BEmail from Kelly & Trisha in Honduras
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September 7, 2019 | Issue 20
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"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11:1
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Weeks August 10 - September 7, 2019:
- Hosted 8 doctor of physical therapy students from WKU and 1 photographer 8/10-17. They worked at a therapy center and at a large children's home. (See more below)
- Met with Honduran leadership of Christian Camping International (CCI) regarding their desire to conduct leadership trainings in 2020.
- Worked with a team leader who is bringing a small medical team for back-to-school screenings in January 2020.
- Consulted with another missionary about their intern policies. Drafted an intern application, job description, policies, and agreements. Also had a video conference call potential children's ministry intern and his pastor.
- With Evelyn, observed a speech therapist at the therapy center and finally made contact with someone at Juana Leclerc, a school in Tegucigalpa with special needs children.
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Week September 9-14, 2019:
- Finalize intern policies and forms.
- Revise the 2020 team member packet and application and touch base with team leaders.
- Visit a stroke victim and determine if we can help him with a chair at home. Also follow-up with a mom from the mountains regarding transportation to therapy.
- Make initial contact with a potential physical therapist candidate.
- Insure Nissan Urvan van and take Mitsubishi Nativa to be appraised.
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We are planning to be stateside in November and December to share with churches and small groups.
We would love to share about what God has done in Honduras this year. Please e-mail trisha@be-ministries.org if you would like for us to share with a group of your friends or with your church.
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Average Attendance as of 8/31:
32 @ Church
20 @ Women's Bible Study
We are so blessed that more men have been in attendance and that we have a new couple attending, however, there are Sunday's when we have just a hand full of people from our village in attendance. We are sometimes discouraged, but we try to keep one another uplifted.
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Team of Doctor of Physical Therapy Students from WKU
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We have hosted doctor of physical therapy students 3-years in a row. God opened a huge door for us to go through with this team this year! We were able to take the first physical therapy team to a mega children's home just 30-minutes from where we live. They have nearly 500 children there and a large population of special needs children. The founder and director of the home told us that in their 32-years of existence, that we were the first group to come there solely to focus on the special needs population. Only Jesus!
Clint Raymer, one of the DPT students, preached on Sunday and all of the students prayed with their patients after treatment. Wow, what a blessed week! I know we say this every year, but the parents of these students have raised amazing Christian young men and women who have a passionate calling to serve others. WKU is also producing some of the finest DPT's in the USA.
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We made the decision to relocate Maritza, Roy, and Evelyn to Tegucigalpa during the months we are stateside in the fall to be closer to healthcare facilities for Roy. Praise God we have a house in Tegucigalpa and even extra furnishings for them.
Thankfully we were able to find a pediatrician for Roy in Tegucigalpa. There are times when he has been hospitalized because the doctors don't know Roy's "normal." They always think he is gravely ill and send him to be admitted to the public hospital. We hate when he is admitted to the public hospital because they don't administer meds correctly or on time, don't nebulize for several days, and don't allow Maritza to administer blended foods - they only let him have Gerber and Pediasure while inpatient. For these reasons, we found a pediatrician who will be able to prescribe treatment and maybe not be so quick to admit.
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This is Haylin and her 3-year old daughter, Scarleth. Maritza met them during one of Roy's hospitalizations. Scarleth also has cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and excessive secretions. We purchased another suction machine to be able to donate one to this struggling single mom, who by the way, is from the same area of Honduras.
We told Maritza during Bible study one morning that she has a ministry -- it is Roy. It is also to encourage and pray for other mom's that she meets when she is at the hospital or doctor appointments.
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Recall that we announced that we had been gifted with an eyeglass ministry from Lynda Gregg who recently returned to the USA. I decided to have a mini eye clinic at the therapy center in Guaimaca after encountering several children with visual problems. I thought we would check maybe 5 children, but it turned out to be more like 20 people, most of which were very complicated cases. I gave some reading glasses away, but I didn't feel trained well enough to give our prescription glasses. Some of these children have serious issues that could possibly involve surgery, so the next step is to get in touch with an ophthalmologist in the USA and also one in Honduras where we can send referrals for complicated cases.
We have a huge inventory of prescription glasses and readers. Since the summer months were crazy busy, we are finally getting time to organize the readers in plastic crates. We will be taking the auto refractor and laptop to the USA in the fall to update them and to get more training.
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Potential Air Force Academy Student
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Maria Louisa, a senior this year, has decided to apply to the Air Force Academy in Honduras. Maria is the daughter of a beloved former employee whom we consider to be like family. We took Maria and her mom to the testing site at the Air Force base and spent all day waiting for her to take the entrance exams.
Avigail is an amazing mom and she has instilled an incredible work ethic in her children. No surprise that Maria passed round one.
Once Maria completes all of the testing, we will be asking for donors to help buy the supplies she will need for the academy.
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Kelly is planning to focus on the dorm bathrooms in the 1st quarter of 2020. He needs plumbers, electricians, tile layers, or anyone that has the ability to do handyman work. He would like to tile 7 shower stalls, add doors to 6 bathroom stalls, install 6 sinks, add a front porch and pour a ramp for wheelchair accessibility into the church and dorm.
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- Missionary couples called to serve with us full-time in Honduras - we need help
- Fall speaking opportunities
- Pastor's Conference scheduled for end of September 2019
- Rain - the president has declared a state of emergency due to a severe drought in Honduras. We are enduring an unusually dry season - it is SO hot and smoky due to wildfires.
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