POST MISSION REPORT HONDURAS 2021

POST MISSION REPORT HONDURAS 2021

This is the promised report regarding the All Honduran Medical/Dental Mission of 2021 that was previewed in the last blog post.  As planned, the four-day mission occurred as planed on February 25-28.  The medical and dental clinic with pharmacy and patient education took place the first three days.  On Sunday, the last day, the Solid Rock Church and mission team distributed basic groceries and water buckets with filters to clean the dirty water of+6 the neighborhood to especially needy families as mentioned in the previous post.  During the first three days, the medical clinic saw 408 patients and the dentists did 327 procedures.  Hundreds of prescriptions were filled, and most patients received an education lecture about clean water, dental hygiene, and a healthy diet.  Not only were the families in the extremely poor neighborhood positively affected, the many partners in the mission team were also.  The workers started as the team of Hondurans who help us when we go to there on missions: the translators, drivers, educators, and many others.  Others were recruited as needed.  In the photos there are many familiar faces but there are also a lot of new faces of the people who were recruited to be a part of this all-Honduran team.  They are as positively affected, in many cases, as the patients seen at the clinic.  I asked Karla for any stories about the clinic, and she sent this:

One of the kitchen ladies who cooked during the brigade, the last day when I went ahead to pay her she said with crying eyes, “sister Karla, I didn’t expect this money because we did this for love” I gave her the money ($100) and a couple of minutes after, she approached to me and said ” Sister Karla, I was praying to be able to buy some glasses for my son and what you gave me was exactly what I needed”.

Many of these Hondurans, like many Americans, have not had work for the last year due to Covid so the work offered by the mission was a blessing for the mission workers as well as for the patients.  This mission does many things in addition to helping the workers and the patients seen.  It shows us that the local people can do missions for their own people, which is, ultimately, the goal of mission trips.  At this point, the Honduras still need help from us in funding, organization and providing additional professionals but this is a big step.  I believe this type of mission, funded, and partially organized in the US but carried out in a third world country is unusual but that the success of this mission needs to be spread around as it can be repeated when and where in person missions from the US or other first world countries are not possible.  This mission and similar ones would rely on training and relationships built during in-person missions.  We really appreciate the help of all of those who contributed to the mission through the Frosty 5K; your contributions were well used!  As of now, we plan a full, in-person mission to the Solid Rock Church in February of 2022.  Blessings, Roger

Please click below for photos and videos.  There eight videos included with the images which show intake, a devotion, pharmacy, medical clinic, patient education and dentistry in action.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/167537108@N03/albums/72157718639644442/with/51050336448/