A Josh blog from Mbingo

Josh wrote a blog about his time working at Mbingo Baptist Hospital!

I think when people go into medicine there's a natural segue to wanting to help the less fortunate,  but who ever enters electrical engineering with saving the world on their minds?  I never thought that the passion God put in my heart would be at all useful in God's mission but as it turns out, technical services are really needed.  I went into engineering because I truly love it. This love has been turned up to eleven in Africa and honestly I can't believe how much fun I have doing it.

I had the pleasure of working with another electrical engineer for a month and learned a ton about power. This is Hannah and I working on the hospital generator!

I'm now teaching the 10 electricians we have on staff a few hours a day on ways to improve the hospital complex. Just to clarify, this hospital is going through explosive growth. They have been building continuously for years now and technologies most of the rest of Africa have never seen before are being developed and deployed on a regular basis: electronic medical records, CT scanners, linear accelerators, hydro electric power, 156 buildings covered with Wi-Fi...  As you can imagine even ten electricians is not enough to keep up with the dreams that are being realized here.  I love the fact that this place can be a great hope for so many really sick people. I love how we get to share the gospel with people both through caring for their physical needs but also through the countless opportunities that arise. While probably most of what I do on its own isn't going to radically change the world, being part of God's larger picture is really fulfilling.

 

Just a few updates for those playing along at home: my main sustainable internet project is nearly complete and I hope to launch that worldwide in the next few months. Pray it can be used to bring educational resources to new places worldwide through a sustainable model.  Our IT department is going through some massive personnel changes. Pray the newcomers can hold the fort down.  Charlie will start school for the first time in a month. Pray School of Mom is a tenth as exciting as Charlie thinks it is going to be. We head back to Banyo in 2 months. Pray for safe, nausea free travels.  Pray for our friends who are trapped in a rough physical life and without the hope of Jesus.