Josh's blog- SIAS

A blog from Josh!

We are getting very close to launching the very first formal release of SIAS, the Sustainable Internet Access System. I have worked pretty much straight through since my arrival here in Mbingo in developing an improved version of SIAS which will give the hospital a huge boost in sharpening its most valuable information tool: the Internet. I was able to present my project to the board of the hospital chain last week which was very encouraging. They are very interested in deploying it to all the other CBC hospital locations. Once we get those running, I hope to make it available to the world! There of course remains an infinite amount of work to do in Africa, but progress is being made.

We had a wonderful time of meeting with our future Banyo team here at Mbingo last week. We look forward to our soon approaching return to Banyo. We have some great ideas that we are praying through with how to reach out to our city.

I am working with a new American doctor here in Mbingo, the chaplains and our IT team to develop a way to get the Jesus film and the spoken Bible on as many patient's phones as possible. The material is in their heart language so it is very meaningful. Right now we are loading them one by one onto a handful of phones but we hope to spin that up by making a way to distribute preloaded SD cards compatible with the majority of cell phones here. Sorry iPhone users, no Jesus film for you...but as it turns out that doesn't exclude anyone here anyway. I'm always amazed at how technology can be used in such a powerful way on the mission field. Think about how much better it is to be able to give someone the complete story verses a sheet of paper with a few questions on it. Plus the cool factor of watching a video on one's phone hasn't worn off yet here.

I've also found some time to hike and enjoy the beautiful scenery!