The Navigators
Each day, our team sets up a consultation center outside a rundown but still operational hospital and gives free eye exams. Iโm working closely with two optometrists, Jeremie and Dr. Loba. Iโve been able to serve as the eye chart worker, sending patients in to Jeremie and Dr. Loba for a full consultation after checking their distance vision. Some of our patients are recommended for surgery (which weโre prepared to do), but very few of them are able to afford the procedure.
Ever since I arrived, Iโd been praying for a chance to use some donation money that didnโt enter into my account for the trip. Around the third day of this consultation work, I started to wonder if I could use the money to pay for an operation. I approached Jeremie with the idea, and we prayed for an open door on the next day of consultations.
It was surely a God-sized prayer, and we went into surgery around 2 oโclock the next day with Godโs answer. I was able to serve Jeremie and Dr. Loba as a scrub nurse, which was an incredible experience.
We visited Godโs answer to my prayer, Salam, the next morning, and I stood in thankfulness and awe as he passed sight tests with Jeremieโalready improving since the day-old surgery. I tried in my best African French to explain that it wasnโt meโit was God who had provided.
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