third week

The clinical side this week was spent working with Dr Okorie. Chuks is just getting started but all indications are that he will be a great asset for the PAACS program here. He enjoys teaching residents and is a treat to work with in the OR. His wife Caroline is a primary care physician and they have three children ages 2,4,an 6 years old. We invited him and his family to a dessert last night to deliver an official welcome from PAACS urology. Russ and Beth White and the Romicks were on hand to help welcome them. The goal was to communicate the group’s desire to support his work here at Tenwek and to be a resource and help in any way we can. Clinical highlights this last week included using the endoscopic equipment donated by the Karl Storz company. The monitor and video equipment are an improvement over the previous equipment and as good as anything available in the states. Teaching lectures this week will be on both urologic trauma and prostate diseases. Men’s bible study last Wednesday included the Kenyan interns and was over the last chapter of 1Sam. This completed their study on biblical leadership from the book of 1Sam. They now plan a study based on John Piper’s recent book “Don’t waste your life”. As indicated above, Bruce Romick and his wife Barbara arrived here on schedule yesterday and are settling in. They will continue the training and discipling of the PAACS residents for the next month. Our term comes to an end this week with a stopover at Kijabe hospital on the way to Nairobi and home. Bruce and I both want to give a more complete report of our time here so please plan to join us at the GMHC in Louisville in November. We hope to see you there. Thanks for your prayers and support.