Kambi Teso

Our four days (M-Th) in the Kambi Teso slum of Eldoret, Kenya consisted of medical clinics, children’s ministry, and the feeding program. This is the largest medical clinic Open Arms (OA) does each year. Three dentists, an opthamologist, and a doctor came from Uganda to assist us. They are long-time friends of OA. Students from the Moi University Medical School also helped along with nurses and a pharmacist from the West. Of course, there was plenty of non-medical personnel on hand to help in a variety of areas as well. Together, we were able to provide general medical, dental, and eye clinics for a total of 1776 patients who would have never received health care otherwise. It was satisfying, exhausting, hard work J

Open Arms emphasizes the importance of spiritual and physical healing whenever we provide medical clinics. Local pastors joined us each day to share the gospel and invite people to accept Jesus Christ into their lives. Eighty people prayed for salvation!

We also prayed for more than 100 people for a variety of requests. Approximately 45 of them had miraculous healings occur in their physical bodies. We witnessed many cataract covered eyes become clear; pain immediately removed; the weak became strong; some who limped into the camp walked away normally; and a bent-over, elderly woman was six inches taller when she left! (I’ll share more healing stories in future posts)

We were grateful to have eight people from Forgotten Children International (FCI) join us for the last three days at Kambi Teso. Many of the OA team members were battling physical ailments when they arrived. They were a great group from Indiana that assimilated quickly with our team.

May God be praised for what He accomplished during our time in Kenya, Africa!!!