Today we were back in Guayabal, Lepaterique. It was quite different from yesterday in several ways. The first being it was much colder. Lots of people were wearing coats and hats. We were literally in the clouds today. The clouds were low and we were up high in the mountains. They were moving right in front of us. The other thing that was different was that the people came from up to four and five hours away and were much sicker than yesterday. We are so glad we are able to help them. The first photo is of the modern way to go to work. The horse comes equipped with machete, rope, saddle and other assorted supplies. The second photo is of a little boy that dumped over the coal bucket on his foot. He came back today and was much better. The swelling was almost gone and he had less pain. We used an ace bandage to hold the gauze and burn medicine on. The last photo is a family of five. All the kids and the mother had respiratory problems and fungus.

Today we went to the north side of Lepaterique to Guayabal. On the way we encountered these 4 young boys carrying firewood home so their mother could cook their families food. The other photo is some of the 101 patients that we saw today. We will work in Guayabal Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. We treated lots of fungus, sore throats, and sinus problems among other things.

This is a mother and child. The child was examined by Dr. Ana. She is an example of the poor children in and around Lepaterique, Honduras. She is very short {as is her mother} and underweight. Many of the children that are 10 - 12 years old are only 40-42 inches tall and weigh 50 pounds or less. Some shortness is due to genetics, but most is due to malnutrition and parasites.

Dr. Ana with her husband John Lamon are giving health checkups to 260 children in a feeding program in Lepaterique. This is a very poor area an hour west of Tegucigalpa. It is very mountainous and does not have very good soil for growing crops. Many of the people in this area are descendants of the Lenca Indians. They work very hard for the little that they have. We work through a group of christian churches in the area that works very hard to spread Christ love for the people. Our work goes hand in hand. A medical brigade always draws a crowd. While we are caring for the people physically the local church members are telling them about Christ love and salvation for them. This is works really good because the local congregation can follow up with the new believers.

Dr. Ana with young patient in the feeding program at Lepaterique and lots of moms with their children that participate in the feeding program

The line of patients at Sabana Redonda in Lepaterique. A small church overlooking Tegucigalpa, Honduras where we have done medical work

Cows always have the right of way. Ana serves an elderly patient

Ana checking a mother with her 6 children. Ana checking the heartbeat of an unborn child

John and Ana Lamon with John Israel

The Hands of Christ, Inc.

Hi! Welcome to our blog about our medical missions in Honduras. Let me introduce who we are and what we do. John and Ana live in Honduras and travel to rural villages and communities and offer basic medical care to very sick and needy people. Our goal is to share the love of Jesus Christ with our patients while meeting the physical health needs. We partner with local churches for buildings to run the clinics in and sharing the good news of Jesus. Sarah is a stay at home mom who volunteers her time with The Hands of Christ and her children's school, New Hope Academy. She serves as administrator and member of the Board of Directors. There are exciting plans in our future for our weekly medical clinics and our vision of building a medical clinic for women. We will all be posting at different times so please refer to our blog often. May the Lord bless you!