Kyle the Dentist

Yes, that's right in Ukraine you can be a dentist without the schooling, well almost. Anyway, Kyle has had the opportunity of joining the YWAM Mercy Truck, which specializes in Dentistry. The truck is really a full-blown Dental office on wheels.
The ministry started some time ago after the YWAM base in England donated the truck to YWAM Kyiv, and ever since the ministry has been going strong. Basically what they do is go out to a orphanage, sometimes a small village and do an outreach, by fixing kid's teeth. It is really an amazing and rewarding ministry. They have two dentists, one is a retired American dentist and the other is a Ukrainian dentist. They are always looking for dentists from the States to come over short term and serve, so if you know of anyone who would like to do something like this, have them email me.



So Kyle has joined them in order to build relationship with the kids and the orphanage directors. It has been such a joy to get to know the kids and to see them smiling and getting good dental work done. Most kids dont even get anything done with their teeth so you can imagine what we run into inside their tiny little mouths. Many of them have never had an anisthetic (dont know if that's the right spellin) before. So they usually are reluctant to get the shot but once they do it's pain free, something they have never had before. They are used to getting fillings and extractions by the local village dentist who doesn't have the money to give them a number. But the kids are just amazing and are so open to God. We pray with them, tell them stories from the Bible, but I realize they have a long way to go. There has to be someone to teach them character. And that is the reason I am going out there to be with them.



Both trips I have taken the directors have been open to receiving the program we have. As a matter of fact the last trip I took the local school told us to bring it to them as soon as possible. So it is such a blessing to us to see God opening doors for this program. We have been invited by 3 public schools so far and that is totally God, because they haven't even seen the program yet.



Please pray for Kyle as he goes on these dental trips, he has another one coming up in November if he can squeeze it in. These trips are great for him and for the kids he's serving. Also please pray for more opportunity to serve for this ministry.