At last, I got to see the hospital my parent's helped build for Samaritan's Purse. Sandy Cheves, and his wife Joanne told me they are responsible for the entire wing to the right. It includes dormitories to sleep 55 visiting medical teams, a surgical unit, a delivery room, a major surgery room, and optometrists room and a dental room. There is a small church inside that is filled to capacity every Sunday.The hospital services the 30,000 inhabitants of Guaimaca and for the miles around it-all the way back to Tegucigalpa. It charges pennies for a child to be seen, and a dollar for an adult. The water supply on site is supplying the needs of the entire hospital, several homes on the compound and several outside.
The entire town has been decimated by a water system put in by our Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies. During the rainy season it collapsed the pipes. The gravel and mud entered the system and this town has nowhere near the amount of water it needs. Only a few businesses in town have water- the rest have been without for several years. They get their water from a water truck... I can't imagine!
Hi Julie.
ReplyDeleteHow amazing it must have been and felt to be able to visit the place your parent's help to build. To them it was a Mission that had a need and they were there to help.
Now You are following in the same footsteps helping in the same way !!!!!!!!!!!
Not too many people get to have that same feeling of helping others !!!!!
That will be something that you will be able to hold onto for a lifetime !!!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing that with us back here.
Praying for a safe return home.
Gord C.