FRANKFORT HONDURAS MISSION 2025-#5

Today is Friday, February 21st, the 7th day of the mission and the 4 clinic day.  The word of the day is love.  The related scriptures are   Jn 13:34, “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” Gal 5:14, “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”  We come here to love, be loved, and demonstrate God’s love.  Without love, a mission such as this is not possible.  You might say, “Love is in the air here.”  I can feel the love of both the missioners, the translators, the providers, the volunteers, and the patients.  There is a sense of community here which is impossible to adequately describe and which is rarely experienced. We will miss that sense of love and community which we have here when we leave for home tomorrow, but, for most of us, it will be a major factor in drawing us back to the mission next year.  What Christian Joy!  This is our last clinic day, the air has a slight coolness to it and the sky is a little gray.  There is joy in the mission all over.  There are lots of smiles today, even in dentistry and the medical clinic.  Particularly smiling today is a young lady who had lost her upper front teeth.  Javier, our dental prosthetics specialist, created a partial which makes her smile bright and toothy. I will get a copy of the before and after photos and post them when I can.  Our dental clinic has done remarkable work this week from Dr. Steve, our dentist from California, to our Honduran dentists, to the dental assistants, to our sterilizer technician, to our dental prosthetist.  Running a dental clinic is challenging as it takes many complex machines running well to do it.  For our success in dental technology, we can thank Dr. Elmer, our Honduran dental sponsor, who maintains our equipment and uses it for missions throughout the year.  We were blessed this year to bring a new dental chair and a portable X-ray machine.  Both have been very useful in the dental clinic this year.  I will have pics which show how Dr. Steve used the X-ray machine helped him choose the  best course of action for a young man with an injury to his front teeth.  Many thanks are due to our home support team and they include Arba Kenner, Debbie Brown, and Mary Ann Burch; we could not have come without their invaluable help.  Thanks to everyone at home for their prays and support!  A follow up post will be posted before long.  Blessings,