Overseas Partners:
Great Lakes Outreach, Harvest for Christ, and Youth for Christ
We have a very special partnership with these mission organizations in Burundi. While God has sent us to Burundi to heal people’s mouths, it is amazing to see God’s children in Burundi leading their people to follow Christ. These partners help us organize and run the logistics of the clinic, but more importantly, they share the gospel with the patients while they wait in line for hours, and many of them accept Christ during this time. God’s presence is evident in the clinic as our hands perform his work.
Time of year:
Two weeks in early May
Average Number of…
Students: 8
Dentists: 4
Hygienists: 0
Helpers: 2
1st years? not usually
2nd years? not usually
3rd years? yes
4th years? yes
Services Provided:
Extractions only
Average # of people served:
2500
Typical 2 weeks:
Tuesday: fly out of US in morning
Wednesday: arrive in Bujumbura, Burundi in evening, load bus, drive to nearby hotel, eat dinner, crash
Thursday: drive to clinic location and new hotel, set up clinic in morning, see a few patients in afternoon
Friday and Saturday: clinic
Sunday: Worship service
Monday-Thursday: clinic
Friday: clinic, pack up after 5pm
Saturday: drive to hotel in Bujumbura
Sunday: attend local church service in Bujumbura, fly home
Typical day:
Rise and shine at 6:45am
Breakfast at 7:00am
Devotional at 7:30am
Clinic from 8:00-Noon
Lunch from Noon-ish – 1:00-ish
Clinic from 1:00 to 5:00
Wash up/ journal/ free time from 5:00-6:30
Dinner at 6:30pm
Daily report and Devotional at 7:30
Game time/ free time/ pack pain medication for next day from 7:30-9:00-ish
Hit the sack 9:00-ish to whenever-ish