Blessed to be a Blessing

The surgery team has been cranking this week with 33 surgeries completed so far.  Today is their last day for doing surgeries and they have 16 scheduled for today.  Pray today that they can complete this huge task since the most surgeries done in one day so far has...

Faces of Belize

The first day at the hospital a young mother came with her young son to thank the team because they had operated on her son the year before and he was doing well.  The mom was all smiles.  I thought of that during our devotionals this morning as Lori Bosch reminded us...

First Day of Village Medical

So, I don’t have the pictures yet from the surgical team but here is a snapshot of what the Village Medical team did today. About 25% of the 500 person village we went to today had signed up to be seen by the medical team.  First, everyone was weighed and...

Saturday Afternoon, Feb 5th

The Day started with breakfast at 6:30, devotions at 7 and departure by 8. Jim Zartman leads in song and also shared the message portion of devotions today. The teams went in opposite directions with each having a 45 minute van ride. The Surgery Team has started their...

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

What an amazing first day.  The team screened hundreds of patients and held up amazingly for a very long day.  I am sure the people who came for medical help saw the face of Jesus by those who came thousands of miles to serve them. Today was full of organizing...

Belize Arrival

So far so good!   We got out of the frozen tundra in the north and successfully landed in Belize with all accounted for and all luggage present.  Regardless of the 5:30am arrival time at the Cincinnati airport this morning, the team is wide-awake and in good spirits. ...