Daily Victory, New Faith, and Bright Smiles
Chiwena, Zambia, 2024 Medical Outreach Recap
- 8,560 Patients Received Care
- 645 People Received Dental Care
- 2,119 Eyeglasses Distributed
- 183 Families Received LifeStraw® Water Filters
- 637 Children Attended the Zehra Kids Program
- 474 Children Experienced Zehra in Their School
- 3,703 People Heard the Gospel
- 645 People Received Yeshua
- 347 People Requested Congregational Follow-up
You almost can’t imagine the bustle of a Jewish Voice Medical Outreach. Many thousands of people flow through the Clinic campus in just five days. Doctors and other medical professionals work tirelessly to provide quality care for as many people as possible each day. There is so much need, and they don’t want to leave anyone without the care they came for.
Typically, there are more people in line than we can treat each day. Some patients who couldn’t get into the Clinic by day’s end decide to stay right where they are and camp for the night to keep their places in line for the next day. At the end of the first Clinic day, however, when the dedicated medical professionals working at our Chiwena, Zambia, Medical Outreach looked up from seeing their last patients, they learned they’d attended to every last person who had come to us that day.
This remarkable victory occurred every single day of the Chiwena Outreach. More than 8,500 people in Chiwena received medical care they otherwise would not have. No one left this Clinic without receiving the care they came for. Your financial support sent us to Chiwena and enabled us to provide this care. You helped us every day to leave no one behind. Thank you!
A Healed Hand & A Smile
One day, our staff member Micheal saw a woman leaving the Clinic and noticed a large growth on her hand. With our Outreach medical director translating for him, Micheal asked her if she had been to the Clinic to see about this growth. “No,” she answered, “I saw a dentist today.” She’d had the growth so long that she considered other matters more important.
Typically, our Clinics are organized so that patients receive care for one thing at a time. Another field of care would require another visit. But Micheal felt the prompting of the Lord and asked the doctor if he could remove this for the woman. “Yes, it looks to be a simple operation,” the local physician answered.
They took the woman to the minor surgery department, and within minutes, the growth was gone, replaced by a fresh bandage on her hand and a new smile on her face. Did you know that you helped put this smile on her face?
Sharing the Good News in Chiwena
Chiwena was our third Outreach to the Lemba and their neighbors in Zambia. The people were incredibly receptive to the Gospel. More than 3,700 people heard the Good News, and 645 professed new faith in Yeshua (Jesus) as the Messiah. An additional 347 left their contact information for someone to follow up with them. This means even more opportunities for the Gospel as, typically, a home visit includes the privilege of sharing with a whole family. Through your support, you enable our indigenous partner congregations to make these visits as well as plant congregations where new Believers can grow in their relationships with the Lord.
Thank you so much for your support. It truly makes a huge difference. Here’s a glance at how many lives you helped change in Chiwena, Zambia.
