Clinic and beyond

Finally hired a new medical doctor to help in optometry!  Starting in 2026 we were down to one (when Valerie is out of the country) and finding a doctor that wants to learn optometry and has the right mindset for the mission clinic isn't always easy. It will take some time for her to train/learn before she can fly solo, but the waiting list for appointments was stretching many weeks (and we normally don't take appointments...but had no choice with so much demand.)  ​

We are slowly, ever so slowly, making progress on getting competing plans for the ambulatory surgical wing of the clinic. Better to go slowly and be sure we like the plans and that they will work, then have to switch things up later on, but with all the moving parts, and much of that not something we can do ourselves (looking at a minimum of three floors, with the top floor open space for expansion and temperature control.) It is a fine line of wanting to speed things up, and also just wanting to take the time to make sure it is done right, well, as right as can be of course.  Prayerfully before the end of the year the containers are moved and construction might begin?

Crossover work is something we see with some frequency, and in this case, we had some baptisms this month, with Jose Luis doing spiritual outreach in the clinic in different ways, that lead to baptizing the second clinic medical doctor, Dr. Valladares, one of the patients (Pamela) that has joined a cell group that Jose Luis has organized, and Ingris, the group coordinator that participates in the weekly clinic devotions (among other such activities around the mission.) 

There is so much going on throughout the mission...happy things, sad things, things with a future known and unknown, loss and growth, and so much more.  Please join us in prayer for all of that, and all of us (you included) God is using in so many different ways, for the Holy Spirit to guide us, encourage, and strengthen every day!