Prayers for Team

BREAKING NEWS: MONDAY morning - 3 May 2010

Moses drove Robin to the hospital this morning for his appendix surgery. The hospital was able to push up his surgery one day, since he had the money to pay. Thank you for praying; please keep it up.

Robin Ndunda felt pain on his left side Friday morning. As the pain became worse, he went to the hospital and discovered that he needs to have his appendix removed. But they also told him to come with money. Even though Robin is on the national hospital insurance fund, they are very slow to issue membership cards (it has been more than a year), and no one can get benefits without the card. So he had to have 41,000 Kenya shillings (about $550) to be treated. He returned to Kamulu and got the money, then returned for surgery. However, when he arrived back at the hospital, they then told him that he would have to be scheduled, and there are other surgeries before him. So they sent him back home with pain medicine and with instructions to rest. Now we are waiting for Tuesday, trusting that the appendix will not burst. Please pray for Robin's health.

Another note is that Robin was helping prepare for his mother's burial at the time he began feeling pain. His mother has been ill for about a year, was once misdiagnosed and not treated property and finally succumbed to kidney failure. So also please pray for Robin's family. The doctors told Robin not to try to go and help with the funeral until after his surgery.