Honduras, Round 1 --Nov. 2006

While 'Overdue' may print out on a slip of paper from the library, it the word is now
finding itself on my blog, and rightly so. Yes, my trip to Honduras, Central America did happen in November of 2006. To briefly review: I went with 10 people from Frankenmuth Bible Church for a 10-day medical missions trip. The trip was led by Dr. Larry Whiting, a full time missionary based in Seguatepeque, Honduras. We ministered in the tiny village of Santa Rosita for 5 of those days, delivering medical care and dispensing medications, and a tiny (yet spunky) Honduran woman nicknamed 'Paz' delivered dental care, which we assisted her with. She has a heart of gold---she constantly gives and ministers to the physical and spiritual needs of her countrymen/women, both in the villages she travels to, as well as in the city of Seguatepeque. We often give out of our surplus; this lady gives out of what little she has, and God meets her needs. As defined in Scripture, she is one 'beautiful' woman. Enjoy the pics! I'll have to use two posts to show the ones I want to share.

Beautiful Honduras. View of the mountains as we traveled via bus to the remote village of Santa Rosita. The road to the village was just 'formed' by the government in 2002. Prior to that, Paz had to travel by donkey along a trail to get to the people.
Typical city street in Seguatepeque.
The kids came out to greet us with big smiles as we arrived via bus
into Santa Rosita.

The medical clinic was set up in one of the cement block school buildings.

The people were assigned a number, and then they waited in line to see us.
These people were tough...their teeth were terrible (I'll give credit where it's due), but they endured much with only a little bit of Lidocaine to help them through. Here I am helping Paz remove some decayed teeth. People would come from neighboring villages to have Paz take care of their bad teeth. It was a needed service that we could provide for them.