Since it has been three months since the beginning of this year, I think it is a good time to analyze the work we have been completing for the Lord. Also, it is a good time for us to reflect on what the Lord has done for us this year. And as I was thinking about these past three months, I have come to a final conclusion. My ultimate goal for this ministry and with my life is that the Lord’s will always be done in every part of it. So, it is my prayer that the Lord’s good, pleasing, and perfect will be done for His glory in this ministry and in the lives of those working with this ministry, including you.
Romans 12:2 “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
This month has been packed with a lot of work, two construction groups, and two medical groups, but it has truly been a tremendous blessing. First of all, I had a lot of trouble getting the medical supplies out of customs for our first group of the month. This first group was a group of eye doctors, so they had a lot of supplies send ahead of them by mail. Well, after spending days completing paperwork, translating “doctor’s terms”, and taking a trip to Guatemala city to pick up the supplies before the people at customs rid themselves of them, praise the Lord, we finally got all of the supplies ready and waiting for the group. And the work was well worth it! These eye doctors were such a blessing for the ministry at Lela Obraje and for the city of Chiquimula. The group arrived on March 14th and it included the president of His Servants Ministries, Dr. George Rooney, and a group of college students from Indiana University School of Optometry and from Medical College of Wisconsin. There were also one social worker and two ophthalmic techs that joined them from Kentucky. This group saw 1,700 patients and gave out 15 prescriptions for glasses, 1,000 pairs of glasses for reading, and 400 pairs of sunglasses. They were a blessing to be around, and they all were a blessing to this community.
This group stayed for one week, and then another group of doctors and helpers joined Dr. Rooney from Indiana and Kentucky on March 21st. This group contained three more doctors: Dr. Mark Henry from Somerset, KY, Dr. Dan Robinson from Indianapolis, Indiana, Dr. Randy Hughes from Evansville, Indiana. A doctor, Dr. Luis Molina, from here in Chiquimula also came to help them. All four of these doctors are ophthalmologists who performed surgeries all week long. If you can believe it, this group of doctors completed 93 cataract surgeries, 17 pterygiectomies, three corneal grafts, and one strabismus correction. Also, 400 more patients were seen for regular eye check-ups and they gave 30 prescriptions for glasses and 100 pairs of glasses for reading. Both weeks, these groups of blessed people worked very hard and were a tremendous help for all the people that they were able to see, and they have already made more appointments for next year! Praise the Lord!
Now, we also had two groups of construction teams come from Morning Star church of Missouri. This group completed the roof for the new classrooms and the much needed stairs beside the new school. The first group from this church came on March 15th and was a group of 13 men, and these men slept at the school all week. They would wake up early every morning and work all day long. It was such a blessing to see them work so hard for the Lord and for this ministry. This group also paid for all of the construction supplies for constructing the roof and for the stairs. I feel like the school looks like a different place because of how hard this group worked. On March 22nd, we had another group of 10 people join these men from the same church. This group helped with construction, and they also had a Bible school program for the students. The students learned so much about the characteristics of God and they also learned several new verses from the Bible.
This group also visited several families in the village while they were here. We were able to visit the family of Brother Francisco Amador Vasquez first. This man was just shot a few weeks ago by his neighbor over boundary lines, but praise the Lord, he is alive and well. It was a blessing to be able to take these missionaries to visit him, and he was blessed that they wanted to come and see him. We also visited Victoria Amador because she recently lost her husband, and she has five children. Three of her children are a part of the feeding program. They have a precious family, but the house they live in is almost destroyed. Global Missions of Mercy and World Vision are partnering together to construct Ms. Amador a new home. Also, another man we are ministering to is Mr. Simion Asmun. He also needs a new home because the walls of his are falling in, and he was actually a sorcerer of this village. Praise the Lord though, we visited this man and he accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior! This is so good for him, of course, and for the village. This presence of evil has been overtaken by the blood of Jesus! On Sunday, March 29th, Mr. Simion Asmun came to church for the first time, and this is because these missionaries took time to go and visit him. Praise the Lord! I want to take this time to ask you to come and be a part of what the Lord is doing here. It truly does make a difference for the Kingdom of God.
As you can see, we did have a very busy month, but the hand of the Lord was on every second of it! Thank you all who came to visit Global Missions of Mercy this month, and I thank all of you that support this ministry every month with your prayers and offerings. May the Lord bless you and keep you in His peace.
Pilemon 1:3 “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
National Director of Global Missions of Mercy,
Sarita Carson
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