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Ebenezer Guest House
26 August, 2025, 03:09 am
We left Nairobi at 8 AM on Sunday and arrived in Laisamis for the night around 6:30 PM. We stayed the night and left for Korr at 9 AM. It rain unexpectedly last night and again today. When we turned onto the road, heading to core there was no more tarmac. We ended up getting stuck in a very wet spot, but after digging out in front of the tires and placing some plants around the tires, we were able to get out. We are now at the Ebeneezer Guest House in Korr. We each have our own hut on a concrete pad. They’re very basic with the exception of having solar power in them. They are built of sticks and mud, and the inside is lined with cloth. It is amazing you much cooler it is inside than outside. If you look on their Facebook page, you can see a tour of the houses that we are staying in. The video tour has a caption which reads “Live organic. Sleep organic. You will be fine. “ we will be meeting with the team leaders this afternoon, and we will get some information about the clinics, which start tomorrow morning. The team is all doing well just a little tired from all the travel. Thank you for keeping us in your prayers.
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Final Day in Korr
23 August, 2025, 01:58 pm
We held our final clinic in a church in the center of town. It wasn’t as busy as we thought it would be, but today was market day, so many people were probable occupied there. But still, we treated 147 people and gave out 30 pairs of glasses. We had a man come through with a pretty severe cut on his foot from a motorcycle accident. The doctor was able to clean and dress the wound and give him antibiotics. He really needs to follow-up at a hospital, so we hope that happens. We were able to walk to the clinic today, so we got to see people’s homes up close. Some are very small, with not a lot of protection from the elements. The team from here in Korr was very involved in the clinics- talking to people, translating, and helping in any way they could, and they were so eager to have people be able to hear about Christ one day. Most of the people we work with on the team are in their 20’s and 30’s. It is a real benefit to have local people working in the clinics. Aside from things like translating, they are able to explain things in a way that the people there can understand. For example, since most people don’t read, when they get the reading glasses, they need to know when to wear them and when to take them off. So the translator will tell the women to wear them while they sew or do beadwork, or while sorting the stones from the maize, and the men while they carve their walking sticks or make the jugs to carry milk. It has been a really good week of clinics. We have learned a lot about this area and the Rendille culture, and we are leaving the local team encouraged to continue the work here. We will be leaving Korr at 6 AM Kenya time, and we will have a long day of traveling to get back to Nairobi. We would appreciate your prayers for safety on the road, alertness for the drivers, and just endurance on the long truck journey. Thank you for praying and supporting us throughout this past week.
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Day 4 in Korr
23 August, 2025, 01:53 pm
Our clinic today was held in a large Baptist church that the people called a “cathedral”. It was a big, open space with a lot of air flowing through. This makes for a comfortable clinic setting. 201 people came and were treated, and 27 of them received reading glasses. The team leaders here also connected with 5 people to followup with for further discussions. We were told, again today, how encouraging the clinics are for the team leaders in this area. They repeated the fact that there are no medications in the dispensaries, and they just wished they could bring medications to their people. So they were encouraged. We also learned a little about the beads that the ladies wear. The young, unmarried ladies wear the beads that cover the bottom of their leg, headpieces with hooks so they can be removed, and collars of beads. When they get married, they remove the large bracelets of beads on their legs and replace them with smaller ones. The married women also add a gold ring to their headpiece, and a string of red and white beads around their neck. The people have been very friendly and welcoming here. This afternoon, we ended our day with a trip to “White Rock”. When the first settlers came here and saw the white rock, they called the area “Korr”, which means, “something white.” It was a beautiful view of all around Korr, and we enjoyed a nice walk back to the guest house. We are thankful that everyone is well. Tomorrow is the last clinic, and it will be in a church in town. We can even walk to tomorrow’s clinic, which is great, because the next day, we will spend a lot of hours in the truck as we drive all the way to my
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The Final Day in Korr
23 August, 2025, 01:53 pm
We held our final clinic in a church in the center of town. It wasn’t as busy as we thought it would be, but today was market day, so many people were probable occupied there. But still, we treated 147 people and gave out 30 pairs of glasses. We had a man come through with a pretty severe cut on his foot from a motorcycle accident. The doctor was able to clean and dress the wound and give him antibiotics. He really needs to follow-up at a hospital, so we hope that happens. We were able to walk to the clinic today, so we got to see people’s homes up close. Some are very small, with not a lot of protection from the elements. The team from here in Korr was very involved in the clinics- talking to people, translating, and helping in any way they could, and they were so eager to have people be able to hear about Christ one day. Most of the people we work with on the team are in their 20’s and 30’s. It is a real benefit to have local people working in the clinics. Aside from things like translating, they are able to explain things in a way that the people there can understand. For example, since most people don’t read, when they get the reading glasses, they need to know when to wear them and when to take them off. So the translator will tell the women to wear them while they sew or do beadwork, or while sorting the stones from the maize, and the men while they carve their walking sticks or make the jugs to carry milk. It has been a really good week of clinics. We have learned a lot about this area and the Rendille culture, and we are leaving the local team encouraged to continue the work here. We will be leaving Korr at 6 AM Kenya time, and we will have a long day of traveling to get back to Nairobi. We would appreciate your prayers for safety on the road, alertness for the drivers, and just endurance on the long truck journey. Thank you for praying and supporting us throughout this past week.
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Day 4 in Korr
22 August, 2025, 01:03 pm
Our clinic today was held in a large Baptist church that the people called a “cathedral”. It was a big, open space with a lot of air flowing through. This makes for a comfortable clinic setting. 201 people came and were treated, and 27 of them received reading glasses. The team leaders here also connected with 5 people to followup with for further discussions. We were told, again today, how encouraging the clinics are for the team leaders in this area. They repeated the fact that there are no medications in the dispensaries, and they just wished they could bring medications to their people. So they were encouraged. We also learned a little about the beads that the ladies wear. The young, unmarried ladies wear the beads that cover the bottom of their leg, headpieces with hooks so they can be removed, and collars of beads. When they get married, they remove the large bracelets of beads on their legs and replace them with smaller ones. The married women also add a gold ring to their headpiece, and a string of red and white beads around their neck. The people have been very friendly and welcoming here. This afternoon, we ended our day with a trip to “White Rock”. When the first settlers came here and saw the white rock, they called the area “Korr”, which means, “something white.” It was a beautiful view of all around Korr, and we enjoyed a nice walk back to the guest house. We are thankful that everyone is well. Tomorrow is the last clinic, and it will be in a church in town. We can even walk to tomorrow’s clinic, which is great, because the next day, we will spend a lot of hours in the truck as we drive all the way to my
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Proverbs 16:9
21 August, 2025, 01:22 pm
Proverbs 16:9 says, “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” Day 3 of Medical Camp did not go according to our plan, rather it went according to God’s plan. We left this morning to go to a village that we thought was about 22 miles away (as it turns out, it was much further). After about 30 min of driving, we had stop twice to try to find an alternate route, because the truck would not be able to pass any further on the “road”. (It should be noted that the majority of motorized transportation here happens on motorcycles, so there is often a misunderstanding of what a “good” road isl.)The second time we stopped, it was determined that there was no route to that village that the truck could manage. So, we offloaded a supply of medications and loaded it and 9-10 medical personnel and translators inside and on top of the Land Cruiser. The rest of us got back on the truck and returned to the guest house. We learned that the team that went travelled an additional hour and a half to get to the village. They arrived around 1 PM, and by 4 PM had treated 146 people. The good news is that they were able to treat all the people that had come to the medical clinic. We were told how important it was to the team on the ground for the clinic to take place. They had been preparing for it for a month, and the people of the village were counting on it. If it had not taken place, it is quite possible that the people there would have lost confidence in what the church planting team told them. God already knew this, and he had the right number of people fit in the Land Cruiser to efficiently treat all the people who came. Although it is a little disheartening to be among those left behind, our role today was not to be there, but rather to pray for the team, and trust that God’s plan was unfolding. The clinic was a success- people received medical care, the love of Christ- and even a soccer ball for the kids-and 2 people were identified as possible connections to beginning more of a work there. Thank you for continuing to pray for us. We are healthy, happy, and ready for the 4th day tomorrow.
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