So I think that means I need to move or at least go on a vacation :) maybe I'll have to tell Jared.
So Honduras...
It was amazing, beautiful, warm!, and just so great! God is always present on those trips but it just felt very refreshing this time. It was so nice to get away from the stress of the hospital, the unhappiness, the mandates, etc etc. and go to the clinic where the Hondurans are so grateful and happy! They always have a smile on their face and seriously even right after having surgery they are still thanking us and saying God bless you! It's so humbling!! And such a blessing! We also had the opportunity to go with a surgeon, his PA and the PAs husband. What amazing people! Dr. Schultz is one of the nicest guys around and Maryann his physicians assistant is just amazing!
Maryann and Steve, her husband, are fostering and caring for an amazingly beautiful Honduran girl who has now been living with them in the USA for a little over a year and half because she has some very significant health issues, like 2 different bags on her side one for pee, one for poo. But despite those things, Sulmy is one of the happiest little girls I've ever met. She just takes everything in stride and always has a smile, a hug, or an encouraging word when you see her. She was in Honduras to see her family while we were there. The original hope was to have Sulmy come to the states get surgery, hopefully have no need for any bags and go back and live with her family in Honduras. Unfortunately the surgeries didn't work out as planned, they still helped her immensely and instead of just constantly draining various body fluids as when she lived in Honduras she is so much more healthy. But as I said she was able to visit her family in their tiny village while we were in Honduras and got to show Greg, Maryann and Steve her old home, where there is no running water, a dirt floor, and everyone sleeps(dad, mom, Sulmy previously, and her 2 sisters) in the same bed! I know that in a lot of other countries they sleep in the same bed but it just seems so strange!
But hearing Maryann and Steve tell their story about Sulmy was so cool! God has just been such a provider in the whole situation including lots of paperwork, surgeries etc. there are so many stories of his provision and it was such a good reminder to me that I need to live minute to minute not always looking ahead days, weeks, months.
I think we did around 60 surgeries for the whole week! Greg is a vascular surgeon so he did some cool vein type cases and I was so thankful that Maryann was there to work with Greg as I don't know how to do vascular stuff. So that meant that I was able to work with Mark doing orthopedics, the only time I really enjoy those cases :-).
While in Honduras I brought my kindle and downloaded Heaven is for real. Side note, if you haven't read it you definitely need too!!! Wow, it's so good!! It's about a 4 year old who goes to heaven and throughout the course of a year or two tells his parents what he saw. I just loved it and God really spoke to me through it. It's so cool to think about and know that I'm going to heaven but to be reminded that it's going to be so amazing and incredible was definitely encouraging! It also made me realize that I want others to experience that too! Especially my Dad as I don't know if he is even a Christian. So that is something I am praying for everyday! I know that God can change hearts so I pray that my Dad would go to church and ultimately accept Christ.
Well currently I think that is all :-) Honduras was muy bueno!!
Well currently I think that is all :-) Honduras was muy bueno!!
Sounds like an amazing trip! I think it's so incredible that you get to go do these types of trips and that you are able to help people that way. Really cool!
ReplyDeleteI just saw a trailer the other day-- I guess they're making a movie of that Heaven is For Real book. It looked interesting.