Photos, Clockwise, From Top Left: 1) CPI Volunteer Tom Pernik using CPI's new lensmeter, 2) Serving in the Doi Chang Eyeglass Clinic, 3) Sharing the Gospel Message, 4) Group of Village Women in the Clinic at Doi Chang. Photo Credit: Peg Pernik & Kwini Altamia

Serving Both Near & Far

Updates from the Mission Field

March is underway, and our ministry team is excited - a CPI healthcare team will be returning to the mission field this month! Under the direction of our Guatemalan National Directors, Helmuth & Olga Marroquin, CPI will be serving at a new church partner along the shore of Lake Atitlan in western Guatemala. The CPI team will include many Guatemalan healthcare providers, as well as the church congregation, who will register patients, escort them through the clinic, and share Jesus Christ one-on-one in our "Clinic of the Soul". Please pray for our healthcare team as we serve the Lord in Guatemala from March 10 - 17.

We also have a wonderful report to share from our national church partner in Thailand. Pastor Jay Orata tells us his church hosted an eyeglass clinic in the mountain village of Doi Chang on the last Sunday in February. Pastor was so excited because 50 people from his congregation made the trip to Doi Chang to serve! Many patients were cared for, and 77 made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ. We praise God for our partnership in northern Thailand, as the eyeglass ministry is providing opportunity after opportunity for Pastor Jay's church to share the Gospel to unreached people groups in the northern mountains of Thailand.

And you might wonder - How does CPI prepare all the glasses that are used on the mission field? Through the efforts of faithful volunteers! Each week, several volunteers serve here at CPI or in their homes prepping our donated glasses for use overseas. By God's grace, CPI was blessed with a financial gift to purchase an additional lensmeter, the optical machine which is used to determine the prescription of a pair of eyeglasses. Please pray with us - our dream is to purchase additional ophthalmic diagnostic equipment and another lensmeter to duplicate what the Lord has done in Thailand in Guatemala, and beyond!