Help build a hospital in India and Kenya
Our church (Kensington Community Church in Troy, MI) is currently involved in massive fundraiser project that will not only help around local communities in Detroit and Pontiac, but also extend a loving hand to those that can’t help themselves. Part of the project is to help build small but fully functioning hospitals in one of the poorest areas and India and another one in Kenya. Places where people have no access to any type of medical care.
If you would like to learn more about that, you can watch the video by going to the site below and clicking on the “India and Kenya Hospitals” button at the bottom of the orange video list on the right side. Click here
Some people ask why we are so involved with overseas mission work when there is so much to be done right here. The answer to that is that there is work to be done everywhere and you have to help where your heart is calling you to help.
Cheridy and I just feel so blessed that we are here and that we have the opportunity to receive medical care and attention when we need it. Last week I had a cold and Cheridy was able to get me cough medicine and cough drops to help me to sleep better. It made me think of the people that can’t even have that. This morning actually I went in for some minor surgery and my biggest gripe was that my insurance company wouldn’t pay for my initial visit because it was billed as an office “consultation” instead of an office “visit”. Apparently they pay for “visits” but not for “consults” which is stupid BUT…when I think of these people overseas… we are just ridiculously blessed. In the video I mentioned above, they talk about a woman who died recently during childbirth because the baby’s hand was coming out first and both the mother and baby didn’t make it through the delivery. The nearest hospital was 50-100 miles away walking. That obviously reminded me of Mayz’ birth where Cheridy and I got to be in a nice comfy room in a hospital that we drove for 3 miles to get to. She had an epidural to keep her comfortable and when there was even remote risk of problems, she went in for a c-section and 20 minutes later we were all together as a happy healthy family. We are truly blessed!!
Here’s a photo of some kids that we met while working in a remote part of Nicaragua a few years ago. These are the lucky ones that made it and I would bet money that none of them were born in a hospital.
