This is the team of the Patient Life Program who work with Deb. The team is made up of 4 crew members and 6 Togolese Day Volunteers. It is our job to minister to the patients. While the doctors meet the physical needs of the patients through surgery, the Patient Life team tries to meet the emotional and spiritual needs of the patients through building relationships. Some of the stories that the patients have shared with us are absolutely heart breaking. One lady was telling me about how she found her adopted daughter in the garbage. Another told me how her husband took another wife and started beating and cholking her so she would leave. For each person we minister to, we hear a different story and different challenges. But we know God is the one who can ultimately minister to the depth of the patients needs. In many ways, I feel I am the one being ministered to instead of doing the ministering.
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