First week in the Hospital

Yesterday (2/10) we got the awesome opportunity to tour Kenyatta Hospital (http://knh.or.ke). This hospital has 1000 in-patient beds! Pastor Lois and her husband Pastor Peter made the connection to this hospital, through Dr. Sadera. While at the hospital we met with one of the oncology doctors to set up more future connections for Northwest University students. Our group decided on 7 different units that we would all like to work on and those included: surgery, HIV/AIDS (they call it CCU in Africa), cardiac, pediatrics, labor and delivery, ER, ICU/NICU. I am really looking forward to the amazing opportunities that God has been opening up. After the hospital tour, we experienced our first rain shower with thunder and lightning. Our driver got stuck in the traffic so we all had to pile into 2 different cars to get to lunch.

4 girls squeezed in the back + a local nurse hidden by my professor 

Today (2/11) we are going to have our first day on the floor! I am excited to see where God places me. Before we go to the hospital we are getting to see a new ministry at work. Nikki, the host of our team, partnered with a friend to start a high-end fashion company. She is working with 3 local Kenyan women who make all the clothes. This allows the women to make not only a life for themselves, but also provides a life for their families.  Here is a Facebook link to the foundation https://www.facebook.com/James127Foundation and then here is their website http://www.judithandjames.com . To learn more about the actual foundation you can go here http://www.j127foundation.com/#!sewing-project/cvoe.