States.  Life is hard on the human body and we all feel those aches and pains at the end of the day.

When the line at the door was exhausted we looked back at all the people we had seen and all of their personal stories, fears and concerns.  We felt privileged to have been a part of making life just a little better for those that had medical needs and grateful for the chance to get to know them on a more personal basis.

But it was the children that made us smile and it is their faces and their laughs that we will always remember.