We had a fabulous trip to Guatemala. We had a medical clinic and VBS children's ministry as well as the Vision testing clinic each day. We were in 4 different locations, so flexibility was key. In the Vision clinic we saw about 185 patients over the 4 days, giving away over 200 pairs of glasses, hats and sunglasses. I trained a few team members when we arrived since team members came from several states and we hadn't met before. I had high school, college students, as well as doctors and nurses go through the training. Outlook Mountain Mission and Mission Serve leadership was very impressed with your materials. They will be referring others to your ministry. Many Guatemalans came to a saving knowledge of Christ during the week. Thank you again for your ministry.
During the week in the remote Lenca villages…we had 239 visit the eye glass clinic. We were able to help all that needed eyeglasses and gave antibiotics to those with eye infections. There were eight commitments to Christ during the week. One was especially noteworthy ….. a respected man in the area known as a “witch”. He had been witnessed to on several occasions….was vocally anti Christian. The missionaries were excited that his conversion would affect many in a positive way. God is good!
Each evaluation provides hope. Every lens creates opportunity. All interactions strengthen community connections. We love this division of our healthcare development!
We will keep doing this for sure. It's a great tool to impact towns and come alongside existing churches in their outreach efforts. We did a one day medical trip into a village with the church we've been working with these past 10 years. Huge success. This town would chase pastors out with machetes, but they came out to this outreach. Lots of folks received prayer and heard the gospel. Seeds were planted with the handful of believers from that town.