Lisa Nicky

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Prayer Letter/Ministry Update

March 2010- Bongolo Hospital receives a special offering from my home church in Bloomingdale, IL!!

I never imagined the full potential of what could happen if my home church pulled together and gave sacrificially in Jesus' name on behalf of God's work at Bongolo. May God receive all the glory for the kingdom work that will take place because of their recent generosity.

As a direct result of their giving we look forward to completing the following projects:

1. We will build an apartment for Dr. Elisée Barawa, our resident doctor, training to be an eye surgeon and share Christ at Bongolo Hospital long term.

2. We will now also complete a 2nd apartment for our very first Gabonese doctor studying general surgery, Dr. Tchoba. He and his wife, Neni, who is a dentist, plan to stay long term in Gabon, using surgery and dentistry to open doors to share Christ with the Gabonese.

3. We will buy a brand new autoclave for sterilizing
surgical instruments for our 3 operating rooms.

4. We will be able to purchase an oxygen
system for our recovery room so that patients coming out of surgery will have a reliable source of
oxygen. This is HUGE!!!

5. Heart Send: We will send one child plus their mother to Kenya for life saving heart surgery.

6. Aviation Medical de Bongolo (Air Calvary). Our new
airplane ministry is underway. Our fearless pilot wants to use the plane as a tool to help people in remote areas of Gabon air evacuate to Bongolo Hospital for medical care. Their gift will help this airplane ministry as well.

7. The Poor fund: An amount will be put into a poor fund that helps patients that need but can't afford an operation. It also helps to buy baby formula and food for our indigent patients. This is the fund we use when people have medical needs but simply cannot pay. There isn't yet an established system of health insurance at Bongolo Hospital. As Christians, we cannot turn away poor people in need. This fund blesses the poorest of the poor in our area.

8. Transworld Radio system: We will now have a system of Christian radio/programming in French piped throughout the hospital for patients to listen to and benefit from during their inpatient stay.

9. Orthopedic Rods!: Normally patients w/ fractured legs spend 8 painful weeks in traction, but our surgeons have been itching to start a whole new system of treating fractures with an orthopedic rod technique. But we lacked (past tense) funds. Bloomingdale church has helped cover the start up costs for this new type of surgery. Patients
will be up and walking in 1 week rather than 8 weeks!

10. Stretchers: We have one metal stretcher that is extremely heavy and difficult to maneuver for transporting patients. We will now be able to purchase 5 lightweight stretchers for moving patients to and fro in the hospital.

I am praising God and deeply thankful to my home church for showing us love not just “with words or tongue” but “with actions and in truth”. 1 John 3:18

Prayer Requests/Answers to Prayer

PRAISE: For a tremendous gift given by my home church recently for the ministry of Bongolo Hospital.

PRAYER: Graduation of my 8 nursing students from their 2.5 yr nursing school program is just around the corner. Pray that we will place the students of God's choosing into areas of the hospital where they will have the most effective medical ministry.

Gabon

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