Hey guys…today’s blog is going to be a little different. This week, I’m going to have some of our team members write the entries. Today’s is Randy Roberson. I hope that you enjoy his moving and meaningful words, and may the Lord bless you through his message. Randy lives in Birmingham, Alabama and is one of our prosthetists on our team. He continues his prosthetics in Birmingham, along with being a pastor at a local church. I hope you enjoy his words…..
From Randy Roberson,
We faced the day with anticipation and concern, knowing that when we got to the clinic, we would face a table full of unmodified casts. A cast is a mold of the amputee’s limb that has to be shaped by hand to capture all the nuances of the patient’s limb. This is a painstaking operation that requires a lot of “hands on” adjustments. Sure enough…where do we start? One by one, we systematically worked on the huge mountain of work. The day went on and the temperature began to steadily climb.
The cast modifying wasn’t all we had to do. There were people to see, legs to finish, “Randy, is this one ready?” “Randy, is this how you do it?” “Is this leg correct?” School was back in session.
All of a sudden, I noticed that all the casts were done and one by one, they were being taken through the laminating process…I stopped to count; 45, 46, 47…Wow!! When you laminate a leg, you set up the cast and you cover it with a hard resin shell, which the patient will wear. I was overwhelmed at how much we did.
I looked and realized that each cast represented a human being that God has created and God had placed each one of them in front of us so that we could help them. By the talents God gave us, He uses us to help change their lives, and because the Gospel is given with each leg, possibly an eternal change.
At the end of the day, we watched a nine year old child walk again…it was worth all the hard work.
Thank You Lord!!
Randy
*If you would like to learn more about Standing With Hope and the work we are doing in Ghana, West Africa, click on the title of this blog, “A Message from Randy Roberson” or simply go to standingwithhope.com
From Randy Roberson,
We faced the day with anticipation and concern, knowing that when we got to the clinic, we would face a table full of unmodified casts. A cast is a mold of the amputee’s limb that has to be shaped by hand to capture all the nuances of the patient’s limb. This is a painstaking operation that requires a lot of “hands on” adjustments. Sure enough…where do we start? One by one, we systematically worked on the huge mountain of work. The day went on and the temperature began to steadily climb.
The cast modifying wasn’t all we had to do. There were people to see, legs to finish, “Randy, is this one ready?” “Randy, is this how you do it?” “Is this leg correct?” School was back in session.
All of a sudden, I noticed that all the casts were done and one by one, they were being taken through the laminating process…I stopped to count; 45, 46, 47…Wow!! When you laminate a leg, you set up the cast and you cover it with a hard resin shell, which the patient will wear. I was overwhelmed at how much we did.
I looked and realized that each cast represented a human being that God has created and God had placed each one of them in front of us so that we could help them. By the talents God gave us, He uses us to help change their lives, and because the Gospel is given with each leg, possibly an eternal change.
At the end of the day, we watched a nine year old child walk again…it was worth all the hard work.
Thank You Lord!!
Randy
*If you would like to learn more about Standing With Hope and the work we are doing in Ghana, West Africa, click on the title of this blog, “A Message from Randy Roberson” or simply go to standingwithhope.com
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