The word just seemed to get around when we were going to be in a village. The people would walk for miles and then line up and wait for hours to see the two doctors in our group. We usually arrived in the villages around 10 a.m. after getting the supplies we needed for the day. Some of the people had already been waiting since 6 a.m. and there was no place to get food or water while they waited. The people would all clap, sing and smile when they saw the van coming. We prayed for them, dispensed medicines, glasses, toothbrushes, etc. As part of the check in process, we would write down the details of their ailments and get as much information as we could. Some pharmacists would join us from the town of Kisumu so we also worked with locals in the clinics. Some of the clinicks were just huts with dirt floors - not like the one in the above picture.
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