THIS IS OUR WHY
Mid
Wife Kits
Roy
& I got married in January of 2006, began ESM in May of the same year, went
on our 1st missions trip together in March of 2007 and were preparing
to move to Lewiston, ID as soon as we returned from Africa. It had been a crazy
1st year of marriage but our priority was to seek God’s intention
for Eden’s Song so we were excited to be heading out with an awesome group of
people to work with a Pastor and his college age ministry in Uganda.
One
of the trips we took was to a village called Bombo where we passed out medical
supplies, toys for the kids and spent the day working in a clinic. The Doctor
was proudly showing us his ‘birthing room’ where they had just received
electricity and a ‘new’ bed. We were excited with him but looked around in awe.
There was a metal table with a thermos of water, a baby scale and the bed was
ripped and torn. When we walked out of there, I told Roy our first project was
going to be to supply them with the needed provisions to deliver a baby in a safe
and hygienic area.
When
Roy & I returned home we began calling our friends in the medical field to
round up a resource list of things they should have and collecting them.
However, we were moving from Las Vegas to Lewiston in 2 weeks’ time, so we
decided to wait until we got settled in our new home, town and jobs. I started
work at our church the day after we moved in & met a couple coming in
carrying box after box to a storage area. I asked them what they were doing and
they said that God had told them to begin collecting medical supplies. They
didn’t know why but they were just being obedient. I told them about ESM and
our trip and how we wanted to provide this village with medical supplies and
they said “well, that must have been why we were doing this”. We took
everything to our garage and that began what is now affectionately called the
“blessing barn”.
Shortly
after that I met a Pastor’s wife on a trip to Oregon who was a mid-wife. She
taught us how to use the supplies and make up kits. We packed boxes of the
midwife kits and what medical supplies the Bombo Doctor, took it all to the
post office, spent every penny of our savings and shipped our very first
shipment. 8 years later we ship midwife kits & clinical supplies through many medical teams like Family Circus, Bethel, Global Health, Show Mercy, Medical Teams Intl and ORU as well as individual missionaries reaching many hospitals, clinics and villages all over the world. We make close to 900 midwife kits per year and now add diapers, onesies, booties, hats and other baby goodies as well as a ‘Mama’s Bag” which is a tote bag full of grooming supplies, nail polish, lipstick, bible and a journal to the clinical needs.
We
are so thankful to God for an incredible team of people that are just as excited
to gather together, share their creative juices and allow Him to use us all in
such an incredible act of love.
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