Gatlang day #2

Today is the second day of medical clinic in Gatlang. I have been on intake duty with my good friends Mingmar, Lakpa, and Kapche. I understand a few words but sometimes it's hard to tell if they are speaking Tamang, Nepali, or English. The doorway is crazy, it reminds me of working at boots and kimos except no one really speaks English and there are millions of flies and a few pungent odors. It is amazing to see God's work being done despite the language barrier. Thank you for your continuous prayer and support. Aloha and jaimashi to all. Joey 

Lakpa--chiring---is the man above that actually passed away today.  

He had been suffering with liver failure due to hepatitis B for over 4 years.  

We were called to his house in the early morning to help with his condition , but after looking over his medical papers and seeing his condition, there was very little we could do medically to "cure him".   His abdomen was severely swollen and he was hardly conscious when we saw him.   According to the church leaders he was a "nominal Christian".   We did have an opportunity to pray and encourage this man in his relationship with Christ.  Yes we did contend for God's healing over him.  But we also prayed for God to give him peace and joy as he appeared to be transitioning.    He did appear to have the Lords peace over him after our time of prayer.   He nodded with his hands folded together and said "dhanyabat , Jaimashi" which translates to "thank you , Jesus' Victory".  He then closed his eyes and appeared to nod off to sleep( picture above).  Please pray for the son and the rest of the family as they are not Christians.   Pray that they would have God's peace upon them and would feel His tangible love and grace.     Tim

We saw over 100 patients combined in dental , medical and optical clinic.  It was a very busy day but the team did an awesome job!   After clinic was finished (about 6pm ) a group of us went for house visits....until about 8 :30pm......it was truly a fruitful day......to be continued.