{"id":303,"date":"2009-09-24T10:09:09","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T15:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=303"},"modified":"2009-09-24T10:09:09","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T15:09:09","slug":"day-one-rva-and-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2009\/09\/day-one-rva-and-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Day One &#8211; RVA and CURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--  --><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning \/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables \/> <w:SnapToGridInCell \/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct \/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules \/> <w:DontGrowAutofit \/> <\/w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><span class=\"mceItemObject\"   classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/span> <mce:style><!\nst1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n--> <!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]> <mce:style><!\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\ntable.MsoNormalTable\n{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\nmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\nmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\nmso-style-noshow:yes;\nmso-style-parent:\"\";\nmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\nmso-para-margin:0in;\nmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\nmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\nfont-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-ansi-language:#0400;\nmso-fareast-language:#0400;\nmso-bidi-language:#0400;}\n--> <!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Monday we visited Rift Valley Academy at Kijabe about an hour out of Nairobi.<span> <\/span>This was Cindy and Curt&#8217;s first visit.<span> <\/span>We brought Rachel Tang and her son Ben along to see her children, Thok (10th), Jal (8th) and Jyadang (6th).<span> <\/span>We were able to speak with the superintendent, have lunch in cafeteria and get a tour.<span> <\/span>What a great place.<span> <\/span>About 500 children attend RVA with the large majority being in high school.<span> <\/span>The freshman class is 66.<span> <\/span>The Tang children enjoy participating in soccer, basketball and rugby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We also visited the CURE Kijabe pediatric orthopedic hospital.<span> <\/span>Kijabe is a large mission station with Africa Inland Mission.<span> <\/span>In addition to RVA there is a large hospital and a Bible School.<span> <\/span>In 1998 CURE started the pediatric orthopedic section of the hospital which is now its own separate facility.<span> <\/span>Dr. Tim Mead and his wife Jana started this hospital.<span> <\/span>Tim is a Covenanter from Forest Park Covenant in Muskegon,  MI.<span> <\/span>Today they have an outstanding ministry not just in the treatment of pediatric orthopedic issues through the hospital and regular, every 6 week, visits to 9 mobile clinics where they screen new patients, but more significantly in training others.<span> <\/span>Some quick numbers:<span> <\/span>They see about 7,000 patients per year through the hospital and clinic visits and perform ~2,000 operations per year.<span> <\/span>Tim has trained 7 orthopedic surgeons who are now serving in Kenya (at Kijabe &amp; 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