Sunday, March 15, 2009

March 15, Update

Hello from Honduras!

What a great week we just finished! We had a group here from Frankfort, Kentucky and the surrounding area. In their group was a pharmacist, ER doctor, gynecologist, doctor of Internal medicine, two dentists, a dental hygienist, health education teachers, a lab nurse, people for triage and intake, a hospital engineer, an optometrist as well as a number of people to support the daily operations. What a group! They treated well over 1000 people for the four and one half days that they worked in Fuerzas Unidas. Ana and I are thankful for their work and the community where they worked is also very appreciative.

Some notes from Dr. Ana Lamon:

God has made ways in our lives that we cannot refuse to walk in. He is so powerful that He wants to show us how to live an abundant life. We could live in our owns paths but when we recognize we don’t belong to ourselves it is impossible to ignore who made the earth and all existing in it ( I Corinthians 10:26).
For us it is a privilege surrender our lives to God. One more time, God displayed His grace upon my husband and me for giving us the opportunity to work with the group from Kentucky. We missed working with those that could not come for some reason but at the same time it was our pleasure to meet some new people. As always, this group made a tremendous difference in Fuerzas Unidas. The great commitment and willingness to help those in need were an inspiration for me. The demand of patients was tremendous. This team showed an excellent capacity to handle all the challenges of this year. God was working on our side and we saw the desire of our heart accomplished: to see as many patients as we could and not looking for a number of people but showing God’s love to all of them. We are trusting on God to perform the great commitment that He is sending His people to the Nations and spreading the good news of Salvation and His mercy for the human being. Together, we are an instrument of God.

Thank you, Methodist Church of Kentucky for coming and make possible this dream a reality. Thank you to the optometrist and group of doctors. You do not have any idea what it meant to me to receive your help. You took my pain, frustration, and anguish away from my heart that I feel when I cannot give medical care to those 100 patients that are left at the end of the day because sometimes I do not have enough energy to see 100 more patients each day. Thanks again. And may God bless you forever.

Thank you dental team for always doing an excellent work in the Fuerzas Unidas School as well as in the clinic . It is amazing to see you guys dressing like an operating room and seeing all the equipment settled. The way you are working sterilizing the equipment you use with each patient and your interest in doing a perfect job even sending some patients who required special attention to a local dentist in Tegucigalpa. And of course we are thankful that you are taking care of them and paying for their treatment.

Thank you to the pharmacy team for always showing diligence and dedication in all you do reviewing and changing prescriptions as needed. I thank God for you wisdom.

Thank you Reina for performing a great job in the educational area. Excellent English and Spanish, catracha!!!!! What can I say about the triage team? New faces and old friends organizing the patients to be seen by the different doctors. You were so helpful facilitating the patients with great interrogation (reasons for coming) and helping the speed of the doctors to see each patient. Melody, the great lady in the waiting area, with her tenderness, goodness, love and overall patience to talk to the people showing the quality of human life to all patients. You always did the distribution of the patients according to their necessity, order of arrival, and emergency with such great skill. Many patients told me that you looked like an angel coming from heaven to help them.

Thank you Arnie, Sister Larraine, T.J., Jeremiah, Cindy and Jim for gave us your time, talents in a tremendous ways.

What else can I say? Thank all of you for making this medical brigade a resounding success again.
John 12:26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.