The Second Time Around

For the second year in a row, Lee University from Cleveland, TN has blessed us with an incredible team. As Lee Alumni it has been such an honor to partner with such a great University. We are even sending our son, Samuel, there this Fall. Lee raised the bar even higher this year and brought a spectacular team of students and practitioners!

For 2 weeks, we hosted medical brigades in 6 different villages up and down our mountain road. We also packed up the whole team, and drove over 3 hours to Las Minas, a village close to our hearts but far away from our hospital. The team camped out at the school across the street from the medical clinic and saw hundreds of medical and optical patients over their 3 day and 2 night stay.

The team ate together, slept together, served together and played together. It was an incredible time of service with a team of 22 people sold out for missions! We can't wait until next year when we get to do it all over again.

Here is a link to a slide show of some of the moments captured during their 2 week stay. We hope and pray that they never forget their experience in Honduras, because we know we will never forget them.

Miracles Abound

A small group in number but big in spirit, came to us from Westmore Church of God in Cleveland, TN. God was definitely with this team as they were able to accomplish a supernatural amount of work in just one week.

Step 1: Unload and clean out the mildew infested 40" container.

Step 2: Build and install metal shelving inside of the 120 degree metal hot-box.

Step 3: Clean off the equipment and sort the supplies.

Step 4: Reload the 40" container and turn it into a medical warehouse. 

Step 5: Since they were so ahead of schedule they built more shelves, installed everything imaginable, organized scrubs, PT equipment and everything in between.  

Step 6: Step back and look at what God did.

We even managed to squeeze in a school project and hike to Paraiso to finish up painting the trim at the elementary school. The team played games with the kids and had an incredible day of service and involvement with the community.

We are so grateful for God's grace and protection. We give Him all of the glory for an incredible week...we absolutely know that we couldn't have done it without Him! 

Jubilee Church: Team Trifecta

We finished off the month of May and started June with a bang. A team from Jubilee Church in Daphne, AL returned for the 2nd year in a row and brought a trifecta medical, construction, and education team! We ran hard all week with our 3 ministry areas functioning at full capacity!

The medical team saw patients during our regular clinic hours on Monday and Tuesday. The education team went out to 4 village schools and delivered an amazing health program. The construction team added a much needed roof onto the front porch of the dorm increasing our living and dining area, they added a roof over our back porch to help keep the rain out of the back door and shade our scrub sink, and they roofed a new gazebo which will be a great area for our teams to relax.

Then the whole team worked together on Wednesday and adopted a school in the village of Los Limpios. We remodeled & repaired the kindergarten, and repainted the 5th & 6th grade classroom. We repainted all of the chalk boards in the school and the team brought tons of school supplies for the teachers. They also brought backpacks full of supplies for all 25 of the kindergarten kids!

All systems were firing at full speed, and it was amazing to see the progress around us. Jubilee was the 5th of 6 straight teams this summer, and not only did they accomplish much in the physical, they encouraged us spiritually and helped refill our cups for the ministry that lies ahead.

Here is a photo journal of the last week. There are a ton of pictures, but it was hard to pick from all of the incredible shots! We wanted you to be there with us as we dedicated the kindergarten, handed out book bags, cared for the patients and built the roofs...but these pictures will do the next best thing!

The Medical Team

The Education Team

The Dorm Before

The Dorm After

The Gazebo

School Project: Los Limpios Remodel

Hiking to the School

The Kindergarten Before

Dedication Ceremony

The Kindergarten After

The kids and their teacher

Thank you Jubilee Church for making such an incredible week possible!