Medical Team Partners with The Luke Commission

On Thursday, August 12, a 7-member team from CLC departed Dayton, headed for Swaziland. The team will be working with The Luke Commission (www.lukecommission.org) as they conduct mobile medical clinics through out the bush of Swaziland. During their trip they will have the opportunity to provide free medical care, free medications, free HIV testing and counseling, free vision care, free eyeglasses, free wheelchairs/carts and free Bibles to people in remote villages in all parts of the country.

This mission team is unique in that all the members have participated in previous mission work.

Jodi is an RN who has done medical missions in Mozambique and Honduras.
Phyllis is an RN who traveled to Swaziland last year to work with TLC.
Clark is a dentist who has done mission work in Guyana, Zambia, Guatamala and South Africa.
Erica, is married to Clark and has served in Zambia, Guatemala, South Africa and most recently in El Salvador this June with the CLC Sr. High Mission team.
Andrew is an EMT. He was a part of the soccer camp team that went to Hawane in January of this year.
Sarah is returning to Swaziland for her second "tour of duty" with the Luke Commission, after traveling with our medical team in 2009.
Megan graduated this summer from Wright State University with a degree in Nursing. She successfully passed her RN licensing exam a couple weeks before leaving. Megan has served in misions in several parts of Central/South America.

At the writing of this post, the team is still enroute to Johannesburg, South Africa. They have been on the plane since about 7:30 last evening and should land about about 11:30 am (5:30 pm Johannesburg/Swaziland time). They will spend the night in Johannesburg on Friday night and will depart for Swaziland on Saturday morning. They should touch down about 11:00 am Swazi time.

We ask that you keep this team of people in your prayers in the coming days. Medical missions can be overwhelming as you see patients that present with extreme medical conditions. Further more, several hundred people will show up for a clinic, and the team is committed to staying until every one is seen. This makes for very long days. Yet, despite the challenges, God uses these situations to share His love for people and there is nothing more fulfilling then knowing you are being the hands and feet of Jesus.