Pray for Brazzaville Screening Day

*Safe travel & general safety at the selection site- (A group of Mercy Shippers & I are headed out the door in a few minutes for a plane ride to Brazzaville- the capital of the country we are currently in- for a screening/patient selection day tomorrow)...The crowd at our main selection day here in Pointe Noire, a few months ago was estimated to be 6000 plus people...It is predicted the crowd in the capital city could be larger. Much preparation and planning has gone into preparing for this day- and we seek extra prayers for safety of the patients seeking treatment and ourselves...

*Excellent communication, understanding, & harmony between Mercy Ships’ team, government officials, patients, and translators...

*Good weather, sufficient water & food for team (it is rainy season, VERY HOT, & VERY sticky)...

*Quiet, orderly gathering of potential patients (that our potential patients would be patient)...

*Only referred, ticketed patients would seek screening (to limit crowd size we have changed logistics for this selection day and pray all goes well- that those we truly can help will make it to us & those that we cannot help- would not come)...

*Good traffic management of people, vehicles, & materials (that the local taxis we are arranging for transportation would be on time- running well, and all that)...

*God would guide choice of patients for surgery (we focus on those we can help, but as always there are those we cannot help- my team and I are responsible for the  glorious deliverance of the word “YES” for hundreds, but also pray for strength & grace as we cannot help everyone)...

THANKS FOR PRAYING!