Blessed by a visit from a medical team!

This week, on Thursday, we had a medical team come to CORM to do medical evaluations and checkups for all the kids and staff at Faith Roots International Academy. It was really great to see each of the kids get checked over and receive some basic medications to make sure they are healthy. We were blessed to learn that for the most part, the kids here are in very good health. There are a few of the kids who have some vision/eye problems, and we do have three children here who are HIV positive. 

I spent part of my day between classes just watching as the kids came to the makeshift clinic set up in one of the rooms at the school. It was just a great feeling to know that the kids were getting the kind of care they needed to make sure they stayed healthy, and to catch any potential problems.
     

 
        While the medical team didn't have the equipment or medicines to treat serious issues, they were able to diagnose and treat most of the problems they found, which in itself is more than most kids ever get in the villages. The team also brought news that a Ghanaian doctor who is head of a hospital about and hour and a half or two hours from here had agreed to be the pediatrician for the children here at CORM and Faith Roots. He had planned on being here for the checkups, but couldn't make it, but it's so good to know that there is a Christian doctor not terribly far from here who is willing to help this way.

The team that came was a group of five, three from the U.S., a Korean/American missionary who has been in Ghana for six years and a Ghanaian volunteer. They were a great group of people, and Dawn and I got to sit and talk with Troy and Jammie Tompkins, two of the team members. He is a Doctor and she is a Nurse/Practitioner, both from Tucson, Arizona. They are an awesome couple with a genuine heart for serving The Lord. They are with an organization called Heartbeat For Africa, that does outreach in many parts of Africa, but the focus with this trip was Ghana. Troy and Jammie had been in Ghana for the past two weeks going through villages doing clinics, and CORM was their last stop. It was awesome to watch how loving they were with the kids, and it was evident that they genuinely cared about each one. 

When we sat and talked, it was evident that God was moving in their hearts. I asked them a lot of questions about their ministry and what they do. There was one particular question that I had saved for last. I asked them what makes a couple of doctors give up their personal vacation time to come to Ghana to do the same type of work they do at home. I already knew the answer to that question, but I was interested in hearing their story. They said the main priority in their lives was to honor God with their gifts and abilities and to follow where He leads them. They said they felt like their next step was to leave their jobs for full time missions! How awesome! They were interested in our story as well, and we had a great time of fellowship. They are an example of radical, Christ-like faith in action, with a desire to serve an awesome God!

Pray for Troy and Jammie as they seek Gods will for their next step! You can find out more about the organization they serve with at: www.heartbeatforafrica.org.
Cayle