El Salvador Pics 3

Morning devotions under one lovely, yet quite large, tree!

Consultations.

The new medical clinic being built will even have a surgery suite.

Of course, the vet in Daniel could never resist getting a few pictures of the local animal life.

El Salvador Pics 2

La farmacia! (The Pharmacy)

There's always a cute kid!

Pharmacist hard at work!

Another cute kid.

Training a student.

Glimpses of El Salvador

The team consisted mostly of pre-med and nursing students under supervision of several doctors, dentist, nurses and one super nice pharmacist!

A lovely sunset over the volcano lake just past the compound.

A morning chat on the compound between students and mentors.

Photos from one of the clinics.

Notice the dirt floors.

Meet The El Salvador Team

Well the team assembled and was a really neat mixture of the "seasoned" medical team members, translators and a great group of pre-med and nursing students. The women were out in full force on this trip (as you can see in the pictures).

Overall, they treated 620 people in the medical clinic, 112 people in the dental clinic, and 450 in the vision clinic. There were 106 commitments to Christ in the clinic and one very special team member conversion. (Long story, but oh so marvelous... guess you'll have to call Daniel and ask!)

After seeing patients all day, the staff would teach and quiz the students in the evenings ("grand rounds") along with nightly devotionals and dinner. Exhausting, yes! Marvelous...absolutely!

It's so amazing how the teams go down to meet others needs, but end up being so touched and ministered to themselves. The Lord truly spoke of this when He spoke of "casting our bread on the waters" and it [the "bread"] coming back multiplied, pressed down, shaken together and running over. How can you describe the friendships, the miracles and the opening of one's eyes and hearts that you can only find when you step outside your own little corner of the World and hold up the hands of a brother?

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Daniel has left the building!

After arriving back home Thursday night around midnight and spending all day Friday home with the kids and I, Daniel hit the road again this morning at 5:30 a.m. Who said traveling was glamorous?

We printed out the final travel list last night from headquarters. Daniel is amazed at the size of the team. There are quite a few students on the trip. There are also a couple of doctors, dentists and a nurse. We filled in the spaces of his suitcase with a big bag of candy and some personal hygeine items for Master's students (who never have the money for it at the "cantina").

There is not a good connection for email at the King's Castle, therefore I may not be able to update you guys with stats and pictures until he gets back. Pray for the team and the people they minister to. Pray for me and kids while we "hold down the fort".


Some playtime with Daddy!

Watching the lunar eclipse.


"What manner of love has the Father given unto us that we should be called his sons and daughters?" My random thoughts early this morning..... sending some of that love back to you all!

Back to El Salvador!

Did you know that the vast majority of medical care team members are past middle age (many are retired). It is a difficult thing for a young medical professional to have the finances or get the time off to go on a humanitarian trip.

Daniel is currently gearing up to head back to El Salvador the first of March. This team will be a different experience for him because it will mostly consist of medical and college students (with a few of the "more experienced" medical team members to guide them). Daniel says that working with the El Salvador Master's Commission students was such a humbling experience. He is very interested in seeing the impact they have with the American students on the team also.

Prayer partners start praying now for the impact of the team on the communities they give medical aid to. Also, pray for the hearts of the young Americans going down that they will seek God in their future careers and have a soft heart towards missions.

We shall keep you posted.

Welcome to the world of paperwork!

One reason why my paperwork doesn't get done fast.









The kids doing some of their paperwork.

I've been a bad blogger. It seems that life just runs on fast forward in our household and blogging gets pushed way down the list. However, I have determined to become more techno-savy and get this blogging stuff down.

People have said they just need little notes to keep up with us along the way. So here is my attempt at this.

The last 2 months have been filled with paperwork for us. Turning in our paperwork for full-time humanitarian work seems to have only been the first step. Phone calls, meetings, more letters and paperwork seem to be step #2.

Going over every detail of your life can be a little daunting at times.... yet it has been quite "cleansing" too. (Now if I could get some help "cleansing" my attic.) There is just something about putting everything in order that is weight lifting.

Well, gotta' go and lift some more "weights" today.

Pray for us to become more organized in this part of the mission.