Have you ever taken a moment to just stop and take in everything that is going on around you? These past few weeks have been incredible for me. I've taken the time to look at my surroundings and see where God has brought me in just the two short years of being in Honduras. WOW! God is such a big God.
Mid-May, we had a team of Canadian nurses join us for a week of ministry. This was a week of firsts here at the jungle hospital. This was our first team of only nurses, so put on our thinking caps in order to come up with something new and creative for them to do. Our nurses helped us host our first ever women's health screening here in our village of Rio Viejo. During our screening, we checked Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Weight and BMI on nearly 100 women. WOW! Two new diabetics and two new hypertensives were discovered and are now being treated at our hospital.
Later that week, we hiked up to the villages of Nueva Suyapa and La Lucha for some school visits and camping. Finishing these two schools, helped us complete a 100% first visit to all of our schools here in the Cuenca. This is the first time that has ever been done.
Mid-May, we had a team of Canadian nurses join us for a week of ministry. This was a week of firsts here at the jungle hospital. This was our first team of only nurses, so put on our thinking caps in order to come up with something new and creative for them to do. Our nurses helped us host our first ever women's health screening here in our village of Rio Viejo. During our screening, we checked Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Weight and BMI on nearly 100 women. WOW! Two new diabetics and two new hypertensives were discovered and are now being treated at our hospital.
Later that week, we hiked up to the villages of Nueva Suyapa and La Lucha for some school visits and camping. Finishing these two schools, helped us complete a 100% first visit to all of our schools here in the Cuenca. This is the first time that has ever been done.
This past year we received two containers full of medical equipment and supplies. Our storage unit that we had would not fit all of the boxes, so we ended up storing them in the back of the hospital. The second container, that was donated by Samaritans Purse, we were allowed to keep the actual container. We connected this container to the old one, insulated them and installed an AC unit so that our medical supplies will have a longer life. Once these were connected, we began the huge task of transferring boxes from the hospital, into the awesome, new storage containers.
BEFORE PICTURES:
BEFORE PICTURES:
Two weeks ago, we had an incredible team come down from HPC in Louisiana. With the help of these guys and our J-Team, we were able to complete so many tasks. We hosted two days of clinic, went out on a brigade in the village of El Paraiso where we saw 92 patients and 60 students, and we completed many projects around the hospital:
AFTER PICTURES:
AFTER PICTURES:
In two weeks we will receive a group of students from Lee University. We are excited to be hosting medical brigades and school visits with these guys. I'm believing that God is going to touch the lives of many people. Keep us in your prayers as we finish out the summer strong with many teams from the states.
1 Corinthians 10:31: So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31: So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.