Trinity Medical Team

Trinity Baptist Church of Lake Charles, Louisiana, sent a medical team to work in Mberengwa at the Neta Growth Point. ( A growth point is a very small business center with a service station, a few stores, a clinic, etc., that services the villagers from many miles around.)

Word spread quickly that medical help was available and long lines quickly formed as the clinic opened on day one. A Zimbabwe nurse paired with a nurse from Trinity interviewed the patients to determine whether the patients required help from a physician or if they could be helped by other medical staff. Inside the large one room clinic, four medical stations were set up. Dr. Richard Landry saw patients at his station,

and Dr. Barry Newton saw patients at his station. Several patients even had minor surgery.

Mike Reed, an RN was able to help a number of patients.

as was nursing student Gandy Osburn.

After the patients saw the doctor, they were invited to sit and listen to a gospel presentation by Greg Bath, Missions Minister of Trinity. Many listened while waiting for their turn to see the pharmacist to get their medications.

Their pharmacist, Mandi Jordan was assisted by other Trinity volunteers to distribute the correct medication for each patient.

One young girl about age 10, named Raviroyashe, who was seen had a bowel obstruction of some kind. Her only sibling died last year with a similar problem. Even though the doctors could not help her at the rural clinie, they were able to refer her to a doctor in Harare and donors paid for her to have surgery. She and her parents have come to know the Lord as a result. It is interesting that even though her parents were not Christians at the time that they named their daughter Raviroyashe - which means "The will of the Lord". We praise God that it was the will of the Lord that she live and that he provided for her life in a miraculous and unexpected way! The four medical stations saw over 2,000 patients in five days. In the meantime, Dr. Herbert, a veterinarian from Lake Charles, dosed 3,000 cows for worms, blackleg and other diseases with preventive medicine. He did some minor surgeries and other treatments as well.

Overall, more than 4,000 people prayed to receive Christ during the week. Praise Jehovah Raphe – the God of healing – physical, emotional, and spiritual!