Day Four - Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Melodee, Sandy, Sandy, Gary, Adele, Karin, Tom, Amy, Brenda, and Nancy all signed up to pray for this mission trip today. MOST ministries taught us that a God-glorifying mission opportunity includes goers (us) and senders (which includes pray-ers.) That is why we are so grateful for our prayer partners.


We distributed 146 pairs of glasses today. And if each person each received one pair of sunglasses, we distributed 160 pairs of sunglasses.


Today we began with our “typical” breakfast of … eggs, refried beans and tortillas but it was presented differently, said Tom. But we were delighted to see avocado added in today.


The thing that we work for is the “smiles” …

Joel began our day leading a devotion, with Psalm 5, the morning Psalm of petitions. Then he read Acts 3:1-11 where Peter and John were being asked by the paralytic for alms but received healing. A late 300’s preacher, John Chrysostom, wrote about Acts 3 that a Christian must fulfill his role, using an interesting example of trees. The very nature of a Christian is to send forth light. “Don’t insult God by not using your gifts and talents,” said Joel.

So off we go in Pastor Junior’s 12-passenger van, which he uses to pick up parishioners each Sunday. Watching for potholes is an art form, we have observed.


It was a productive day. We arrived at the church at about 8:30 and left about 4:00, after serving nearly 120 people of all ages today.

So much happiness and patience and gratitude filled the hot, muggy day.

There were people waiting (below) when we arrived, so we had to reset our stations and get ready quickly.

(pictured above) The registration, waiting, evangelism and information stations.

(pictured above) The testing station where we have 2-3 teams working.

(pictured above) The pulling (right) and dispensing (left) stations.

(pictured above and below) The fitting station.


John, Heather and Patrick thought it was matching shirt day.

Christen, Joel and Tom (also wearing matching shirts) checked out the supply of eyeglasses before we began.

Then Joel tried some on as he joked with 20-yr-old Diego, one of our interpreters .

Nancy helped this “best-dressed” woman find sunglasses that completed her outfit 😎 and helped her find glasses to see more clearly.

Rhonda, our fluent Spanish speaking team member from IN, expertly explained the medical information to 24 groups of people today, nearly exhausting her voice.

This man is a professional driver (having carried a few US Presidents) and has a small business.

Cuteness walked into the room.

Look closely to see Stan helping a patient with help from Joseph, our bilingual interpreter who starts his senior year of high school soon.

In between fitting people with their new glasses, Patrick stays busy taking pictures. Here are some of his Tuesday pictures. Look at these smiles!



Our team at work.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day Seven - Friday, August 2, 2024

Image
The faithful prayers of Tom, Darcel, Melodee, Gary, Adele, Marge, Sandy, Amy, Brenda and Karin have seen this mission team through many hours and days. Thank you sincerely! “I ❤️ LaPaz” sign with our team in back. ++++++ The results are in: our MOST Ministries Team 2413 in Honduras served 459 people through the eyeglass clinic this week. We feel blessed to be a blessing. ++++++ Keith led our morning devotion with a reading from Jesus Calling about walking by faith not by sight. Afterwards Christen affirmed Keith with words about how, as they both were “pointers” serving side-by-side in the testing station all week, he grew in his faith as he opened up with people serving humbly. Our song was “Walk by Faith not by Sight” by Keith and Krystin Getty. Today we head out for what MOST ministries calls a “Cultural Day.” Our host loaded us up into a 20-seat bus and drove us about 15 miles northwest to a bigger town where we could see a few of the sites. One was the  Comayagua cathedral clo...
Read more

Day Six - Thursday, August 1, 2024

Image
It takes many people for a mission trip to happen, not the least of which are prayer partners. We are thankful for the prayers of Tom, Darcel, Vinny, Lisa, Jamari, Vincent, Melodee, Gary, Adele, Sandy, John, Alice, Sandy, Amy, Brenda and Karin today. Stan began our day with a devotion based on selected verses of Amos 7. ”Go prophesy.” Have we ever felt are called to do something we don’t feel qualified for? Amos was sent by God from tending sheep to prophesying to His people. Jesus came to rescue us by laying down His life. Stan asked us to: name a challenge I didn’t feel prepared for describe how I got thru it what did it teach me about Gods love What were we asked to do on this mission trip that we didn’t think we could do — that with God’s help we did? We closed with “Just give me Jesus” by Jeremy Camp. (below) The view of Iglesia Evangelica Luterana Castillo Fuerte from the van as we pulled up off the bumpy, pothole-infested dirt road each morning. When our 2019 team came to Ho...
Read more

Day Eight - Saturday, August 3, 2024

Image
As we wind down our time on the mission field, we are thankful for the faithful prayers of Tom, Vinny, Lisa, Jamari, Vincent, Melodee, Gary, Adele, Sandy, Amy, Brenda, Karin and Mark. Alysia led our closing devotion with a reading from the transfiguration account in Luke. Peter wanted to put up tents and stay right THERE. We might like to stay right HERE in Honduras. But…How can we take what we experienced here and better serve the people in our lives back in our communities? Our final song was led by Heather. We joined in perfect harmony on “The Blessing”. Okay, the blog writer just made a joyful noise and trusted God to accept our heartfelt worship. We leave the hotel at 8:20am for the XPL airport. It is sad to leave, but we know God used us for His good work here in Honduras. …at the airport in Honduras… Now we wait. We got through to the gate easily. Alysia got us here before the crowds. She really is serving as a mission team leader in her area of giftedness. And God sent us a flu...
Read more