Greetings from Team 1432! We are getting ready for our trip to Guatemala with MOST Ministries.
We are very blessed to serve in the eyeglass clinic. I wanted to get you familiar with what we are doing and where we are going.
God has blessed thousands of people around the world through this ministry. Eyeglasses are simply not available or affordable to people in many countries, and yet the need for improved eyesight through a simple pair of glasses is there.
We were trained to use a very simple method of testing the eyes for appropriate prescription and then selecting and fitting the right glasses.
We can serve from 100-300 people each day of clinic. All patients are registered and these registrations provide names and addresses for the local church for follow-up evangelism.
Each patient receives a pair of glasses (or two if both distance and reading glasses are needed) as well as sunglasses and information on how to protect their eyes.
While patients are waiting or being tested and fitted for eyeglasses, they are given personal witness of a team member or a local church member and sometimes given tracts or other evangelistic materials.
Here is a map of where we are going. Los Limones is a very small village about 3-4 hours from Guatemala City. (Point A below). We fly into Guatemala City and take a bus ride to Los Limones.
Our host pastor, Pastor Jasinto, is from Resurrection Lutheran church in Gualan. This church was planted with the help of a short term mission team because of the care they had for the community’s health and spiritual needs.
A few years ago the Lutheran church wanted to start a mission site in Los Limones, a neighboring community, and requested a short term mission team to help them. Pastor Jasinto now serves both communities. The pastor shared: “The first contact the congregation from Gualan had with Los Limones was exactly because [of] a MOST Medical team, and from that moment the mission at this location was open."
The clinic we will serve each day is at that site in Los Limones.
We are blessed to go on this mission trip and share the gospel and help with this mission. Pray for our safe travels and fruitful trip.
