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Day 7: Our Final Clinic
Number of Visitors to the Clinic: 204Number of Eyeglasses Provided: 214 Mission Bible Verse: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim His name, make known among the nations what He has done.” — 1 Chronicles 16:8 It’s Tuesday, day 2 in Tela, and the final clinic to be held during this mission trip. Team members checked…
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Meet Our In-Country Medical Team
/ International Mission Trips don’t just happen. It takes a lot of planning, along with assistance from in-country professionals. These people guide us through government channels, connect us to local churches, act as translators, and negotiate on our behalf. They help with things like transportation, accommodation, and work behind the scenes to make our mission…
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A New Week
Day 6 – Monday, June 24, 2024Number of Clinic Visitors: 249Number of Eyeglasses provided: 254 Mission Bible Verse: “Give Praise to the Lord, proclaim His name, make known among the nations what He has done.” — 1 Chronicles 16:8 The final two vision clinics are being held in the coastal town of Tela, about an…
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Day of Rest
Sunday, June 23, 2024 Today was a rest day. After three solid days of clinics, everyone was ready for some down time. Most people took the opportunity to catch up on their sleep. But not all. Laura reported: “A new experience… I was hearing a heavy thumping sound repeating throughout the night. It sounded like…
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Everything’s Going to (God’s) Plan
Day 4: La MàsicaNumber of Visitors today: 363Total Seen Since First Day: 1,317 It has been an adventurous day. It actually started last night when Kevin was informed that the venue for today’s clinic had changed as the hosts felt more space was needed and this property was larger. This morning the team loaded up…
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Moving on to La Màsica
Day 4 – La MàsicaNumber of Clinic Visitors: 363 Bringing the clinic experience to you is definitely a team effort, and I am grateful to our missionaries who have texted, emailed and Dropboxed images to me so faithfully. They have also sent messages and called me to report on happenings of each day. This post…
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Different Perspectives
La Ceiba Clinic – Friday, June 21stNumber of Clinic Visitors: 548Pairs of Eyeglasses Given Away: 549Total Patient Follow-ups (want a Pastor to follow up with them): 34 One of the cool things about mission trips is those moments when the unexpected happens. For example, the man who thought he came to clinic to get eyeglasses…
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First Clinic Day Highlights
Number of Clinic Visitors: 406Pairs of Eyeglasses Given Away: 411Total Patient Follow-ups (want a Pastor to follow up with them): 75 A lot of prayer and planning goes into a mission trip, but there’s always an element of excitement and surprise associated with going to a new place, meeting new people, and not knowing exactly…
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On Their Way
Day 2 – La Ceiba Another early day for the team, as they prepare for their first clinic. Many thanks and praises to God for a smooth journey and no problems getting through customs this year. They even got an extra hour of sleep, since Honduras is not on daylight savings time :->. There will…
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The Journey Begins
Day 1: June 19, 2024 6:00am – Houston Intercontinental Airport: It was dark and rainy as our team members gathered at Terminal C. It’s a busy place at this time of the day and there was a lot to do: roll call, making sure everyone had passports and had completed online immigration forms, and the…
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Preparing for the Journey
Eyeglass and Vision Clinics in HondurasJune 19 – 25, 2024 We are reaching out again to share the love of Jesus along with vision support to the people of Honduras. A team from Faith Sugar Land joins Living Word Lutheran Church this year. Together, our group of 15 volunteers will host eyeglass clinics in the…
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Wrapping Things Up
(click on the underlined title to view the complete post) Friday, May 26, 2023 Our week of vision clinics has finished. We saw some beautiful country, met some wonderful people, and worked very hard to demonstrate God’s love and care through the provision of medical exams and eyeglasses. 2,342 –> Total patients who visited our…
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Day 7 – Unsung Heroes
(click on the underlined title to view the complete post) May 23, 2023 This is our final day of vision clinics. As our bus arrived, people waiting in line made room for us to enter the church grounds. At 7:30am the line already extended past the property and around the corner. The church staff and…
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Day 6 – La Entrada
(click on the underlined title to view the complete post) May 22, 2023 The team moved to a third location today. La Entrada is about 15 minutes from our hotel (with the same name!). There was a line around the corner with people waiting for the clinic to open, but after the initial rush things…
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Day 4 – Florida
(click on the underlined title to view the complete post) May 20, 2023Today’s clinic was held in Florida (pronounced Floh-REE-da), a more mountainous area of Copán. It’s about a 30-minute drive from Santa Rosa. The space available in this church was smaller, so the Pastors welcome area, Eye chart testing and triage took place outside.…
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Day 3 – Seeing the Light
(click on the underlined title to view the complete post) “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” John 8:12 May 19, 2023 A very important piece of equipment here is the Auto Refractor. Briefly,…
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Day 2 – God Provides
(click on the underlined title to view the complete post) May 18, 2023 Yesterday felt like a test. Would we see God at work through these unplanned circumstances? This morning eyeglasses were waiting for us in the hotel lobby. They had not only cleared but had been delivered to us. We learned later that Sonia,…
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Day 1 – Travel
(click on the underlined title to view the complete post) May 17, 2023 There is one flight per day from George Bush International Airport to San Pedro Sula and our team was on it. Departure was delayed about an hour. We arrived safely and wound our way through immigration. Customs took significantly longer. The first…
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Commissioned
(click on the underlined title to view the complete post) May 14, 2023 Honduras Mission Team Members Welcome to Your Mission Team!
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Pray for Your Team
(click on the underlined title to view the complete post)May 13, 2023 Photo by Anna Tarazevich on Pexels.com It’s not too soon to pray for your mission team. You can help us right now — before we leave, before we even pack our bags. As departure day draws near and we tick the boxes on our…
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A Learning Experience
(click on the underlined title to view the complete post) May 5, 2023 Like many things in life, preparation is an important part of making a project successful. I have an interesting physical and spiritual to-do list: I’m sure there’s more. I’m hoping this blog will provide a glimpse into the mission from a servant’s…
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Leaving Our Comfort Zone
(click on the underlined title to view the complete post) April 27, 2023 In just under three weeks we will travel to Copán, Honduras for a week. Our task is to work with a local opthalmologist to provide eye exams and reading glasses for approximately 3,000 people. Our mission is to bring the love of…
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Seeing More Clearly
(click on the underlined title to view the complete post) April 21, 2023 “They don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.“ That’s the essence of a mission trip. We want to tell strangers about the love of Jesus, but first we must earn that right. We must show the…
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