first stop, bwaise

today we held our first medical clinic in the slum of bwaise (pronounced bwy-zee). we were told it would be one of the slower clinics but by slow they meant hundreds of people instead of like thousands I guess. today, I was able to take vitals for the patients needing to be seen by the doctors. a girl helping out from another organization that was a nursing student was shocked to learn that I wasn't even in a nursing program yet. she thought that I was already a nurse because of how well I was doing. made me really happy. it was so amazing to see how intricate each of our team members' roles were in this experience. we had nurses and medical students like myself takin vitals. we needed people to work in the pharmacy portion of the clinic and for that we had nurses, a paramedic, a few regulars that either live here or have been on previous trips here, and some brand new nonmedical people. we had three ugandan doctors and others helping to translate at the stations that needed it. we had a group passing out deworming tablets, sweeties, biscuits, and toys as well as people working crowd control and moving the lines in a somewhat organized fashion. always important. we had two awesome girls with no previous experience feel called to work with those needing glasses. they starting asking their patients if they could pray for them which turned into them praying over everyone who needed it. they poured out their hearts and were exhausted and overwhelmed by the end of the day. we are so blessed to have the team that we do and it's amazing how everyone from all over the world, from different backgrounds, and with different skills and professions can come together and do amazing things through our God that orchestrated this entire trip. we are so blessed to interact with the people we do and go the places we've been. it's all so natural being here in an unfamiliar place with an unfamiliar team meeting hundreds of new people and kids every day. so blessed.