As I hear news from the medical brigade at our jungle hospital in Rus Rus, I am really missing being there! But, I'm happy to say that despite winter storm Pax, International Health Service's (IHS) team arrived in Rus Rus with all the tools of their trade and are treating the first of many patients arriving by foot, by horse, and by battered pick-up truck from remote villages throughout the La Moskitia region and Nicaragua. Though I am not there, our missionaries who ARE there, Westley & Denise, are sending reports by blog. To read their first hand accounts of the exciting events happening in the village, click here: People To People
Here's our trusty Cessna 206 on the landing strip in Puerto Limpera getting ready to start hauling the first of the cargo, medical supplies, and IHS team members into Rus Rus.
Carlos, our Director of Pastoral Ministries is busy during the day interpreting Spanish to English for the medical team as local villagers translate from Miskito to Spanish ultimately allowing the patients and doctors to understand each other. Each evening, Carlos is preaching to the many people camping in the compound as they wait for treatment. Pray for Carlos. This is a time he truly needs Christ's supernatural power and strength.
The Boss Is Off To Honduras
Sean, our President & CEO, left for Honduras yesterday for two week's worth of critical meetings at our mission base in Rus Rus, with government officials in Tegucigalpa, and with medical professionals running two separate missionary clinics in the hills outside Tegucigalpa.
Speaking Of Our Rus Rus Nursing Staff
The two indigenous nurses in Rus Rus that I worked with last year, Geraldina & Janneth, have been wanting some real nursing shoes for some time now. I had purchased a pair for each of them so I could take them with me. I couldn't deliver them in person as I'd hoped, but was able to send the shoes as well as some new scrubs along with Sean. I'm excited to send them and glad Sean was able to fit them in his gigantic overstuffed magical missionary suitcase with all the other needed items for this trip.
Scrubs and Shoes for Geraldina and Janneth
We are soooo excited to hear of all that is happening and continue to pray for the work God is doing in Rus Rus.
Meanwhile Down In Guatemala
While all that goes on down in Honduras, Paul, our pilot-mechanic in Guatemala, is finalizing the agreements necessary to take our brand new air ambulance program operational in support of Hospital Shalom's work in the Peten Region of Guatemala. Paul and our airplane are expanding Hospital Shalom's ability to deliver medical care and Christ's Gospel to approximately twenty different villages located around five remote air strips.
Hospital Shalom, San Benito, Guatemala
Back In Burlington, NC
Well, someone has to stay with the stuff! Keith and I are here making sure the "home office" continues to function, are covering phones, emails, and general mission communications; are standing by to assist our overseas operations as needed; and are developing relationships with several couples interested in exploring service with us a pilot-mechanics in our aviation programs. We'll be driving to South Carolina next week to meet with one of these couples.
Keith at work inside Missionary Air Group's Pepperstone Annex.
Thank You So Much!
You are the ones who make this ministry possible. Through your gifts, friendship, love, and prayers, you are as much a part of what happening in Honduras, Guatemala, and here in Burlington as anyone on MAG staff. You are on every medical flight with Westley, with every patient being treated by Geraldina, and are part of every message Carlos preaches to the Moskito Indians gathered on our missionary hospital compound. We praise God for you and seek his richest blessings upon you.
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