Saturday, September 3, 2011
Hello from Honduras, September 3, 2011
Hello from Honduras,
We hope each of you is enjoying God's blessing in your life.
He is an awesome God that loves each of us.
We have several praises to share with you. God has been working a lot in our
lives and in the ministry that He has given us.
All 4 of our dispensas have been approved. As you remember a dispensa is
given so you don't have to pay taxes on items brought in the country. This
has saved us lots of money because the different taxes such as introduction
into the country, sales tax, and one or two small taxes they total around
33% of the value of the goods! Praise God for this great savings. Another
Praise we have is that our 2006 F250 is ready for us to pick up in Puerto
Cortes!!!!! This has been an 18 month ordeal for the different permissions
to bring it. We want to thank everyone who donated for the purchase of the
F250 way back in January of 2010. A big thank you to each of you. This new
truck will serve us and the people of Honduras well as we travel the rough
roads.
This past week we worked again in a community call Tres de
Mayo here in Tegucigalpa. The week before we worked in Unidad and Fuerzas
another very poor community. There is as always lot of need in the different
communities where we work. We are blessed by each of you and of course by
God to be able to go and serve in these communities.
We also have been busy with our customs agent. We have been
working on the paperwork to release the truck. We also have a shipment of
medicine that will arrive this week. And we are getting our paperwork in
order for the other equipment that is in route for the women's hospital. We
have also been to the highway dept. and our permission for the connection
between the highway & our land is about to come out. This is another praise
for God!!! He is providing all we need in His timing.
We need you to continue praying for our environmental
license and all the little things that need to be done so that this will
move through their system quickly.
Please continue to pray for our safety here in Honduras and pray for us to
be healthy so that we may continue our service to God. Pray for the funding
for the women's hospital to continue to come in quickly. We ask that each of
you pray and ask God what you can do to help in this ministry or who can you
tell about our ministry. We need to grow! We need your help! We thank each
one of you for your continued support and prayers. We are grateful for you
and your love of God that allows you to help us. What an awesome God we serve.
As we have said before we are looking for someone to help us
raise money for the women's clinic and overall work in Honduras. There is
compensation for this job.
The Hands of Christ
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin, Tennessee 37065
We appreciate each of you. Thank you for your prayers and support.
The following are the things we still need your help with. Pray about them
and see where God will lead you.
Site excavation and build road $62,000.00
Dig well 500' - 600' $16,000.00
Environmental license $10,000.00
Construction permit $10,000.00
2 Water storage tanks @ $13,000. = $26,000.00
Gray water tank $2500.00
Dilution tank $2500.00
Septic Tank $6300.00
Security Wall $70,000.00
Study by Environmental agency and removal of trees $2000.00
2 - 3 yard concrete mixer $25,000.00
Also don't forget that we have an abstract painting that can be yours for a
$100,000 donation.
(1968) by Frederic Matys Thursz (1930 - 1992)
This is a very large painting, measuring 6 feet wide x 7 feet high!
We have a notarized
authentication from Phillip H. Harris, Lexington, KY, who was a friend of
Frederic Thursz for four years while Mr. Thursz was on the faculty of the
University of Kentucky. The painting is located in Frankfort, Kentucky. The
person who purchases this painting by donating $100,000.00 to The Hands of Christ will assume responsibility for moving it. It is in Frankfort, Ky.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Hello from Honduras, August 22, 2011
Hello from Honduras,
We hope all of you are doing well. It has been a couple of weeks
since we wrote. We have been really busy finishing up with a team doing a
water project that will bring purified water to around 600 families in three
villages. They are going to donate 291 Sawyer Point One water filters to 291
families and teach them how to use the filters. Another 9 filters will be
installed in 3 different schools in the communities. To date 30 families
have received the filters and one has been installed in each of two schools
and two have been installed in the 3rd school. The members of the 30
families that know how to use the filters will be "teachers" in November
when the group comes with the other 266 filters.
We were busy with the 4 dispensas for around a month. If you
remember a dispensa is what we need to bring stuff into Honduras without
paying taxes on it. Well, I am happy to report that 3 of them have been
approved and the forth should be approved this week. We appreciate all the
prayers that offered for the dispensas.
We have also been working on the permissions for the construction of the
women's hospital. Please continue to pray for our Environmental license. The
part of the government that is in charge of that is called SERNA. Please
pray for them to approve our papers quickly. Also pray for those in charge
of the highway department. Our application to build an access to our land
was in someone's drawer for almost two months. This past week we tracked it
down and got it moving again. Pray for them to complete their work quickly.
Last week we also worked in a new neighborhood called Los Pinos. It is a
poor neighborhood that is not to far from our women's hospital site. We are
starting to work in more of the neighborhoods that are close to our women's
hospital site.
Just a reminder that we are looking for someone to help us raise money for
the women's hospital. There is compensation for the person or persons that
help us. We need your help!
We want to ask you to pray fervently for our safety and that we will hear
and obey God's voice every day. Pray that the ship bringing our new truck
will arrive without any problems. It is due to leave Miami on the 24th and
arrive at Puerto Cortes, Honduras on the 27th. Also pray that we will have
no problems getting it or any of the other donated items out of customs.
Remember that you can donate via the website using PayPal or by sending your
check to:
The Hands of Christ - P.O. Box 1252 - Franklin, Tennessee 37065
We appreciate each of you. Thank you for your prayers and support.
The following are the things we still need your help with. Pray about them
and see where God will lead you.
Site excavation and build road $62,000.00
Dig well 500' - 600' $16,000.00
Environmental license $10,000.00
Construction permit $10,000.00
2 Water storage tanks @ $13,000. = $26,000.00
Gray water tank $2500.00
Dilution tank $2500.00
Septic Tank $6300.00
Security Wall $70,000.00
Study by Environmental agency and removal of trees $2000.00
2 - 3 yard concrete mixer $25,000.00
Also don't forget that we have an abstract painting that can be yours for a
$100,000 donation.
Unsigned Painting
(1968) by Frederic Matys Thursz (1930 - 1992)
This is a very large painting, measuring 6 feet wide x 7 feet high!
We have a notarized
authentication from Phillip H. Harris, Lexington, KY, who was a friend of
Frederic Thursz for four years while Mr. Thursz was on the faculty of the
University of Kentucky. The painting is located in Frankfort, Kentucky. The
person who purchases this painting by donating $100,000.00 to The Hands of
Christ will assume responsibility for moving it. It is in Frankfort, Ky.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Hello from Honduras July 26, 2011 Update on Older Gentleman
Hello from Honduras,
This is just a quick update for the older gentleman in the
photo in the last e-mail. The surgery team that is here right now
successfully repaired the two hernias that the man had. They were his most
pressing need and potentially most dangerous. Everything went well. The man
is back home here in Tegucigalpa. I would ask that you continue to pray for
healing in his body. He is signed up for the next surgery team that is
coming the 27 of August when they will remove the very large fatty tumor
that is on his upper back between his shoulders. His age was a factor in not
doing both of the surgeries at one time. But he felt good today when we
picked him up and said he did not hurt anymore. He was a little sore from
the surgery but not to much. Thanks for all your prayer. We appreciate each
one of you.
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
This is just a quick update for the older gentleman in the
photo in the last e-mail. The surgery team that is here right now
successfully repaired the two hernias that the man had. They were his most
pressing need and potentially most dangerous. Everything went well. The man
is back home here in Tegucigalpa. I would ask that you continue to pray for
healing in his body. He is signed up for the next surgery team that is
coming the 27 of August when they will remove the very large fatty tumor
that is on his upper back between his shoulders. His age was a factor in not
doing both of the surgeries at one time. But he felt good today when we
picked him up and said he did not hurt anymore. He was a little sore from
the surgery but not to much. Thanks for all your prayer. We appreciate each
one of you.
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
Monday, July 18, 2011
Update from Honduras July 18, 2011
For the coming week we are working to send a man to remove a fatty tumor ½
the size of a soccer ball on the back of his neck. There is a mission
hospital about an hour and a half from Tegucigalpa in Guaimaca that has a
surgery team arriving on the 23rd of this month. So he will be going this
Tuesday for an evaluation. So please pray that he will be accepted for the
surgery. He is 79 years old and has had a chest infection. Pray for him to
be completely healed so they will do the surgery. He has had this tumor for
more than 20 years.
Apart from this we will be working in Los Laurels for 3 days this week. Pray
for us to be safe, always hear and obey God, and to understand the patients
needs and give out the medicine correctly.
Pray for our Dispensas to be signed. The dispensas will allow us to bring
some equipment for the women’s clinic and our truck {that was purchased 1 ½
years ago} into the country without paying 33% tax on the different items.
Pray for our application for an environmental permit to be approved quickly.
This is also for the women’s clinic. Things move slow in Honduras but we
know that our God can make things move faster. We also know that all things
will happen in God’s timing and not ours. So I will ask you to pray for us
to be patient when necessary and pray for God to speed the government
process up.
We are asking each of you to pray about how you can help us with the
construction of the women’s clinic. It may be that God wants to use you to
tell someone else about the project. It may be that God wants you to
personally participate in some way. We are just asking that you pray about
this and listen to what God is telling you and step out in faith as we have.
Listed below are some of the immediate expenses that we will incur in the
next few months. Thank you for your prayer and support and God bless each of
you.
I would also like to ask each of you to share this e-mail with others on
your e-mail list. Please don’t keep it to yourselves!
Site excavation and build road $62,000.00
Dig well 500’ – 600’ $16,000.00
Environmental license $10,000.00
Environmental Engineer $1700.00
Construction permit $10,000.00
2 Water storage tanks @ $13,000. = $26,000.00
Gray water tank $2500.00
Dilution tank $2500.00
Septic Tank $6300.00
Security Wall $70,000.00
Study by Environmental agency and removal of trees $2000.00
2 – 3 yard concrete mixer $25,000.00
In Christ Service always
John & Ana Lamon
The Hands of Christ
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin, Tennessee 37065
the size of a soccer ball on the back of his neck. There is a mission
hospital about an hour and a half from Tegucigalpa in Guaimaca that has a
surgery team arriving on the 23rd of this month. So he will be going this
Tuesday for an evaluation. So please pray that he will be accepted for the
surgery. He is 79 years old and has had a chest infection. Pray for him to
be completely healed so they will do the surgery. He has had this tumor for
more than 20 years.
Apart from this we will be working in Los Laurels for 3 days this week. Pray
for us to be safe, always hear and obey God, and to understand the patients
needs and give out the medicine correctly.
Pray for our Dispensas to be signed. The dispensas will allow us to bring
some equipment for the women’s clinic and our truck {that was purchased 1 ½
years ago} into the country without paying 33% tax on the different items.
Pray for our application for an environmental permit to be approved quickly.
This is also for the women’s clinic. Things move slow in Honduras but we
know that our God can make things move faster. We also know that all things
will happen in God’s timing and not ours. So I will ask you to pray for us
to be patient when necessary and pray for God to speed the government
process up.
We are asking each of you to pray about how you can help us with the
construction of the women’s clinic. It may be that God wants to use you to
tell someone else about the project. It may be that God wants you to
personally participate in some way. We are just asking that you pray about
this and listen to what God is telling you and step out in faith as we have.
Listed below are some of the immediate expenses that we will incur in the
next few months. Thank you for your prayer and support and God bless each of
you.
I would also like to ask each of you to share this e-mail with others on
your e-mail list. Please don’t keep it to yourselves!
Site excavation and build road $62,000.00
Dig well 500’ – 600’ $16,000.00
Environmental license $10,000.00
Environmental Engineer $1700.00
Construction permit $10,000.00
2 Water storage tanks @ $13,000. = $26,000.00
Gray water tank $2500.00
Dilution tank $2500.00
Septic Tank $6300.00
Security Wall $70,000.00
Study by Environmental agency and removal of trees $2000.00
2 – 3 yard concrete mixer $25,000.00
In Christ Service always
John & Ana Lamon
The Hands of Christ
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin, Tennessee 37065
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Update from Honduras July 13, 2011
Today we worked in a neighborhood called Tres de Mayo or May 3rd. The people were
very grateful for our presence and the pastor along with his helpers took full
advantage and gave out tracks, prayed with some, & a few patients prayed to receive
Christ as their personal Savior. We had 120 patients today.
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.com
very grateful for our presence and the pastor along with his helpers took full
advantage and gave out tracks, prayed with some, & a few patients prayed to receive
Christ as their personal Savior. We had 120 patients today.
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.com
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Prayer Request from Honduras June 25, 2011
Hello from Honduras,
After a quick trip to the states in which my lovely wife became an American citizen
we are back in Honduras. Since Tuesday have been hard at work trying to satisfy the
governments ever changing requirements. At this time we would like to ask you to
pray that our dispensas will be approved quickly and without further changes to
them. A dispensa is a paper that allows you to bring something into Honduras without
paying taxes and introduction fees which amount to 33% of the cost of something or
the value that they place on an object. We have requested a dispensa to bring our
2006 F250 Pick up truck to Honduras and another one for some pumps, water filters,
and a sewage treatment system that was donated for the Women's clinic. We also would
like you to please continue to pray for safety. Please pray that we will seek God's
will always and obey his voice ineverything we do. We continue to ask each of you to
pray for our ministry to be prosperous and grow in support and in the numb
er of supporters that we have so that we can improve our care that we offer to
those in need. Please pray about how you, your Churches, Sunday schools, etc. can
help with the women's clinic. Please use the share button and send this to your
friends and family.We appreciate each one of you as well as your prayers.
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin, Tennessee 37065
The Hands of Christ, Inc.
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin, TN 37065
PH: 615-591-1706
www.thehandsofchrist.org
After a quick trip to the states in which my lovely wife became an American citizen
we are back in Honduras. Since Tuesday have been hard at work trying to satisfy the
governments ever changing requirements. At this time we would like to ask you to
pray that our dispensas will be approved quickly and without further changes to
them. A dispensa is a paper that allows you to bring something into Honduras without
paying taxes and introduction fees which amount to 33% of the cost of something or
the value that they place on an object. We have requested a dispensa to bring our
2006 F250 Pick up truck to Honduras and another one for some pumps, water filters,
and a sewage treatment system that was donated for the Women's clinic. We also would
like you to please continue to pray for safety. Please pray that we will seek God's
will always and obey his voice ineverything we do. We continue to ask each of you to
pray for our ministry to be prosperous and grow in support and in the numb
er of supporters that we have so that we can improve our care that we offer to
those in need. Please pray about how you, your Churches, Sunday schools, etc. can
help with the women's clinic. Please use the share button and send this to your
friends and family.We appreciate each one of you as well as your prayers.
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin, Tennessee 37065
The Hands of Christ, Inc.
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin, TN 37065
PH: 615-591-1706
www.thehandsofchrist.org
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Hello from Memphis, Tennessee June 17, 2011
Hello from Memphis Tennessee,
I hope you all will celebrate with us. My lovely wife Ana will become an American Citizen Friday (17th) at 10am. We are so proud of her.
On another important note: In response to the prayer request a few weeks ago all our prayers for a speedy process have been answered!! We have been recognized by the Finance dept. of the Honduran Government. I think this is a record. We received this recognition in only 3 weeks. We are so grateful for each of you that prayed for this matter to proceed quickly. We have an awesome God. Thank you God and thanks to each of you.
On yet another note: Below is a list of pressing expenses that we will be facing shortly with the women’s clinic. We would like to ask you to pray about these items and then listen to how God ask you to respond. Please share these with your Sunday Schools, churches, and friends. Let’s get this clinic built and in operation so we can better serve those in need. Thanks for your continued support and prayers. We appreciate each of you!! Please let us know when you can help and which one you can help with.
Site excavation and build road = $62,000.00
Dig well 500’ – 600’ = $16,000.00
Environmental license = $10,000.00
Environmental Engineer = $1700.00
Construction permit = $10,000.00
2 Water storage tanks @ $13,000. = $26,000.00
Gray water tank = $2500.00
Dilution tank = $2500.00
Septic Tank = $6300.00
Security Wall = $70,000.00
Study by Environmental agency and removal of trees = $2000.00
2 – 3 yard concrete mixer = $25,000.00
New Life water purification = $1600.00
Again, we ask you to pray about these matters and follow God’s leading. God Bless each one of you.
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Fanklin, Tn. 37065
I hope you all will celebrate with us. My lovely wife Ana will become an American Citizen Friday (17th) at 10am. We are so proud of her.
On another important note: In response to the prayer request a few weeks ago all our prayers for a speedy process have been answered!! We have been recognized by the Finance dept. of the Honduran Government. I think this is a record. We received this recognition in only 3 weeks. We are so grateful for each of you that prayed for this matter to proceed quickly. We have an awesome God. Thank you God and thanks to each of you.
On yet another note: Below is a list of pressing expenses that we will be facing shortly with the women’s clinic. We would like to ask you to pray about these items and then listen to how God ask you to respond. Please share these with your Sunday Schools, churches, and friends. Let’s get this clinic built and in operation so we can better serve those in need. Thanks for your continued support and prayers. We appreciate each of you!! Please let us know when you can help and which one you can help with.
Site excavation and build road = $62,000.00
Dig well 500’ – 600’ = $16,000.00
Environmental license = $10,000.00
Environmental Engineer = $1700.00
Construction permit = $10,000.00
2 Water storage tanks @ $13,000. = $26,000.00
Gray water tank = $2500.00
Dilution tank = $2500.00
Septic Tank = $6300.00
Security Wall = $70,000.00
Study by Environmental agency and removal of trees = $2000.00
2 – 3 yard concrete mixer = $25,000.00
New Life water purification = $1600.00
Again, we ask you to pray about these matters and follow God’s leading. God Bless each one of you.
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Fanklin, Tn. 37065
Monday, May 23, 2011
Update from Honduras May 23, 2011
As all of you know we at “The Hands of Christ” is going to build a large women’s clinic just outside of Tegucigalpa. The time is fast approaching to begin construction. Over the last year and a half many of you have said you wanted to help. Many have stepped up and done what they could. You have helped monetarily, with in kind donations, or introducing us to others that can help in other ways. We are very grateful for those that have begun to participate in the various ways. We need more of our supporters and friends to help. We just ask that you lift our mission up in prayer and then do as your heart leads you. God will speak to you! Use the “Share This” button at the top of the e-mail and send it your friends. Encourage them to learn about the work we do & support us. Your friends value your opinion.
With each of you helping to spread the word of the work that God has given us, we can continue to glorify God in our work and with our lives. For those of you that have been here and seen firsthand the people, how they live, and the love we give them through our work we are relying on you to tell others of your experience. We especially need you to share your experience so that others may be encouraged and God’s kingdom will grow. If your church, Sunday school class, or other group of interested people would like someone to come and share their experience and to learn about how you can support the women’s clinic, please let us know. We have several that would love to come and share with you. If you have any questions, please contact us at johnyana_41@hotmail.com. If you would like to talk with someone please call Jim Burris at 502-330-2317. We welcome your questions or comments. Please visit our website if you have not yet done so to learn more about who we are and what we do. www.thehandsofchrist.org
We thank you ahead of time for your prayers and support. May God richly bless your life in ways that you can’t even imagine!
In Christ Service Always,
John and Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P. O. Box 1252
Franklin, TN 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
With each of you helping to spread the word of the work that God has given us, we can continue to glorify God in our work and with our lives. For those of you that have been here and seen firsthand the people, how they live, and the love we give them through our work we are relying on you to tell others of your experience. We especially need you to share your experience so that others may be encouraged and God’s kingdom will grow. If your church, Sunday school class, or other group of interested people would like someone to come and share their experience and to learn about how you can support the women’s clinic, please let us know. We have several that would love to come and share with you. If you have any questions, please contact us at johnyana_41@hotmail.com. If you would like to talk with someone please call Jim Burris at 502-330-2317. We welcome your questions or comments. Please visit our website if you have not yet done so to learn more about who we are and what we do. www.thehandsofchrist.org
We thank you ahead of time for your prayers and support. May God richly bless your life in ways that you can’t even imagine!
In Christ Service Always,
John and Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P. O. Box 1252
Franklin, TN 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Thursday, May 12, 2011
May 12, 2011 Update from Honduras
So far it has been a great week. We are working in a community called Vista Hermosa or Beautiful View. I think that is a matter of opinion. Any way we are working in a great church. They pray with the people for healing or other needs, council those that need it, & share the gospel of Jesus with them. All this with the people that are our patients. This is a fantastic church. We had 118 on Tuesday and 105 today. We will be there again tomorrow.
God is good all the time!
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
God is good all the time!
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Amazing day! Praising our Amazing God!
We have had an amazing day. We went to work and saw a few patients in Nueva Jerusalen. Then we went to check on our Convenio with the Government Health dept. Yesterday they told us to come back today. The secretary we talked with today was very arrogant with us and told us it was not ready. On the way out we were very disappointed. I ask God to put someone in our way that could help us. Well he did! Just as we were leaving we ran into someone we knew and explained to her what had just happened. She said to call her in 30 minutes. When we made the call she said that our Convenio (agreement) had been signed!! Praise God!!!
We want to thank each one of you that prayed for the minister of health to sign this agreement. This is a big deal because it will allow us to bring all our equipment for the women's clinic into Honduras without paying taxes on it. This agreement took 13 to 14 months from the time we started working on it until it was signed by the minister. Lots of prayers went into this. Again we are thankful to each and every one of you that prayed for this!!!
To God is the glory and honor forever!! More prayer request will be coming in a few days!
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
We want to thank each one of you that prayed for the minister of health to sign this agreement. This is a big deal because it will allow us to bring all our equipment for the women's clinic into Honduras without paying taxes on it. This agreement took 13 to 14 months from the time we started working on it until it was signed by the minister. Lots of prayers went into this. Again we are thankful to each and every one of you that prayed for this!!!
To God is the glory and honor forever!! More prayer request will be coming in a few days!
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Update from Honduras May 2, 2011
Tuesday we will be working in Nueva Jerusalen. Wednesday & Thursday in Ulloa which is close to Fuerzas Unidas here in Tegucigalpa.
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Child recovering due to caring person from THOC April 28, 2011
This precious child now weighs almost 20 pounds after receiving the correct food for the last 6 or 7 months thanks to a caring person on a team that came to work in the area where the baby lived. She is now 2 years old and growing. When she starting receiving the care she needed she was 1 and a half years old and weighed 9 pounds and was very close to death. Praise God for caring people that listen to His prompting!!!
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Monday, April 25, 2011
Urgent Prayer Request from Honduras April 25, 2011
Hello from Honduras, I want to ask everyone to pray that every obstacle be removed from the Minister of Health's mind so that he will be sign our agreement with the government health department. He has had it for 4 - 5 weeks. There is no reason that he does not sign it. Each head of dept. within the ministry of health has approved it or requested a change in wording. All of this has taken place. The government lawyers have approved it. Please pray now and pray hard that his mind is clear and God with move his heart to sign the paper.
Thanks for your prayers.
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Thanks for your prayers.
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Friday, April 22, 2011
Hello from Honduras April 21, 2011
Hello from Honduras,
What a great week we had with the group from Brentwood UMC. They are an extraordinary group of individuals. Each brought their own talents that the Lord had given them and as a group put them to work serving Him. We worked in Nueva Capital, Las Adras, Carrizal 2 days, & Villa Linda Miller. When they arrived they were full of questions about what to expect. We tried to answer them as best we could and reassure them that all would be fine. There were 3 doctors, 3 nurse practitioners, 1 Physical therapist, & 4 really good helpers. There were no slackers in this group. Many had been on missions before, just not in the capacity as a medical professional. This was their first time. As the first day of work began we were on top of a mountain overlooking Tegucigalpa in a small wooden church and very crowded. The noise of 7 medical personnel, their translators, plus the patients, all talking at once can be quite loud. But I could see as the day wore on the jitters were leaving & everyone was adjusting to their work and the fact that most of them had to use a translator to do the job they know so well. By the end of day 2 everything was flowing smoothly and the number of patients seen daily was growing. They were a like a well oil machine doing what they do best, healing those that are hurting. Days 3, 4, & 5 were routine for them. Their efficiency continued to improve and they were relaxed enjoying their work. They were fantastic. I could not stop writing without talking about the pharmacy team. They caught on so quick to the work that I was impressed. They quickly learned the medicines and dosages that the doctors were ordering. The pharmacy dispensed the medicine almost as soon as they received each patients RX and each day we finished only 5 - 10 minutes after the doctors. It did help that two members of the pharmacy team spoke Spanish and could assist giving out the medicine. In the pharmacy we had 3 regulars and one nurse practitioner or PT rotating each day. Before the doctors or pharmacy could do their work, each patient had to pass through the pre-clinic where blood pressures were taken, allergies to medicines noted, and information about the patients current needs noted for the doctors. Those in the pre-clinic were fast and proficient. Hats off to a great group.
Notes From Dr. Ana: This group was really terrific. We worked as a real team. Even though I had not met most of them before, I can say, they gave their all for the Hondurans. As my husband said this Team is full of talents, what I noticed though was they were humble, and gentle and quiet in spirit. Nobody was arrogant or thinking they were auto sufficient. They always supported each other and in this way the whole week was successful. They were always listening to suggestions and working together before each challenge or new situation. I felt that I was really part of this group. I felt like the Holy Spirit was guiding us at every moment and as a real testimony I can say all of them were obeying what God was asking of them every day in different places that we work.
Finally, I can say no matter that a person can be an excellent professional, a prominent person, but if this person does not have a sincere love for your brother or neighbor all will be vanish.
I Peter 3:4: Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
What a great week we had with the group from Brentwood UMC. They are an extraordinary group of individuals. Each brought their own talents that the Lord had given them and as a group put them to work serving Him. We worked in Nueva Capital, Las Adras, Carrizal 2 days, & Villa Linda Miller. When they arrived they were full of questions about what to expect. We tried to answer them as best we could and reassure them that all would be fine. There were 3 doctors, 3 nurse practitioners, 1 Physical therapist, & 4 really good helpers. There were no slackers in this group. Many had been on missions before, just not in the capacity as a medical professional. This was their first time. As the first day of work began we were on top of a mountain overlooking Tegucigalpa in a small wooden church and very crowded. The noise of 7 medical personnel, their translators, plus the patients, all talking at once can be quite loud. But I could see as the day wore on the jitters were leaving & everyone was adjusting to their work and the fact that most of them had to use a translator to do the job they know so well. By the end of day 2 everything was flowing smoothly and the number of patients seen daily was growing. They were a like a well oil machine doing what they do best, healing those that are hurting. Days 3, 4, & 5 were routine for them. Their efficiency continued to improve and they were relaxed enjoying their work. They were fantastic. I could not stop writing without talking about the pharmacy team. They caught on so quick to the work that I was impressed. They quickly learned the medicines and dosages that the doctors were ordering. The pharmacy dispensed the medicine almost as soon as they received each patients RX and each day we finished only 5 - 10 minutes after the doctors. It did help that two members of the pharmacy team spoke Spanish and could assist giving out the medicine. In the pharmacy we had 3 regulars and one nurse practitioner or PT rotating each day. Before the doctors or pharmacy could do their work, each patient had to pass through the pre-clinic where blood pressures were taken, allergies to medicines noted, and information about the patients current needs noted for the doctors. Those in the pre-clinic were fast and proficient. Hats off to a great group.
Notes From Dr. Ana: This group was really terrific. We worked as a real team. Even though I had not met most of them before, I can say, they gave their all for the Hondurans. As my husband said this Team is full of talents, what I noticed though was they were humble, and gentle and quiet in spirit. Nobody was arrogant or thinking they were auto sufficient. They always supported each other and in this way the whole week was successful. They were always listening to suggestions and working together before each challenge or new situation. I felt that I was really part of this group. I felt like the Holy Spirit was guiding us at every moment and as a real testimony I can say all of them were obeying what God was asking of them every day in different places that we work.
Finally, I can say no matter that a person can be an excellent professional, a prominent person, but if this person does not have a sincere love for your brother or neighbor all will be vanish.
I Peter 3:4: Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Friday, April 8, 2011
April 8, 2011 Update from THOC
We had a great 3 days working in Nuevo Paraiso here in Tegucigalpa. We had 305 patients total for the 3 days. All were sick. One patient came from Hospital Escuela, which is the hospital where the poor people go. They are suppose to receive the medicine and care they need there. He came to our clinic and had 7 prescriptions that they had given him. Dr. Ana checked him over and we were able to give him the medicine that he needed.
There is such a great need among the poor. Not just here but everywhere. It is our calling as Christians to go into all the world and proclaim Christ and help those in need as our Savior did.
I would like to take this time to thank all who have continued to support us, and our work. We are forever thankful for you allowing us to serve God here in Honduras. I would like to encourage those who have had to stop supporting us for whatever reason to please reconsider. Whatever amount you can send $10.00, $25.00, or more monthly would be a tremendous help to us. No amount is too small or too big.
We will be sending an email shortly to talk about immediate needs for the Women's Clinic that will soon be under construction. Be thinking and praying about how you, your Sunday school class, church, business associates, or whomever God puts on your mind can help. Pray first, and then take action. We pray God's peace to each of you.
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
There is such a great need among the poor. Not just here but everywhere. It is our calling as Christians to go into all the world and proclaim Christ and help those in need as our Savior did.
I would like to take this time to thank all who have continued to support us, and our work. We are forever thankful for you allowing us to serve God here in Honduras. I would like to encourage those who have had to stop supporting us for whatever reason to please reconsider. Whatever amount you can send $10.00, $25.00, or more monthly would be a tremendous help to us. No amount is too small or too big.
We will be sending an email shortly to talk about immediate needs for the Women's Clinic that will soon be under construction. Be thinking and praying about how you, your Sunday school class, church, business associates, or whomever God puts on your mind can help. Pray first, and then take action. We pray God's peace to each of you.
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
April 5, 2011 Update from THOC
Tomorrow, Wednesday, & Thursday we will be working in Nueva Paraiso or New
Paradise here in Tegucigalpa. Pray for our safety and for us to have wisdom
as we work.
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Paradise here in Tegucigalpa. Pray for our safety and for us to have wisdom
as we work.
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Thursday, March 24, 2011
We had a great meeting with the environmental engineer yesterday. She will
start work on her report which she says will take about 3 weeks to complete.
She will visit out land Monday to better understand what is going on
environmentally. Pray for her to work fast!
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
start work on her report which she says will take about 3 weeks to complete.
She will visit out land Monday to better understand what is going on
environmentally. Pray for her to work fast!
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Today is the meeting with Jim Burris our architect and tomorrow is the meeting with the environmental engineer that will prepare a report for us & present it to the Environmental agency here.
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
In Christ Service Always,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Hello from Honduras,
We have great news to share with all our supporters. Our friend, Bill Drury, who has been working hard to develop and design our water and sewage system for the women's clinic has let us know that an American company & their employees have agreed to donate the 10 pumps that we need for the clinic. They have also agreed to donate a waste water treatment. They have also said that they will send people to Honduras to install the equipment. Not counting the people coming to Honduras this is right at a $50,000.00 donation. Praise God! He is good and faithful all the time. I challenge each of you to pray about our project and ask God to show you how you can help too. If you tell God you want to help, He can and will use each of us. You might say to yourself what can I do, but it might not be what you can do but who you know.
Please pray and ask God for guidance. If you need more info, contact us and we will answer each of your questions. God Bless each of you.
In Christ Service,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
We have great news to share with all our supporters. Our friend, Bill Drury, who has been working hard to develop and design our water and sewage system for the women's clinic has let us know that an American company & their employees have agreed to donate the 10 pumps that we need for the clinic. They have also agreed to donate a waste water treatment. They have also said that they will send people to Honduras to install the equipment. Not counting the people coming to Honduras this is right at a $50,000.00 donation. Praise God! He is good and faithful all the time. I challenge each of you to pray about our project and ask God to show you how you can help too. If you tell God you want to help, He can and will use each of us. You might say to yourself what can I do, but it might not be what you can do but who you know.
Please pray and ask God for guidance. If you need more info, contact us and we will answer each of your questions. God Bless each of you.
In Christ Service,
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Thursday, March 17, 2011
March 17,2011 Udate from THOC
Hello from Honduras,
Wow, have we been busy! There are just not enough hours in the day. I am sure many of you have that same thought at times. We just had an amazing medical brigade in Fuerzas Unidas with a great group from Kentucky. They did a fantastic job treating 1444 patients in the medical and dental areas. They also treated 800 children at the neighborhood school with fluoride and gave them toothbrushes and toothpaste. In addition they brought a veterinary that treated 312 animals including cows, horses, donkeys, cats & dogs. We have been visiting government offices trying to encourage them to work on our papers. We have worked in Nueva Jerusalen seeing many patients. We have visited 3 new churches and set up medical brigades with each of them. We are preparing for a group coming from Brentwood Methodist in Brentwood Tennessee. They are coming April 9th for a week. Jim Burris the architect for the women’s clinic will be here on the 21st of this month (March) for a meeting with our project engineer in Honduras and with an environmental engineer.
I would like to ask each of you to take a minute, go to our website (www.thehandsofchrist.org), and sign up for our twitter account so you can get quick updates to see what we are doing each week. And if you go to our blog site, www.thehandsofchrist.blogspot.com and become a “friend” you can see new photos quickly and the old e-mails and other updates.
As missionaries we rely on each of you for donations to continue our work. We are a non-profit organization. We are trying to grow our base of support for us, to purchase medicine, and for the women’s clinic and we need your help. God has shown us that He loves the Honduran people and wants us to help them more and more. God has given us the direction He wants us to go.
Through His leading we have developed plans for a modern energy efficient women’s clinic. We have the blueprints for the women’s clinic ready. We have our Honduran Engineer. We are getting really close to being ready to begin construction of the women’s clinic. We need you to think about those people that you know that truly love the Lord, have an interest in missions, and would be interested in helping us with our ministry. Let them know that you are supporting us. Your friends value your opinion. Encourage them to visit our website www.thehandsofchrist.org or contact us via the website or at johnyana_41@hotmail.com. We have several people that would love to come and talk about our mission with Sunday schools, mission leaders, business owners or whoever has an interest in missions. We can do video calls over the internet too. There are pamphlets that can be downloaded from our website. If you know a person in your church or another church or business that has an interest in missions, would you set up an introduction for us? God will show you who that person or persons are. Again please let them know that you are already supporting our work. Our ministry is growing. God has given us much to do, so I know that He will supply our needs. But that does not mean we can sit on our hands and do nothing. We are working hard and there are others that have done a tremendous amount too. In a few months we are going to have the permits to begin construction on our women’s clinic. So we are reaching out to you, our supporters, to help us find more support & resources for the ministry.
May God richly bless you as you bless others,
John & Ana Lamon
The Hands of Christ – P.O. 1252 – Franklin, Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Wow, have we been busy! There are just not enough hours in the day. I am sure many of you have that same thought at times. We just had an amazing medical brigade in Fuerzas Unidas with a great group from Kentucky. They did a fantastic job treating 1444 patients in the medical and dental areas. They also treated 800 children at the neighborhood school with fluoride and gave them toothbrushes and toothpaste. In addition they brought a veterinary that treated 312 animals including cows, horses, donkeys, cats & dogs. We have been visiting government offices trying to encourage them to work on our papers. We have worked in Nueva Jerusalen seeing many patients. We have visited 3 new churches and set up medical brigades with each of them. We are preparing for a group coming from Brentwood Methodist in Brentwood Tennessee. They are coming April 9th for a week. Jim Burris the architect for the women’s clinic will be here on the 21st of this month (March) for a meeting with our project engineer in Honduras and with an environmental engineer.
I would like to ask each of you to take a minute, go to our website (www.thehandsofchrist.org), and sign up for our twitter account so you can get quick updates to see what we are doing each week. And if you go to our blog site, www.thehandsofchrist.blogspot.com and become a “friend” you can see new photos quickly and the old e-mails and other updates.
As missionaries we rely on each of you for donations to continue our work. We are a non-profit organization. We are trying to grow our base of support for us, to purchase medicine, and for the women’s clinic and we need your help. God has shown us that He loves the Honduran people and wants us to help them more and more. God has given us the direction He wants us to go.
Through His leading we have developed plans for a modern energy efficient women’s clinic. We have the blueprints for the women’s clinic ready. We have our Honduran Engineer. We are getting really close to being ready to begin construction of the women’s clinic. We need you to think about those people that you know that truly love the Lord, have an interest in missions, and would be interested in helping us with our ministry. Let them know that you are supporting us. Your friends value your opinion. Encourage them to visit our website www.thehandsofchrist.org or contact us via the website or at johnyana_41@hotmail.com. We have several people that would love to come and talk about our mission with Sunday schools, mission leaders, business owners or whoever has an interest in missions. We can do video calls over the internet too. There are pamphlets that can be downloaded from our website. If you know a person in your church or another church or business that has an interest in missions, would you set up an introduction for us? God will show you who that person or persons are. Again please let them know that you are already supporting our work. Our ministry is growing. God has given us much to do, so I know that He will supply our needs. But that does not mean we can sit on our hands and do nothing. We are working hard and there are others that have done a tremendous amount too. In a few months we are going to have the permits to begin construction on our women’s clinic. So we are reaching out to you, our supporters, to help us find more support & resources for the ministry.
May God richly bless you as you bless others,
John & Ana Lamon
The Hands of Christ – P.O. 1252 – Franklin, Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
In Christ Service Always
John & Ana Lamon
www.thehandsofchrist.org
P.O. Box 1252
Franklin Tennessee 37065
011-504-8-990-9396
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
March Update 2011
Greetings Friends, March 2, 2011
Let me share with you that Dr. Ana and John Lamon, representing The Hands of Christ, Inc. have been very busy over the last few weeks. Dr. Ana and John have been going several times a week to government offices trying to speed up the paper work on the "Convenio de Salud" (our "agreement with the health dept."). In the middle of January, Dr. Ana and John worked in Lepaterique, Honduras, checking 200 children that are in a program by run by Compassion International and spent extra time completing the paper work for this organization. Following that commitment, we again visited the government officials trying to help the “Convenio de Salud” paperwork through the appropriate channels. We also prepared and submitted papers to the medical and dental college to obtain permission for the doctors and dentist with the medical team from Kentucky to work legally in Honduras this week. We also completed the paper work for a Tennessee team that is coming in April. Last week medicine was purchased and 825 tubes of toothpaste and toothbrushes for the Kentucky group. We also spent half a day going to customs and picking up medicine for them and taking it out to Fuerzas Unidas so it would be there for them to distribute. They have seen somewhere around 700+ patients yesterday and today.
We continue to proceed in planning the Women’s Clinic. In the last two weeks, we have visited our surveyor/engineer who was preparing the entrance and road plans to be submitted to the highway department and the environmental agency here in Tegucigalpa. We took them to the highway department for them to review before we submitted them for approval. They gave us a few minor changes to make and the engineer has completed the changes and our lawyer is preparing them for official submission before the end of the week.
At the end of January, Dr. Ana, John and John Israel traveled to the States for the Global Mission Conference at First United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa, AL. This conference and the friends that have been made there are revitalizing to our souls. While in Tuscaloosa, they attended a gathering of supporters to begin fundraising for the Women’s Clinic in Tegucigalpa. You will be hearing more about that in the near future. Please pray for us as decisions are made about the progression of the Clinic. Dr. Ana and John had the opportunity to visit with several other supporting churches in the days following the conference. Sadly, some visits had to be cancelled because of the winter weather that arrived in middle Tennessee while they were here but John Israel sure had fun playing in the snow with his cousins!
As you visit with friends and family over spring break and summer vacation the next few months, please be sure to tell them about The Hands of Christ and direct them to the website at www.thehandsofchrist.org to sign up for the e-newsletter. Encourage them to learn more and pray about how they are to support our mission.
On a personal note, let me share with you that communications will now be coming from Sharon Connell. She and her husband have known and supported Dr. Ana and John and The Hands of Christ since its inception. Our girls are becoming teenagers and their schedules sometimes make my head spin so I am going pass the communication baton to Sharon knowing she will do an amazing job sharing the news from Honduras. Thank you for all your support over the years and please continue to share with others the amazing work that Dr. Ana and John are doing for the Lord!
In His Hands,
Sarah Hathaway
Let me share with you that Dr. Ana and John Lamon, representing The Hands of Christ, Inc. have been very busy over the last few weeks. Dr. Ana and John have been going several times a week to government offices trying to speed up the paper work on the "Convenio de Salud" (our "agreement with the health dept."). In the middle of January, Dr. Ana and John worked in Lepaterique, Honduras, checking 200 children that are in a program by run by Compassion International and spent extra time completing the paper work for this organization. Following that commitment, we again visited the government officials trying to help the “Convenio de Salud” paperwork through the appropriate channels. We also prepared and submitted papers to the medical and dental college to obtain permission for the doctors and dentist with the medical team from Kentucky to work legally in Honduras this week. We also completed the paper work for a Tennessee team that is coming in April. Last week medicine was purchased and 825 tubes of toothpaste and toothbrushes for the Kentucky group. We also spent half a day going to customs and picking up medicine for them and taking it out to Fuerzas Unidas so it would be there for them to distribute. They have seen somewhere around 700+ patients yesterday and today.
We continue to proceed in planning the Women’s Clinic. In the last two weeks, we have visited our surveyor/engineer who was preparing the entrance and road plans to be submitted to the highway department and the environmental agency here in Tegucigalpa. We took them to the highway department for them to review before we submitted them for approval. They gave us a few minor changes to make and the engineer has completed the changes and our lawyer is preparing them for official submission before the end of the week.
At the end of January, Dr. Ana, John and John Israel traveled to the States for the Global Mission Conference at First United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa, AL. This conference and the friends that have been made there are revitalizing to our souls. While in Tuscaloosa, they attended a gathering of supporters to begin fundraising for the Women’s Clinic in Tegucigalpa. You will be hearing more about that in the near future. Please pray for us as decisions are made about the progression of the Clinic. Dr. Ana and John had the opportunity to visit with several other supporting churches in the days following the conference. Sadly, some visits had to be cancelled because of the winter weather that arrived in middle Tennessee while they were here but John Israel sure had fun playing in the snow with his cousins!
As you visit with friends and family over spring break and summer vacation the next few months, please be sure to tell them about The Hands of Christ and direct them to the website at www.thehandsofchrist.org to sign up for the e-newsletter. Encourage them to learn more and pray about how they are to support our mission.
On a personal note, let me share with you that communications will now be coming from Sharon Connell. She and her husband have known and supported Dr. Ana and John and The Hands of Christ since its inception. Our girls are becoming teenagers and their schedules sometimes make my head spin so I am going pass the communication baton to Sharon knowing she will do an amazing job sharing the news from Honduras. Thank you for all your support over the years and please continue to share with others the amazing work that Dr. Ana and John are doing for the Lord!
In His Hands,
Sarah Hathaway
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