Medical-dental-evangelism teams are self-contained. Prior to the time of their arrival mission teams spend months purchasing and packing medical supplies for shipment to Honduras.

Once the team’s supplies arrive in the airport we pre-pack all our medications, food, water, and equipment in a cargo truck and take it to our work location.

Several months before the team arrives the Field Director visits the community and gets the cooperation of the school director, teachers, mayor of the town, local pastors, etc. who are responsible for publicity and getting the community to respond to the medical caravan. The most important question: “Is God at work in this community? Does He want this team to work here at this time?” If there is no clear conviction that God is leading us we do not go to that town with this team.

We typically work out of school buildings because they are centrally located in the community and provide sufficient space for medical, dental, pharmacy, eyeglasses, sleeping quarters, kitchen area, etc.

Our Honduran cooks prepare the food at the work site. Some teams bring a helper to assist in the kitchen. High sanitary conditions are maintained to guard the health of all team workers.

On a recent trip to San Francisco de Soroguara community the school director helped with registration of patients and listened to the messages preached in the worship services. During the last service he sat on the front row listening intensely. As soon as the invitation was given he responded giving his life to Christ. He told the local pastor, “I am ready to help you and the church in whatever way I can. I will be there Sunday to worship and go out with you to serve.”

We use classrooms for medical stations which usually consist of six to twelve doctors and nurses working in a large room. We set up a pharmacy in another school room, and use rooms for dental, eyeglasses and worship services. Sometimes dentists work outdoors on the porch. 

We conduct around twenty-five worship services during each team visit. Every patient must attend a worship service before he can see a doctor or dentist.

Everyone who makes decisions during the week receive immediate follow-up. After a person makes a decision another pastor or team worker immediately spends time explaining to the person his decision and answering questions. In San Francisco de Soroguara and La Union 115 people made decisions for Christ, and we treated a thousand patients with free medicine and services.

What can you do?

Partnership missions gives you an opportunity to become personally involved in what God is doing around the world.

Pray that our Honduran staff will be led by the Holy Spirit to the locations where God is at work, and that Team Captains will be alert to the leading of the Holy Spirit for their teams.

Support a mission team or missionary couple financially. This is a faith ministry and each missionary, volunteer and mission team depends upon the Lord to provide the financial needs for medicine, food, shipping, translators for doctors, nurses and preachers, etc.

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