Thailand Journal 2010 #11

Today was Community Health and Service day sponsored by the Thailand Mission, Mission Hospital, and APIU Nursing Department. Participants come from Bangkok and the University and operate a clinic and outreach in a rural public school. Each year they invite our group to join the teams of nurses, doctors, and other philanthropists. As always, they allow our students to fully assist in all kinds of different areas, medical and otherwise. The photos will give an insight into all that we did: http://www.wallawalla.edu/campus-life/spiritual-life/gallery/thailand_mission_trip_2010. A first for me was being up close to a person with leprosy. She was the first person whose eyes Danny checked. He could not get a reading; and when the doctor came and looked at the eyes, he said that it was because of the leprosy. The eyes were totally dry and needed surgery. She will get that next week. We are so delighted that the organizers were kind enough to plan the date of this outreach to fit our schedule. And they will do that again next year. A wonderful surprise was seeing students from Walla Walla. They are Student Missionaries for a year in Bangkok. They came with Namo and her family (her dad was one of the doctors). The wealthy philanthropist is originally from India and operates a private English language school in Bangkok. I taught his daughter many years ago in Walla Walla. He gave to everyone a bundle of gifts and a 20 Baht bill. The adults also got the book “Steps to Christ” in Thai. It was a great day with us doing exactly what Jesus would be doing if he were here on this Sabbath day.