All God's Promises are Yes!

I'm really thinking more and more about the simplicity of a clinic at Malanga.One of the peacekeepers sent me an article on Malaria and medications. Seems the guy involved in it is a friend of hers. Then another peacekeeper and I chatted about the clinic idea. She's stationed in Nairobi, and she could totally get the vision and finally a 3rd peacekeeper came in and told me she had a couple of week off from internship (and believe it or not does not just want to sleep which I could totally understand). Her mother is already in Tanzania teaching and speaks swahili (something I haven't mastered). So I brought up the idea of getting a grant for both sites in Tanzania and Kenya and she was delighted.

I find that I usually have to be ready to totally give up on this project before it becomes clear what needs to be done. I am finally clear on the businesses and how Kiva can help us and have another peacekeeper to help me with that. And the idea of the clinic is going to involve so many of these incredible people that I know it's yes. It started with an email and as I give more and more of this over to others, it just gets better and better.
God and I were having lunch the other day and I had to tell Him He really has a great sense of humor. Surrender is hard for all of us, and I seem to be a particularly hard case since I seem to need to learn it on a weekly basis. However, whenever I do get it, it's so peaceful.

So all of you who read this blog, please leave your thoughts and ideas. I do listen and I do learn so much from you.
Keep the faith y'all

I have a dream too!

Sorry I wasn't clear on this one. The movie Lillian Child of AIDS that I have wanted you to see is posted on my facebook page. Please view it so you can understand how important it is to get clinics on the school grounds.
You probably have to paste this in your browser to see the video.
http://www.facebook.com/video/?ref=sb#/video/video.php?v=17226829075
You need to go to the facebook listing to see it. They think it's too long for this space. However, after watching it for a long
time it dawned on me that I had been making a false assumption about why the children are not tested or treated. It's not because the meds are expensive, it's because they can't afford the transportation to the clinics! That's when I talked to a couple of folks working over there about the idea of having a clinic on school grounds once a month or more. If we had it on school grounds, the children could come and be tested, they could get vaccinations, mosquito netting, and medications for the ever present diarrhea, malaria and other fungal infections.

Did you know that 400 children a day die in Kenya from diarrhea and malaria? So it's not going to help to feed them if we can't keep them healthy. But here's the really cool thing, we could have some of our parents sell their crops, or our dress making business take orders right there while people are waiting. I'm really stoked about this idea.

We're hoping to work with Kiva to administer the loans, since we can't do it all. But the idea is that small entrepeneurs would borrow money for a business and then set them up on clinic days at the schools. They would tithe a certain amount to our feeding programs. I'm hoping it works. I already know one enterprising woman who could surely teach it to other women. And Shani the Massai chief is amazing in his dreams.

So keep the faith y'all, we'll get there one day.