November 19, 2007
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A New Look!!!
Front of Clinic
Clinic Back
The Clinic has a new look!!!!
The clinic renovations have been completed and the final payment made to the Zambian Construction Company….Hallelujah!!! Let me acquaint you with the floor plan: There is a small front and large back veranda used for waiting patients and inside bathrooms complete with a bathtub and two showers. The ladies bathroom also has a washer and dryer for laundry. The very large reception area containing file cabinets filled with patient records also has an inside waiting area. There is a prayer/consultation room that serves as Pastor Julius’ office, a storage room for medications and medical supplies, an exam room, a full service lab, a maternity room, a female ward, and a male ward. The maternity room is really the labor/delivery suite with only one bed. This room also has an exam table so it doubles for Under Five (Well Child visits and Immunizations) once a month. Each of the wards has a capacity for three beds comfortably. There is one last patient area left which use is still undetermined….intensive care, private room, procedure room??? All in all there is a capacity for approximately 9 admissions at a time. Inside, furnishings are still needed such as new chairs in the waiting room, a couple more file cabinets, hospital beds, tables and nightstands, an incubator, a couple desks with office chairs….and I could go on and on. Outside, all that is needed is landscaping.
The patient population is increasing along with the severity of illness making the need for more professional help inevitable. As we look at the projected budget needs of the Medical Ministries, we must include salaries and housing allowances for Clinical Officers and Nurses…not to mention monthly medication cost increases, expanding lab supply expenditures and food and infant formula supplement costs for our ever increasing high risk populations.
Sons of Thunder Medical Ministries is making a difference in the lives of people both physically and spiritually. People come to Sons of Thunder Clinic looking for medicine, but they always leave with just a little more than they expected….they get Jesus! Everyone is prayed on and the Word is spoken throughout the day starting with a 10 minute message at 8am every morning. One on one sessions take place throughout the day, resulting in salvations, healings and just plain sharing the love of Jesus. There is no wonder why people come from all over, walking many hours and many kilometers. One man said it best…. “We come because you care.” I continue to ponder: didn’t Jesus say something about “when you do it to the least of these……..” Thank you for partnering with us in prayer and financial support. Your prayers and gifts are spreading the love of Jesus to many.
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