El Corpus

 

Day four started early for this medical team.  They had to travel one hour and a half up into a mountain called El Corpus.  They left the mission house at six in the morning as the God's most beautiful sunrised appeared over the peaks of the mountains.  We were traveling along with our carven of the truck, the kia and the land roover.  We were not quiet to the road to go up into the mountains when ahead was all traffic at a stand still.  Mike, Jose and Egla to check to what the problem was.  There was group of people protesting about someone who got ran over on this road two days earlier.  We encouraged the North Americans to stay inside the vehicles until we could figure out what to do next.  One of the men in the streets gave us directions on a different road to get up to El Corpus.  This road took us to Las Cabasas.  We were hoping and praying to make a left at the school and not to go straight.  Well as we all probably know by now we had to go straight which took us through two rivers  before getting to the road to El Corpus.  This was another twenty minutes added to our one hour and a half travel time.  But God is once again good all the time.  We actually had a blast going through the two rives and then to start our climb up into the mountain of El Corpus was even more adventouros.  It was not uncommon for us to come up on a yellow school bus trying to get through this dirt path as well as us.  But once we got to the little church nestled into the mountain side of El Corpus we were taken back by the beauty of God's creation all around us.  Actually the ride up there other than the opportunities was breathtaking.  God's beauty was all around us.  The team got set up and started up another medical clinic with more beautiful and precioius Honduran people.  Since we were late because of the protest there was people lined up waiting to be seen by a doctor.  Before starting up we introduced each other and Pastor Miguel thanked the team for coming up to El Corpus.  Pastor Miguel said this was there first medical team to come there since 2001.  Once he said this I felt tears well up inside of me.  These people had walked ten miles or more to get to this two day clinic.  Amazing how these people walked such a long ways and then to trust a complete stranger with their lives in hopes of getting some help with their medical problems.  In this area there was found alot of ears stopped up to the point the people could not hear.  Nick and Nichol worked for two days just on cleaning out ears.  One man was so happy to hear again.  He was 74 years old.  Someone jokingly told him he may not want to hear again because then he will hear his wife and all she has to say.  All he did was laugh and praised the Lord.  Around ten the first morning the local school shut down and broke 96 children to get their parasyte medicine.  Egla shared a bible story with them and Mike and Derek gave out the pills.  Afterwards they went back off to school.  One lady came through check in who was battling some anxiety issues.  She asked Stacy to pray with her.  Stacy stopped checking in patients and took the time to pray with this lady.  What a testimony for Jesus Christ.  Betty Lynn shared during God moments how she looked over from Pharmacy to see Dr. Marvin with a small child in his lap comforting and treating him.  Dr Marvin was such a gentle giant.  He was such a humble and godly man.  We were so blessed to have him and his lovely wife, Dr. Jillda that week.  I looked outside the church this first afternoon and Derek and Jose was standing there talking.  Well unless you know espanol there is not but so much talking you can do with our brother Jose.  So I walked out there to see what they could be talking about in such depth.  Well Derek had found his very own translator, Pedro.  This very kind and well mannered young man had been raised by a missionary couple and he could speak very good English.  Derek had made a friend that day which will last him a life time.  I am glad I took the time to go out and speak to Pedro.  On the very last day we all gathered outside the church to reflect on the week and every single member of the church and our team gathered together sharing their gratitude for the two days spent together.  It was a touching time as we all held hands and reflected on God's blessings those two days. 

Thank you First Baptist Hamlet for taking your time to come to Honduras and treating 946 people.  All God's people said AMEN!!!!!  Maida shared in a devotion one evening and she shared out of 1John 4:7-10

"Dear Friends,

Let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.  This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.