Well, I have been here in Kenya for nearly a week now and a lot has happened! The flight was long, and yes, it was rediculous for those of you who would ask. I am just glad I made it safely. Everyone told me about African airports and how they can be troublesome, but thank God I didn't have any problems at all, just breezed right through customs. (So I guess I COULD have brought my weed with me! kidding...) My first couple of days in the hospital have been very interesting and quite different from the States! There were half a dozen or so cases in the theatre (the operating rooms) that morning and I saw some interesting things. A little hydrocephalis/spinal biffida/other random defects kido had a quadricept release so that she could bend her knees and and at least sit up some day. (I'm sure my spelling is terrible, sorry!) A nine year old boy had a surgery to repair his clubbed foot. He will be walking normal someday soon and be running and playing with everyone else, which is pretty cool! And I'm not gonna lie, the first surgery I watched, I nearly passed out on. I had to step out for a while, it was pretty funny...not at the time, but yeah, the nurses and doctors were kind enough to just smile and ask if I was ok. After a couple of minutes and a few deep breaths, I went on with the rest of the day and have been fine since then. I'm sorry but TV cannot compare to the real thing! Not by a long shot! Have you every actually seen someone in real life take a hammer and chissal o someones ankle and start beating on it!? And then pulling out the bone chips and go at it again?! It's for sure weird watching that at first.
Tomorrow I am going into Nairobi with some people to go to the Somalian part of town. It is likened to Chinatown, in that they don't speak english or swahili, but they have there own little community. There is a large population of Somalian refugee types that have congregated there in Nairobi. We are going to share Jesus with them and just try and spread a little hope in general. I don't know if we're taking food or goods...not sure of the details quite yet...
The Work that the people do here at the hospital is amazing and it is so cool to see lives changed in a tangeble way! The surgeons here are a great group of people, with a mix of a couple of Americans, but mainly Kenyans. And it looks like I have brought my white cloud with me, that is why I have the time this morning to write all this! Not much going on at the hospital. And yes, I have some great pictures already, but am not sure when I will be able to upload any of them. Please keep me and all the fantastic people at the CURE hospital in Kijabe, Kenya in your prayers!
Thanks for reading and God bless!
-Stephen Klueber
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
A note before I leave...
Hey Everyone!
For those of you who don’t know, I am taking a trip to Kenya, Africa this summer and staying with some friends there. I will be working in a hospital doing what I can to help, not sure exactly what that will entail, but I’ll find out when I get there! There are also outreach clinics that some of the missionaries go on to bring medical care to displaced Kenyans living in tents in the bush. I will be there for three weeks and would appreciate your thoughts and prayers as I prepare to leave. Especially your prayers!!! I hope to have the chance to share my faith and the love of Jesus with those I come into contact with and am really looking forward to getting out of my comfort zone and seeing a different part of the world. I will try and keep my blog updated and keep in contact through facebook and e-mail.
The hospital I will be working at was built by and is run by CURE International. They do amazing, life-changing surgeries on children with orthopedic illnesses and defects. Children who have never run and played in the sun are undergoing dramatic surgery that will allow them to be like any other normal kid. Some of these are nutrition related issues and birth defects that cripple these children for life but with a “simple” surgery, they can be fixed. Again, I would really appreciate your prayers and if you want to know more please feel free to e-mail, facebook, call, send a homing pigeon, pony express, or telegram and I would be happy to tell you more or answer any questions. God bless!
Stephen Klueber
steveklueber@yahoo.com
sklueb.blogspot.com
P.S. Here are some links for more info on the people I will be staying with (Bob and Julie) and the organization that runs the hospital.
www.cureinternational.org
http://www.mendonsamissions.com/www.mendonsamissions.com/Bob_&_Julies_Blog/Entries/2008/6/11_History_of_the_Kenya_Orphanage_Project.html
For those of you who don’t know, I am taking a trip to Kenya, Africa this summer and staying with some friends there. I will be working in a hospital doing what I can to help, not sure exactly what that will entail, but I’ll find out when I get there! There are also outreach clinics that some of the missionaries go on to bring medical care to displaced Kenyans living in tents in the bush. I will be there for three weeks and would appreciate your thoughts and prayers as I prepare to leave. Especially your prayers!!! I hope to have the chance to share my faith and the love of Jesus with those I come into contact with and am really looking forward to getting out of my comfort zone and seeing a different part of the world. I will try and keep my blog updated and keep in contact through facebook and e-mail.
The hospital I will be working at was built by and is run by CURE International. They do amazing, life-changing surgeries on children with orthopedic illnesses and defects. Children who have never run and played in the sun are undergoing dramatic surgery that will allow them to be like any other normal kid. Some of these are nutrition related issues and birth defects that cripple these children for life but with a “simple” surgery, they can be fixed. Again, I would really appreciate your prayers and if you want to know more please feel free to e-mail, facebook, call, send a homing pigeon, pony express, or telegram and I would be happy to tell you more or answer any questions. God bless!
Stephen Klueber
steveklueber@yahoo.com
sklueb.blogspot.com
P.S. Here are some links for more info on the people I will be staying with (Bob and Julie) and the organization that runs the hospital.
www.cureinternational.org
http://www.mendonsamissions.com/www.mendonsamissions.com/Bob_&_Julies_Blog/Entries/2008/6/11_History_of_the_Kenya_Orphanage_Project.html
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Photo of the Day
This Photo was taken at Primo's in Dallas, next to the Quarter Bar (a very cool place to hang out). No filters of effects added.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Photo of the Day
I got a ticket on the way home from taking a friend to the airport. The light was actually orange. I swear. The Coppell police department had these all over the place along with some sort of time capsule. Yay for traffic fines turning into photo ops!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Photo of the Day
I originally planned on posting a photo a day for 2009, but seeing as how it's the 3rd of January already, I am simply going to "do my best." We'll see what that turns out to mean...I took this photo the other day while on another photo shoot and this one is one of my favorites. To be quite honest, I just purchased a digital SLR and I am very mesmerized by the digital photography world. Back in the day I had a 35mm camera and was quite happy with it. But the digital way is like a whole new world. And so much more fun...
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