Monday clinic on Utila

We had our clinic at a church on Utila. The pastor and other people in the church have done an amazing job in helping us set up and run our clinic. We have seen almost 70 people today and given out 38 prescription glasses and a lot more readers. We actually saw everyone by 3:00 and still had time to spare so we could work on replenishing the inventory. I couldn’t believe we finished that many patients in that short of time but we saw the same amazing thing happen several years ago at Yellow Rock. We were afraid we would not be able to see everyone by 4:00 so that we would be able to pack up and leave to get back at the hotel by 5:00 for safety reasons. We prayed for a miracle and God brought it on! Time stood still it seemed and we saw more patients than we had ever seen and finished just before 4:00. That was a blessing to us and the people of Yellow Rock.

Today, we set up a triage station and near vision station, far vision station and autorefractor station then finally evangelism. We have given out Bibles today and cards with good eye care on one side and the plan of salvation on the other side. It is always exciting to see how happy people are as they leave the clinic with new glasses, sunglasses and a Bible.

The most important reason we are here is evangelism. We have seen 2 people saved today. The pastor and others in the church are going to follow up with these people later. One other man says he is ready to get baptized and another said he wants to join a Bible study.

Bucket said his blessing today was a couple of people he met who got saved. Brenda Hyche gave us a list of people to look up on the island. These are people she met on our last trip in 2010. She wanted us to follow up with them to see how they were doing. One is a man named Hank. He is the son of Evelyn who was on the list. Bucket met with Evelyn and she told him she had asked her son to come to our clinic. Hank came and had his vision checked and then he went to evangelism. Bucket talked with him and he prayed and asked Jesus into his heart as his Lord and Savior. Evelyn came in later and got saved also. One more for Jesus!

I can’t say thank you enough to all our prayer warrior/rope holders. You have been a blessing to our team as well as the people of Honduras. Hope to blog again tomorrow.

Total patients: 69
Total prescription glasses: 38
Total saved: 7 (found out we had 5 more saved)