Jesus is alive!!! He is our Lord and Savior!!!
Because of the strength of your love and prayer I am able to tell you about the Madagascar Mobile clinic. I am living in the blessing of being able to be at the place of God’s ministry, this is joy. I would like to share this joy with you. Also I would like to share with you the blessing of the Mobile
clinic.
Madagascar Mobile clinic
God is love.
He has seen the pain and suffering the People in Madagascar are in due to disease, and he has compassion for them. And because this love and compassion He has put in place the mobile clinic to stretch out his healing hands to the people.
In February $25000 arrived in Madagascar, a whole two month delay. It must have been satan who did not want it to happen. With $20000 we purchased a vehicle for the mobile clinic. This was and is Joy, blessing and hope. Thereafter in early March the health department sent a letter asking us to take charge of two villages and a document of approval of the clinic. Then in March we had the opening of the Mobile clinic. Praise the Lord! On Sunday March 14th , we had a final checkup on the mobile clinic where the 28 volunteering medical staff gathered and prayed. A volunteer medical team formed of the local Madagascan doctorsŠ For most of them it is probably the first time they volunteered for such a team. By the end of the fellowship they all knew, that God wanted to use them, that through them God was going to reach out to all those in need and all those in pain. They all bid to reach out to those villages that God loves and sees but are unable to receive medical care, also to share God¹s love to the people as they received their treatment.
Thereafter 3am the next day we went to the first village. We drove for four hours, and then at 7am we had a meeting with the village leader. Thereafter we drove a further one-hour to get to the next village which was across a large lake, but on our way we received a call to say that because of all the rain not even the 4X4 we were in would be able to get across to the village. So we organized small wooden ferries and sailed in for a further hour to arrive at the village. The village leader had come out to fetch us and we walked into the village, on the way one of my companions slipped and got all covered in mud, but we got there. In the village a small and old primary school hall was where about 100 villagers had gathered for the day. We started by praise and a small service. Then before the treatment began, one that all had awaited with much anticipation and hope. We shared the gospel. The people flooded us with questions. ³ why are the doctors coming here to treat us and taking no money?² “Why have you come from so far to see me?” we answered “It is because of Jesus. God loved us sinners of the world so much that he sent his only son, Jesus. Jesus died for all our sins on the cross, to save us. God loves you so very much. He wants to save you.”
The treatment began thereafterŠ because it was the first time it was a bit crazy but it was soon settled as all the doctors took a group of people and started their consultations and treatment. In total we treated 112 people.The smiles on their faces as they waited for their turn for treatmentŠ the children who started to cry as the stethoscope was brought near, the doctors
who wark so hard to help those suffering from denile each and every doctor putting their all into each and every patient. Watching this I can proclaim, “There are angels. Angels that God has sent” Lord! Let these doctors plant your hope into these people. Through them heal not only their bodies but their souls too.
One patient came arrived on crutches. You could smell him from a mile away. He had been cut open in the groin by a cow’s horns. The cut was about 10cm long and the skin around it was rotting away. The doctors decided to cut away the rotting skin and sow up the wound. But this was no operating room, it was a primary school. So two tables where put together as a operating table and the wound was washed out with water as there wasn’t enough alcohol. Then the rotting skin was cut out, the wound cleaned and the sowed up. The patient said that he had no pain killers availableŠ he thought he was going to die there were no hospitals nearby, no doctors then the skin began to rot and he could see death before his eyes, and he lost hope and awaited his death.
During the operation the doctors shared the gospel with the patient, and the patient accepted the gospel and promised to attend church. This is God’s grace. (attached picture is after operation)
We had packed no lunch for the trip and so as the evening approached we all began to slack but watching the hard working doctors we had to stand strong. The village leader got one of their youths to go up a large coconut tree in the vicinity and pick coconuts for us so that we could drink the milk.
After the treatment we were back in the boats and headed home. Despite the hard seats and uncomfortable positions that we had to travel in the doctors sang praise all the way. The songs on the quiet river. Lord! This is your kingdom. Even though we are tired and hungry, because you are here we have strength to carry on.
These were moments of awe and thankfulness. But this is not the end, there are thousands of village like these in Madagascar. Village that have never seen treatments taking place.. others that are located in the vast open land no where near a clinic or even a doctor. Many people are dying from simple diseases with cures. The day that this servant arrived in Madagascar, a man who has the status of a mayor from a port about 12 hours away came to see us after hearing about this mobile clinic. We asked for help in continuing.
A few days later a typhoon came into the town and killed 25 people and injured many more. But no one is going to help these people. Lord! Have pity on these people. And give them compassion and helping hands. We are waiting to be used, Use us lord. Let this mobile clinic that was stared be able to expand and take charge of many more villages. Let more medical staff volunteer to come on board the team. Let there be more transport available to spread these healing hands.
Let much medication be spread among the people.
Lord! The sounds of those suffering and in pain are loud. Lord! Please accept out mobile clinic. Let us go out with your hands, your feet and your heart Use us.
Please pray:
1. That the mobile clinic with settle well. The medical staff who have volunteered will be running the clinic. Because they all have very little experience there will be many operational problems occurring. Pray that the lord will give them his guidance and that he will intervene with their every decision, so that they will experience his grace.
2. That the volunteering medical staff will experience God and feel joy of being used by God.
3. That the necessary transport and medication and financial aid will be provided.
4. That God will give us more transport, doctors, and medication to be able to go to all the areas that need and want our help, and that He will give us the right partners to support us.
5. That many will meet Jesus and be invited to the life of eternity with God through the mobile clinic and that through this we can glorify God’s name.
For the kingdom!
Missionary Young Ohm