I once was blind....

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It's Monday night in Jamaica. I'm leading a team that screams PPM. They're a multi-cultural church from Anniston Alabama. They're led by a pastor from Panama and his wife who is from the Dominican Republic. They didn't skip a beat when they showed up for a four hour 7am church service on Sunday morning with the Holy Ghost knocking people to the floor. No culture shock, just worshipping with the body of Christ- their brother's and sister's in Jamaica. Just a quick testimony to let you know that God really is at work in Jamaica right now. Were conducting a community health clinic in an inner city community. We have three local Jamaican doctors who are Christians who are leading the effort, and the team is doing amazing. Today, five people responded to the gospel presentation at the clinic! Many cool stories. However, one stuck out. A lady in her mid 70's came in being guided by the hand of her teenage daughter to get looked at. She was practically blind. Very bad sight. Lots of people with bad sight needing glasses.... We have no optometrist, but have tons of glasses and an eye chart so people are trying glasses and taking what helps.... This lady went from needing to be led by her daughter to gradually trying on 5-6 pair of glasses. She walked out of the clinic alone with her daughter beside her but not holding her hand. What an amazing thing to see and be a part of. Jamaica has free public health care and free clinics. The nearest free clinic to where our community is this week is about a half hour bus ride. There's a hospital about 10 minutes away but it's a private hospital so patients must pay in addition to coming up with their bus fare. Today we were able to change a life. Not just one- many. Then I got to walk my team through the mental process of what that means:

Free Jamaican health care....
Free clinic not close enough... 
$3.00 USD taxi ride too expensive...
Clinic at local church means getting up at 6am to be waiting at the door at 7am when clinic begins....
Clinic doors close at 11:30am because the doctors can only see so many people.... 
Patient waits for 3 hours to see doctor....
Patient comes almost blind...
Leaves with good sight. 
Comes with discouragement and dispair.
Leaves with hope and eternal life. 


This is what I do for a living. What WE do. Clay in the potters hand. 

Below: April, Erika and Tiffany from my team conduct screenings at the clinic.



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