It's the beginning of the week and we are ready to go on the building.  As we began working on the beam (concrete headers) and finishing the walls to their final height the beautiful clear sky allowed the sun to hit us pretty hard.  It had rained quite a bit the night before so it was also a little humid.  But we are rejoicing in this day the Lord made for us.

Pastor Abdul was at the site and asked if Dennis would be willing to see a few people that had medical issues; of course Dennis said yes.  Now that he has his medical bag in hand he is able to do much more.  To show the need of the clinic, within a few minutes of the word going out Dennis had 64 people lined up to see him.  They came with everything from minor colds to 3rd degree burns.  He did what he could with the tools he had, but just imagine what can be done once we can fill this clinic with the medical supplies needed.

Wycliffe met with the town council today and spoke to them about how the clinic is for the community and they need to set up a committee to run it.  The council was ecstatic, they have been waiting to hear from us.  They have applied for government grants for this type of building for 10 years and were just recently turned down again, so this building is really a "God sent".  There is medical equipment that is designated for this region of villages that will be available as the building is completed and they will be working on having the doctors assigned to the region actually staff and use the building.  This was fantastic news to hear and really makes us want to get this building usable before we leave.

Harry continues to be a inspiration and encourager on the site, the workers see him constantly going and motivated and can't help but move a little faster; trying to keep up with the 66 year old mzungu.

We decided to stretch out the work hours and start at 8 am and work until 6 pm to make sure we don't waste any time while we are here and we can achieve our goal of having the building usable before we leave next week.  There is lots of work to be done so keep us in your prayers as we forge ahead.