FRANKFORT HONDURAS MISSION 2025 REPORT #3

Today is Wednesday, February 19th, the 2nd day of our mission clinic, and the clinic is buzzing with activity and excitement.  The mechanics of the clinic are running much smoother today after Terry spent yesterday afternoon fine tuning our process.  The word of the day is “HOPE.”  Hope is what keeps us going, what gives us our motivation to go on.  Without Hope, most of us would give up.  The question is, what is the source of our hope?  For us Christians,  hope comes in the form of Jesus, the Christ.  As the old hymn says, “our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.  The related scripture comes from Gal 5:5, which says, “For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”  We are made right with God by our faith.  Being right with God is the source of our Hope of a fulfilled life here on earth and in life after life.  Hope is what we come to bring to Honduras this week: Hope for a better life on earth and hope for eternity with God in heaven.  Ministering to the physical needs of this indigent Honduran population shows them that God cares and will lead them to inquire about the faith which brought us to them.  The eye clinic has been extremely busy and that is expected to continue through the week.  Tim calls the eye clinic the happiest place in the mission.  There are no painful procedures as in dentistry, and no unpleasant exams, diagnoses, or treatments as in the medical clinic.  In the eye clinic, folks enter with poor vision and leave with the instant gratification of improved vision.  We develop close relationships with the staff and translators on these trips.  Returning here each year is like a family reunion for me.  I stay in touch with many of these folks year-round and greatly look forward to seeing them when we return each year.  Without their help in planning this mission (especially Karla and Dr. Elmer), we would be unable to do this mission.  It is gratifying to come here in sequential years and see the children who come to the clinic grow up and become their own person; we hope that the care we give them may contribute some to this.  The pharmacy has had a much better day today as the organizational effort to get it up and running is substantial.  We thank Heather for this.  The weather here is very pleasant, especially compared to home, and that has been a blessing this week.  Have a blessed day and thanks again for the prayers and support.  Roger.  To see the photos for today, please click here: pending.