welcome note by mr. samuel mwaura - aic kijabe

December 2014 - Issue 4
WELCOME NOTE BY MR. SAMUEL MWAURA - AIC KIJABE HOSPITALFINANCE DIRECTOR
I am delighted to welcome you to our 4th issue of the Kijabe Pulse. As the date for marking our centennial
approaches, we are humbled as we look back at the fascinating 100 year history of AIC Kijabe Hospital - it
developed from its humble beginnings in 1915 to the current teaching, referral and specialty mission hospital,
serving Kenya and its neighboring countries.
We pay tribute to those who came before us and dreamed up the vision and mission for this hospital and who
worked hard over the years to make it a realization. Our role now, as the custodians of this dream, is to ensure
that the legacy of AIC Kijabe Hospital and its mission to provide quality and compassionate healthcare, training
and spiritual ministry for generations to come. This responsibility comes with challenges, but I am convinced
that all of us, by God’s grace, are up to the task ahead, knowing very well that where God gives a vision, He
gives provision.
Speaking of provision, the hospital has seen an exciting phase of tremendous growth and renewal in the last three and a half years
in line with the implementation of a 10-year master plan. We have spent over Kshs 185 million (over US$2 million) on infrastructure
and equipment upgrades within the hospital as outlined in the table of Capital Projects (below). In addition, Kshs 175 million will be
spent by the time the new Bethany Kids of Kijabe Hospital’s Pediatric Wing (phase one) is completed. We have just signed a
contract for the implementation of phase two of the Sanitation Project, which will cost Kshs 32 million, while over Kshs 25 million
shillings is being spent on upgrading our radiology equipment with modern state of the art equipment and a PAACS teleradiology
system.
Kijabe Hospital - Capital Projects List 2013-2014
Our accelerated expansion over the years has put a massive strain on existing
infrastructure, and we are in the process of upgrading the medical gases unit,
which will cost us approximately Kshs 50 million over the coming year. Our staff
housing needs have also grown exponentially, and to support our medical
education training needs, we are currently fundraising for the Elimu Housing
Complex, which is expected to cost us over Kshs 50 million. To improve our
customer care and internal efficiencies, we will also need to invest in a modern
robust Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP) that will ensure that we go
paperless with Electronic Medical Records as well as improving our financial
reporting and asset management functions.
Project
Total
- ENT Building
7,722,903
- TB-HIV Clinic Building
5,954,705
- New Laundry Machines 4,935,529
- Portable Ultrasound
2,214,348
Machines
- Purchase of Utility
3,380,559
Vehicle KBW 119L
- Various Computers
334,308
- CCTV Security System
3,686,649
- 600 M3 Steel Water
15,909,632
Storage Tank/Piping
- Water Supply Upgrades 1,268,124
- Casualty Remodeling
2,278,478
KH Funding
3,286,058
2,684,895
4,935,529
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- Parking Lot and Roads
Upgrade
- Radiology/Teleradiology
Upgrade
1,888,625
1,888,625
25,000,000
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Other Funding
2,436,845
3,269,810
2,214,348
3,380,559
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334,308
3,686,649
11,386,522
4,523,110
1,268,124
170,000
1,698,479
410,000
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Donor
Completion Date
ENT c/o Dr. Bove
2014
CMBB through AIDS 2014
Relief Program
GE Foundation
2013
2013
SIMAID Trust
Dr. Marcel Toneli
Robert D. Claud
2013
2014
2013
2013
Ongoing
2014
25,000,000 Sam & Craig Jasmine Ongoing
Trust Australia
Our profound gratitude goes to you, our donors, both corporate and individuals from all over the world for your sacrificial giving
which has made, and continues to make, these essential upgrades possible. In addition, a significant portion of these projects has
also been raised from within our own operation revenue, a feat that has been achieved without increasing patient fees in 3 years.
This would not have been possible without the support of each and every member of staff who had to work within very stringent
financial and procurement controls, which, thankfully have resulted in significant cost savings on operational costs. To all the staff of
AIC Kijabe Hospital, thank you.
I trust that as you read through the stories of hope, healing, transformation and renewal that are taking place in Kijabe, you will find
delight in the knowledge that God is at work in this healing ministry. We shall be honored to have you as one of our partners so
please remember to check out our page listing our “Urgent Equipment Needs” on http://kijabehospital.org/make-a-difference/urgentequipment-needs to get directions on how you can help or get involved.
In this Issue:
2 - 4-Star Lab, Security Update
3 - On Labor and Love
4 - Staff Highlight, Kairos Course
5 - Sanitation Project, BKKH Community Service
8 - KCHS, Volunteer Services, Thank You
9 - Face of the Soul - Chaplain’s Story
10 - How You Can Help, Merry Christmas
We Have a 4-Star Laboratory!
In the September issue of Kijabe Pulse newsletter, we highlighted the accreditation process that our laboratory
department was undergoing under the mentorship of Center for Disease Control, CDC and African Field
Epidemiology Network, AFENET to get ISO 15189. ISO 15189 is a standard developed by International
Organization for Standardization specifying requirements for quality and competence in Medical Laboratories.
An audit was done by Lead Assessor, Lilian Ouma; Assessor, Josephine Rioki and Mentor Agnes Munyalo from
AFFENET in September on our laboratory to establish whether the laboratory’s quality management system is in
compliance with the requirements of ISO/IEC 15189:2002, identify areas of improvement, and establish whether
the laboratory documentation is in place.
Amazingly, up from a 1-star rating six months ago, the laboratory scored 88% with a 4-star rating. The scoring was done per the
WHO/AFRO [World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa] checklist and the lab scored 228 out of 258. The audit was
conducted through interviews, documents and records reviews on sampling basis and observation.
According to the assessment report, the lab has done a commendable job in the process of establishing a quality management
system. The laboratory has defined and documented the laboratory system in a quality manual, procedures, and work instructions,
forms and data sheets.
The 4-star rating truly shows how determination, teamwork and focus can change things for better. Congratulations to the
laboratory department - urge them to keep the good work. We would also like to thank Center for Disease Control for the
mentorship we received during the accreditation process and funding our Laboratory renovations through African Field
Epidemiology and Management Sciences for Health.
Message from Security Manager at Kijabe Hospital
People and property safety is paramount for any institution as well as for a nation. A.I.C Kijabe hospital continues to be a leader in
the provision of healthcare services nationally and in the region, and our security department has continuously been proactively
engaged into mitigation measures to ensure our patients, staff, and the public within the hospital are safe.
As an institution, we are alert to the dynamic and fluid security situation in the country and the world over. The hospital
administration, including the CEO and Hospital Leadership team, is committed to ensuring that our customers and all stakeholders
are safe through commitment within policy framework, financial investment, and personal commitment. Their efforts have
culminated in several milestones, including standardization of our security services and aligning it to our Core values.
As we celebrate the centennial year, we have challenged ourselves to continue working hand in
hand with all stakeholders to realize a cohesive and harmonious relationship that fosters peace and
integrity in all our contacts. We continue to change ad adapt in an arena where security problems
mutate every now and then with new faces. In efforts to revamp security and promote safety, the
department started corporate security training sessions for our security personnel to ensure that we
are able to handle the complex operational needs of the hospital in terms of screening patients and
vehicles, manning and controlling access points and still treat our clients with compassion.
Currently all our security personnel have gone through this training and we plan to do this
continuously to professionalize our services.
Mrs. Mary Muchendu
inspecting guards of honor
Kijabe Hospital is known for its provision of excellent compassionate healthcare to God’s glory regardless of patients’ background
or religious affliation. Because of this, it is vulnerable to any acts of radicalism targeted at Christianity. Because of this, we are
vigilant to be our brother’s keeper by reporting any suspicious incident/character to security officers, Chief or to the Police. For, as
in medicine, prevention is better than cure. In the same way, I adjure all of us to be open eyed/minded as we serve at our various
capacities.
In conclusion, personal security is an individual responsibility whereas institutions security
is our collective responsibility.
Article from Victor Kibet; Security Manager (Security Hotline: 0738328139)
Stories of Hope: On Labor and Love
Article Courtesy of Paradox Uganda, the blog of Drs. Jennifer and Scott Mhyre
http://paradoxuganda.blogspot.com
Sometimes one can wonder why babies come into this world at such a cost. There's a lot of loss, as untold numbers
of conceptions end in miscarriage (some think 30% or more). There's grief, disappointment, dashed hope, tenuous
chances. Then when things go well, it is still far from simple. There's what is euphemistically referred to as
discomfort. There's blood and pain and the absolute terror that the contractions will never end and one's body will
split apart. There's indignity and soreness and inconvenience and bone-weary-blurry-tiredness and dependence.
There are all those days of seeing one's mistakes with retrospective clarity.
It's been a few years since I last gave birth (16, actually) but I regularly stand at the very bed where I delivered a
son, and hold the hands of moms doing the very same thing. Tuesday night was a meconium fest. Stressed babies,
stressed moms, stressed staff. One mom tried to bite me. I know she didn't mean it. It's just that hard. I often
stand there trying to fill their minds with encouragement and truth, trying to be a human presence in a rough spot.
Her baby was cone-headed and limp, breathless and blue. I intubated his trachea and sucked out the green fluids,
gave him breaths and dried him vigorously. We took him to nursery to be sure he was OK. He was. Two hours
later he was dressed up in his nice warm little outfit and hanging out with his mom, who was already probably
forgetting the way she had been screaming.
It was a long night, followed by normal work the next day, and the usual flow of the week. Things like praying
with our department, fielding phone calls about transfer patients, examining labs, running rounds, researching
protocols, organizing job charts and reviews, responding to anxious parents, looking at rashes. So when I walked
through the gates again at 8 Thursday morning, I was probably still a little tired. I was barely in the door when my
phone rang, nurses asking me to come to the neurosurgery ward for resuscitation. I briefly tried to think if this was
someone else's job, but no, it was mine. So I excused myself from the patient I had started to see and hustled over
to help.
Baby A had been discharged the day before, after repair of his meningomyelocele (spina
bifida). We are a world epicenter for spina bifida care. Our ward is packed with tiny
bodies and enlarged heads. Babies who have spindly limbs and too many infections.
The excellent neurosurgical clinical officer had already taken several appropriate steps
of evaluation and treatment. We had a line, gave fluids, bagged breaths, checked blood,
listened and examined. His breathing was shallow and erratic. I admit my first thought
was: does this baby really have a prognosis that justifies intensive care? I confess some
compassion fatigue, but it's a legitimate question in a place with very limited resources.
The surgeons who were his primary team popped their heads in the resus room. Yes,
they said. So be it. We moved him to the HDU until ICU could be prepared, gathered
our resources, and I put a tube through his mouth and into his airway, and took over his
breathing. We got antibiotics, stat. We got warm bags of IV fluid to pack around his
cold little body. We got a cot-warmer on wheels, portable oxygen, and headed to ICU.
Xrays, tests, ventilator, monitors.
Later as I was signing him out to my colleague, I implored for all-out care. Baby A had
responded to our interventions. I was hopeful. And I was invested. Because he was no longer
just another spina bifida baby. Those hours of intensely working on him created a bond.
Which is why I think babies are so much work. They need a bonded, invested human being, and we are wired such
that the more we pour in, the more we care. Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Staff Highlight: Margaret Karanja
Meet Margaret Karanja. In the last 20+ years, she has served in almost every area you imagine with
exemplary Christian character. She is ever energetic, cheerful and willing to help, and has the strength
and contribution of 1.5 persons.
Margaret Karanja came to Kijabe Hospital as a patient attendant from 1992. She first worked in
Salome and Private ward. In 1998 she became the unit clerk for Pediatrics ward and Maternity. In this
position she worked as a receptionist cum administrative secretary. Her passion and enthusiasm
brought her a promotion to the receptionist at the hospital front office. Next, she moved to the
education department and finally to the Human Resource Department in 2009 as a personnel assistant. Currently, she is the
Human Resource Staff Coordinator.
Her journey has been that of humility and dedication to her job – growing from patient attendant to handling confidential
administrative issues including HR with such confidence and consistency. We are so honored to have her daily serving at
Kijabe Hospital!
Kairos Course
Kairos Course has come to Kijabe! It was exciting to get our first ever Kairos Course started in October 2014. We have 24
participants in the course, and everyone seems to really enjoy all that they are learning.
But what is Kairos??
God’s purpose for this age is to gather for Himself a people from all nations of the world. Run in over
70 countries around the world, the Kairos Course is a nine-session, interactive course on world
Christian mission, designed to educate, inspire and challenge Christians to active and meaningful
participation in the global Church. We are privileged to have the National Director, Sam Ngugi, and his
team as the Head Facilitators for this course.
Kairos looks at the four main areas of mission concern which are the Biblical, Historical,
Strategic and Cultural dimensions of mission.
BIBLICAL- looks at God’s Purpose - to reconcile all the nations to Himself – and His Plan - to engage
His chosen people in His world-wide mission of mercy. We discover from the Bible, that mission lies at the centre of all God’s
concern. We study the Old Testament, and God’s dealing with the nation of Israel in His desire to fulfill His purposes through
them. God wants to use Israel to bless and to be God’s priests to the nations of the world. As we look at the New Testament,
we see that God’s concern for all nations is still His central purpose, with Jesus being the Messiah for all peoples.
HISTORICAL - looks at the expansion of the World Christian Movement. We trace the advance of Christianity from its
beginning to the present day.
STRATEGIC - looks at Mission Strategy.
We consider the place, value and nature of strategy in world Christian mission, when combined with prayer, the Holy Spirit
and God's power. We look at the mission task remaining, who and where the majority of the unreached are, and what
methods should be used to reach them.
We explore modern strategies and approaches in missions today, and the need for the whole church to be involved as a
team.
CULTURAL- looks at Cross-Cultural considerations, such as issues in communicating the gospel cross-culturally.
We also look at aspects of church contextualization and its implications for seeing unreached communities of peoples
discipled and won for Christ. The Kairos Course is designed to lay a solid foundation in the life of the believer and of the local
church, in world Christian mission. From this foundation, exciting and meaningful missions endeavours can result.
We hope to run the Course again in 2015. We are looking into which days and times will be most suitable for Kijabe people.
Speak to one of the current participants to get an idea how informative and worthwhile Kairos is, then come and join the next
course!
Get in touch with us to give us your contact details, interest and desired timing. (Email on [email protected], or talk
with Rev Simon - AIC Church, or Rev Ndivo - KH Chaplain)
"Kairos has given me a new perspective when reading my Bible. Now I see clearly God's mission all along, to bring us to
Him." Beryl, course participant.
Wastewater Sanitation Project
The existing sanitation infrastructure in the hospital is failing and the primary treatment
system (septic tanks) is completely overtaken by the hospital growth. The secondary system
(oxidation pits) are non functional while the transfer pipe which carries septic overflow to the
oxidation pits is non functional and nonexistent in places. The burst pipes and failing
oxidation pits mean there is now a high risk of contamination of water supplies for both the
hospital and community downstream.
The hospital has invested in the upgrade of its capacity to treat the waste water in two phases. Phase I included the
construction of manholes and a sewer line net work and was completed in March 2013. Phase II includes the
construction of initial three waste water stabilization ponds and commenced in November 2014 with expected
completion in April 2015.
The objectives of the Kijabe Sanitation Project include:
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Provision of an improved sanitation system with sufficient capacity to meet the Hospital’s current and
future water demand;
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Provision of a suitable treatment system in order to treat the waste discharge to a quality that meets and
exceed NEMA standards
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To deliver the project within the set timelines and budget and adhere to best international engineering
design and project management standards
BKKH Community Service Retreat
Matthew 25:35 …For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me
something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
On 19th September 2014, the BKKH staff visited Joytown Special School in Thika,
Kiambu County in line with our objective of giving back to the society. Our staff
members are committed to not only transforming lives of patients in the hospital but also
reach out to our neighbors through giving back to the community. It is amazing to see
how staff have this deep in their hearts, from personal contributions every month the
staff were able to raise 54,700/= towards this year's CSR activity.
Why Joytown? Because most of the patients we see end up in this special school for
their education needs when they are old enough. During our routine mobile clinic to the school, we realized that the
needs of the children go beyond medical ministry - some of their facilities needed painting, their grounds needed
mowing, and the children needed someone to just to talk and play.
Achievements:
1. We were able to buy essential items for the including Pampers, Sanitary towels, Inner
wears and some food items like milk and cakes.
2. We carried our grounds men and the lawn mower and improved the grounds. The
headmaster says never in the life of the school has something like that happened even
among the many people who visit the school. We left it more beautiful.
3. We painted a few of their most debilitated classrooms and gave these buildings a new
look.
4. We interacted with the children at a personal level by moving them, feeding them, and listening to their great
touching stories which they long to tell anyone who will listen. They felt needed and appreciated the fact they are
‘abled’ differently after all. We also interacted with the Staff, just to find out their experience in caring for these
children and indeed it is a special gift to agree to work with these special children.
5. We managed to give free medical checkup for a few of them who needed to be seen by our great and experienced
neurology nurses.
The greatest achievement: We had touched lives, learned to work together as a team, and went home fulfilled. One
staff commented “Let us visit Joy town every year”.
Groundbreaking at Wastewater Treatment Site
World AIDS Day in Naivasha
Kijabe College of Health Sciences Gratuation
Pre-Centennial Staff Celebration featuring the Centennial Staff Choir and Mr. & Miss Centennial
New G.E. Ventilators
Kijabe College of Health Sciences training
Pediatric Team assesses a patient
Community Health Worker Training
Community Health Worker Training Course
KCHS Graduates at Work
EarstoHear Hearing Aid Fitting
Dr. Hein and Dr. Katana at
the Nairobi Marathon
Security Officer Training Passout
Kijabe College of Health Sciences, My Choice!
KCHS is one division of Kijabe Hospital with a mission to provide
healthcare training to God’s glory. Our core mandate is to train and mentor
innovative committed Christian healthcare professionals who would go out and provide
compassionate healthcare in Kenya and beyond. Currently, the college has three programs: Kenya
Registered Community Health Nursing, Kenya Registered Nurse Anesthesia and Kenya
Registered Perioperative Nursing. We focus on both the education and spiritual well being of our
students.
Jane Mwihaki, a third year student in the Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing Program, knew she wanted to
be a nurse. She sought a training institution where she could get the training as well as spiritual nurturing.
“You can get high grades and miss out on the very important thing in life, a sound relationship with God,” she
remarked. So after doing some research, KCHS, Kijabe School of Nursing was the ideal choice. Jane looks back at the
last three years with a smile. “The way KCHS integrates studies and spiritual wellness is awesome,” she said.
A fellow senior student, Evanson Njambi concurs with Jane and says that having to start each day by morning devotion
is unique and very encouraging knowing they are doing it to the glory of God. “Every week I look forward to
Wednesday morning chapel service with an expectant heart, I know this is not the case in all training institutions,”
Evanson remarked.
KCHS is a hands-on healthcare training institution. Students first sit in for their block classes
and then start rotations in the hospital, including the Intensive Care Unit as well as the
community around this region. It allows them to put the knowledge they have acquired into
practice long before graduating. The college provides help in terms of boarding, transport and
meals while away from Kijabe Hospital. “Just knowing my work is to study hard in class and
the other issues are taken care of is just rewarding,” Jane said. “We are able to concentrate on
our studies without many worries.” The college is also well equipped with a medical library, cyber café with free
internet, and well monitored practical classes. The views of the students are also well represented when it comes to
decision making with a student body of elected leaders that works hand in hand with the college administration. The
tutor and the staff also offer mentorship to the students. “Tutors are so friendly and they show us the way, they are full
of compassion and talking to them is like talking to a friend,” Evanson remarked.
With classes, hands on experience, the expertise that the students acquire is top-notch molding a
student into a qualified nurse. Seeing nursing students graduate with not only the necessary knowledge
to be a nurse, but as healthcare professionals with sound character enables Kijabe College of Health
Sciences leave a legacy in all healthcare institution they go out to in Kijabe, Kenya, and beyond.
To adequately serve and at our mission to provide compassionate healthcare to the needy to God’s glory, Kijabe
Hospital relies on visiting doctors, long term/short term to make this possible. I would like to thank all the sending
agencies and thank all the doctors who have given their time to this noble service.
Many thanks to the following visiting doctors who have been a blessing in this last quarter of 2014.
Thank You!
Dr. Niyonkuru Francine
Dr. Faith Nixdorff
Dr. Lee Demester
Dr. John Katana
Dr. Carola Dietsel
Dr. Li-Ping Chew
Dr. Allan Northcutt
Dr. Nicolette Myers
Dr. Roy Myers
Dr. Gillian Myers
Dr. Lynn Teague
Dr. John Creasy
Dr. John Anderek
Dr. Rufus Van Dyke
Dr. James O’Neil
Dr. Douglas Barnhart
Dr. Samuel Dexter
Dr. Daniel Curry
Dr. Lesley Woodard-Knight
Dr. Lidya Donolughue
Dr. Carola Sandora
The Face of A Soul: A Chaplain’s Diary
I believe that the soul has a face, a face that knows no tribe or culture, a face that is neither white nor chocolate
neither black nor red; A face that is beautiful - a beauty beyond all expressions.
The face of every soul carries a smile. Though the events of this life can carry a lot of pain and bring the heart
into times of great grief and despair, although at times the heart forgets love and the soul forgets peace, we
cannot forget that every soul has a face! A face that is able to radiate a lot of love and peace to its beholder.
I have just met my friend, Rest, at the end of the day. Tired, I walk into the house. At last, I will rest. I have
waited for this time since morning.. At ten o’clock tea, I was meeting these relatives of the patient who has been
at the ICU for the last two weeks? The doctor called his condition, a cerebrovascular disease… (I hope I did not
miss on the spellings, let alone the fact that I could not understand what this scary vocabulary meant).
I remember the look on the deceased’s wife. I remember how she wept. I felt the pain with her as she screamed. The son to the
departed man held his sister; he could not hold the tears anymore. They sank into a harmony of pain. This is what I took for ten
o’clock tea. I shared in their song of pain and sank with them into the depths of this calamity. Hoping, hoping that at the end of the
day, they can find their smiling souls back. I did my best – I listened and held them. They accepted this mysterious gift of pain.
I left and I met Rest outside the conference room. He delivered a great message from my folks. I really wanted to hear how mum
was doing, if my father had come back from the clan meeting held at MbuiNzau. I wanted to hear if my brother had found his
missing goats and one bull. I wanted to have lunch - then a knock at the door. A man with a keenly focused eye walked in and
asked, “Pastor, can I have a moment with you.”? Sure, I answered, take a seat next to my friend, rest.
This man narrated to me how his daughter has travelled to many hospitals without success. He shared with me that he is a Christian,
but life has been so unfair to him. Though he is a clinician himself, he feels as if God has left them to struggle alone. His wife left
him since the daughter was eight years of age. “It’s been nineteen lonely years Pastor,” he said, “and I have raised this child alone. I
have been her father and mother. She is all I have left. And soon, she will be no more. I am fed up with God.” I wanted to help him
to weep -I was almost breaking down with him! I looked into his eyes and so how wrinkled the face of his soul looked… I
wondered how I would make him more radiant again for almost two hours, I listened to him empty his disappointments in life.
Then, we walked into the ward a made a prayer for the daughter together. This was the most rejuvenating experience for the day, for
she gave her life to Christ. This man had never imagined that his child would at any time give her life to God. He said that he
always kept threatening her about hell and how it would be if she is not saved; but this time, in the sight of God’s love for her, she
gave her heart to Him. And this man changed his perspective about God. As I looked again into his eyes, I saw the once wrinkled
face of the soul now smiling and full of anticipation.
As I went past the theatre, I found a young lad so troubled. I moved close and requested him to share his grief with me. He told me
that His mother was in surgery whose name he could not remember. I wanted so much to share God’s love for both him and the
mother, so I requested that we share a bench at the waiting area. He was ripe for harvest. In less than five minutes, he crossed over
from death into life. I prayed with him and left the waiting area smiling and convinced that God had put together a beautiful day for
me.
As I walked out of the waiting bay, I realized I was running late for a Bible study. I really wanted to hear God’s word, I needed to
be refreshed. I went down to the basement and there were colleagues with great refreshing testimonies over how God has dealt with
them through the week. I looked at them and all of them were filled with great hope. Probably they all had their own issues
weighing them down but Gods love still stood out for them. I knew this was a team that I needed so much; what a refreshing time
this was for me.
At eight in the evening, I left for my house. I felt drained and tired, but encouraged and very satisfied. I had no debt left for the day.
I called my good friend and soon enough, there he was, ready to walk me home. Ready to share with me about the too much I
wanted to know. On the way, we bought some sukuma wiki, half a piece of onion and a piece of meat cut into small piece just to
make sure that we cook really fast and get to eat as we share. Within no time, dinner is ready, and so we get to seat, and we pray. I
serve a generous portion thinking to myself, did I even get to eat though the day? Then, the phone rings again. The lady we prayed
for wants to talk to a pastor. I am the one on call; I will go see her; I may be her last hope for her to hear that God loves and cares
about her. . . my night for rest just became a day to someone else.
I love what I do. I seek for the face of the soul, and point it to the source of its radiance. I seek for the broken soul
and point it to a God who is able to fix its shape. For, I believe that the soul has a face, a face that knows no tribe
neither culture, a face that is neither white nor chocolate neither black nor red; A face that is beautiful; a beauty
beyond all expressions; a sight so wonderful for me.
Written by Pastor Benjamin Mutuku: Staff Chaplain
All of us at AIC Kijabe hospital wish you a wonderful Christmas and
invite you to join us in this season of “waiting for our blessed hope,
the appearing and glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.”
Titus 2:13
How Can You Help?
We invite you to discover new opportunities for involvement at Kijabe Hospital. You can help in any of the
following ways:
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PRAY for the hospital’s staff, leadership, board of director’s, general operations, patients and resource
mobilization (RM) efforts.
Be an AMBASSADOR for Kijabe Hospital to your church, friends and family – show the videos found
on our website to tell the story of what God is doing in this place.
ENCOURAGE friends / colleagues to consider a short or long-term volunteer medical assignment at
Kijabe Hospital.
Make a FINANCIAL GIFT to meet the urgent needs at the hospital. A list of equipment can be found
at http://kijabehospital.org/make-a-difference/urgent-equipment-needs. Or consider a contribution to the
Elimu (Education) housing project.
100 Donors required @ USD$6,000 each, to construct the Elimu (Education) Housing Complex
Would you, your church or an organization you know of consider blessing AIC Kijabe Hospital this Christmas?
This summer, our housing will be at maximum capacity. This unfortunately means that we will be unable to:
1.
Take on additional residents, interns, or sub-specialty fellows. The training programs at the hospital are of utmost importance
when it comes to raising up the next generation of Christian Healthcare leaders in Kenya and beyond. This training and
discipleship ministry is one of the cornerstones of the hospital where, according to the World Health Organization, Kenya has
only one doctor per 10,000 residents. 2.
Accept anymore long-term missionary families coming to serve here – it is the missionary doctors who come here having
raised their own support back home, which allows the hospital to keep patient fees as low as possible.
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House short-term doctors - visiting doctors are essential to ministry of Kijabe Hospital, bringing with them energy and
enthusiasm, and allowing long-term doctors to take a much-needed break.
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How can you contribute?
Pray that God hears our cry for support and rallies the necessary resources to break
ground.
Share this video http://kijabehospital.org/make-a-difference/fundraising-events with
your church, via social media, and with friends and family to spread the word
We have raised $100,000 towards our educational housing! We need only 84 more
donors - will you consider a tax-deductible donation of $6000 so we can start the project
in early 2015? Please email Ann Mara for details at: [email protected]
Our Vision?
To rely on the body of Christ to construct the Elimu Housing Project, with each donor’s name surrounding the entry way of this
building, with the Latin phrase Soli Deo Gloria, meaning Glory to God alone.