prayer request

What;  Today was the big screening day for those that couldn't make the initial screening back in February when we arrived. 

The Problem:  By this time we've already booked the previous available surgery slots from walk-ins---those that have shown up at the ship and got screened on the dock over the last few months. We can't take anymore!!  Even worse is that they were unable to advertise or publicize the cancel of today's screening in time because of, well, this is Africa... 

The Result:  Over 100 people waited over night at the place where the screening was to take place.  And 1,000 people showed up!!  They had to turn every one of them away!! 

Arggg!!  I can't imagine what they are feeling!! Many traveled far for hours, and some days, from way up north... To come so far with high hopes and expectation that they will get the surgery that they so desperately need and want... to be let down again, turned away again, to wait once again. 

Prayer teams were there-- crew praying for and with individuals.

Please pray for all the people that went away empty... that they may somehow know that its not because of them that they were turned away or that God turned His back on them. May they somehow feel God's love and presence in a specific way.