Day 4 - Chisinau Clinic

Today we opened our traveling medical clinic in Chisinau.  People were waiting for us when we got there.  The clinic saw about 65 patients today, many came for glasses that we did not have because they were held by customs. We are hopeful they will be released for our clinic tomorrow. There were also several children with disabilities there because it is so hard to get medical treatment for them. Children with "problems" are often not kept at birth, but somehow these parents have found the serenity to follow a path of acceptance and the courage for the difficult journey ahead of them.  I can't imagine how hard it would be to raise a child with so many challenges in a society where there is so little support. Amazing amazing courage.  God bless those parents and may they someday know the blessing that has been put upon them by the gift of their child.

The clinic also saw a young couple and their daughter.  The father was paralyzed in a car accident and had to be carried in.  I couldn't help but think how hard it was for them - the father out of work, mother trying to support the family, and also being the primary care giver for the daughter and her disabled husband.  I could tell they were all in desperate need of hope.  God created the opportunity.  I was blessed to witness their spirits lifted and encouragement breathed into them through a complex set of circumstances that only God could have orchestrated.  Thank you Lord for showing me this today. 

Here are a few pictures from the day...

Nick and Joy working in the pharmacy.

The clinic in action.

Our lovable translator and amazing man of God, Johnny giving me his serious pose.

And the crazy pic of the day goes to the fresh hind quarter in the 

middle of the butcher's display case - Only in Moldova!