Dental Chair and the clinic

Hello Everyone
I know that some of the team is on Tuesday but I am only on Monday:) Today, early we are off to the clinic. I have a couple of patients to see and then to talk with the staff. Jeremiah, the dentist is the Kenya twin of Dr. Bessler:) Meant with deep affection. He is very good at what he is doing and very maticulate. He is doing mostly teeth extraction with 2 filling per day. I think he is doing very well.. For me I notice that the teeth in the village have a different glow!!! They definetly are doing better with teeth care.. Surprising many of the patients anymore do not want their pictures taken but we were able to get several. Jeremiah is very happy with the chair and the new equipment, I believe he sees about 8-10 patients per day with 2 of those being more complicated. Clean water has ensured the safety of the staff person and the safety of the patient. A picture of the well that was near the clinic last year was always full of children getting water. It was badly contaminated, so much so the water sample turned black immediately. Because of the water at the clinic and in the community school. The children spend less time searching for water and less time in the clinic being sick.. With the chlorinator being put on the system, it will better ensure that Jeremiah and the rest of the clinic will be in greater safety of any type of wound exposure. In addition, typhoid is still a problem that is greatly reduced with clean water but possibly irradicated with the introduction of the chlorination.
So to Dr. Bessler and her team of friends and family and staff--GREAT JOB!!! You all have had a great effect on this community. And although you all have not met them--they are eternally grateful for the dental chair, the books and hand tools that have made their way over here.
As you all might know even in American, we may never know who we touch as we walk together in this life. In Kenya, rest assured that you all have changed the lives of many women, men and especially the children. Because of you the next President of Kenya or teacher to get the Noble prize or the engineer that invents the green opportunity may have been this child that at some point in time thought they had beeen forgotten and that no one would know them or care. And yet all of you half way around the world have changed the world. Hope has been restored in this community because the tireless efforts of many in Cedar Rapids, Ia. Once again--A single idea, a single action can and DOES move the world in an unbelievable way.
May God bless us all to live with compassion for our brother and sister every day. And to step up when we see our brothers and sisters in pain. Let's walk together to end the suffering--- one tooth pulled at a time with anesthetic---Thank you to Dr. Bessler, staff, family and friends--A job well done:)
Blessings
Dr. Fitzgerald