Blood Pressure Clinic

We have successfully started a program!!!!  Over the past 4 months we have been writing up a community development project in the community of the one OLM church is in.  This has been a learning experience fro both Adam and I  because we have never written up a proposal or started a big project.  We are excited and can see God working in the midst of this development. The long time goal is for the community members be the ones to run this project. The main goal is to transforms lives holisticially and change lifestyles.  We will be implementing health/hygiene teachings, livelihood projects, education/tutorials and medical missions.  That will occur after we have assessed the needs of each family member.  We are first going to start with the church members and their family members who are not attending church so we can touch them spiritually as well.  The main members of the church our youth so our target is their parents!  After we have successfully started with the members and develop more leaders we can spread to the community.  The plan is to build up networks and resources locally so they are not depending on outside sources.  This will be an amazing transformation and only by the Grace of God it will be successful!  these people are stuck in poverty and there only Hope is God.  We have 10 leaders so far and are now going into the professional world to build leaders there and networks for funding.  It is a great achievement in having 10 leaders because it has been a great journey it gaining their trust and them taking away their shame to feel comfortable in talking with us  It is very exciting work.  There has been many challenges but many growth experiences as well.  The scripture that conitnually comes up during these times is
James 1:2-5
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perserverance.  Perserverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.  If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault and it will be given to him."

This wednesday we started a free blood pressure clinic for the church members and their families.  And before they leave they get educated on keeping a healthy heart and are ministered and prayed for.  I am also training the leaders who want to learn how to check BP and do vital signs.  So I had one leader help me on wednesday!  He did a great job!  We had 18 people come and were able to encourage the church members to reach out and not to be afraid.  We are going to be doing house visits to assess further needs.  before I will share some of the pictures of the clinic!  We had a humble start.  It is getting the leaders excited and the church members because they are seeing things happening!  Now that things are moving forward i will continue to keep you updated! 

We are doing well health wise for the past 2 weeks now Praise God!  I am now recovered from a long 3 week struggle with Pneumonia!  adam is continually staying healthy!  thank you for your prayers and thoughts!