In Africa

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