Second Hope Ministries International

Sunday, April 28, 2013

SHMI team leaves Tuesday, April 30, 2013 for the Philippines

Our Second Hope Ministries team is getting ready to head to the Philippines this week. Check here for further up-dates of their trip.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

SHMI prepares for Philippines in May, 2013

A team of 10 is preparing for another mission experience. This trip will involve our Vision Team, who will conduct clinics everyday for a week. In addition, the Village Health Care Team will train locals in hydrotherapy, First Aid, CPR, and other areas of Basic Health Care. We will be conducting the evening evangelistic meetings each night.
Thanks to the many donations of used eyeglasses we have been able to restock our supply. We continue to need more donations for future trips, including prescription eyeglasses, Readers, and good sunglasses. Financial donations are appreciated to help with the various costs, such as manikins for teaching CPR, suturing kits for training, shipping extra bags for our vision clinics, and so many other miscellaneous expenses with each trip. Assistance with airfare is always appreciated as well. Volunteers are willing to go but they are limited by funds.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Home Safe and Sound

After a long day flying from Managua, Nicaragua to Miami, then on to Dallas, we finally arrived in Seattle about 1:00 a.m. We got a few hours of sleep before heading home through the Snoqualmie Pass. We had to wait over an hour for Avalanche Control. It is good to be home and sleep in our own beds.

It is also a good feeling to know that many lives are a little better because we went and helped them. The last Sabbath, we met in the newly finished church and witnessed about 20 baptisms, three couples got married and we all had communion together. What a blessing to be part of it.

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Now to get ready for our next trip!!

Monday, December 31, 2012

More Pictures from Nicaragua

Walking along Lake Nicaragua

Out for a fun day!

The end of a busy day for Dave

Some of the people attending the meetings in the Barrio

Brenda and Carol running the Medical clinic

The Dental Clinic

Derald enjoying a treat on a hot day.

God is blessing...

There are three evangelistic meetings going on each evening. Ron gives a health talk at the one in the Barrio--a rather rough area. He, along with some other medical people, have held several clinics in that area as well. The needs are so great.

One experience:

The first night of the meetings in the Barrio there was a very drunk man who showed up and was yelling and trying to disrupt the meetings. Friday night he came again but this time he asked for prayers to overcome his alcoholism. He said he wanted whatever it was that he saw in the lives of those presenting the meetings. A group gathered around him and prayed for him.

Our Vision clinics continue. We have distributed hundreds of eye glasses, Readers, and sunglasses and every person received literature.

Today we took the day off since Dec. 31 is a big day of celebration here and they figured no one would come to the clinics. Most of us rested, did laundry, and some went for walks by the lake. We had our first rain today. It was very refreshing.

Most of our team has been down sick since we came. We figure it is a reaction to the typhoid pills we took before we came. Thankfully we have been able to have enough each day to run the clinic. We are hoping and praying that we are all on the mend now.

We miss our families very much, but God is blessing and using us here. Thank you for your continued prayers.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Vision Clinic Continues

We are in day 4 of our Clinics. We are all situated in the school in Rivas, near the building site of the new church. We have a Dental Clinic, Medical Clinic and Vision Clinic going while a Village Health Training Seminar is going on too. So far our Vision team has dispensed over 250 pairs of glasses. It is so exciting to see the expressions on faces as people can see and read again.