Good Things

June has been full of good things! We thank God for his faithful presence and guidance and abundant blessings. 

Our MET students have wrapped up their time with us, and we are proud of their great attitudes and desire to develop relationships with so many people here. They will be great ambassadors for Christ and help bring many to salvation.

Carson, Abby, Graham and Luke enjoying one last Parma Dairy run! 

Kemmel and I celebrate 33 years of marriage this year. It doesn't feel like that long--I guess that's a good thing haha!  We feel so blessed to be able to serve together in this ministry.

Happy 33 years to us!

This week we as a Guatemalan staff got to honor Rick Harper for his years of dedicated service here in Guatemala and Hospital Ezell. We presented him a Guatemalan style gazebo.  A nice cool sitting area for quiet time or small group gathering. 

Proud to stand next these faithful servants of Christ, Rick and Susan and Julie Ann Harper .

Thank you for your many years of service and love for this ministry, hermano Rick!

Our second surgery week just came to a close with lots of cataract and hernia patients given the relief they have been needing. We are so thankful to our surgery teams for coming down and sharing their skills with us and our patients. 

We are also grateful to God for his constant help with complicated cases and help for our patients that need more specialized care than we can offer.

Drs. Ed and Eric Grogan with future Dr. Will Grogan--many years of  Christian service represented in this photo! Also with us this week are father and son Drs. Larry and Michael Patterson--continuing their legacy of tireless ophthalmology care at Ezell this week.

We frequently see people with cancers and complicated diagnoses and sometimes post-operative complications that require referral to other facilities like the National Hospital system. This is usually a  complicated process for them and their families and very stressful for our staff and visitors. We try to take the opportunity to pray with the patients and counsel them on the salvation message and the faithfulness of God to walk with them through the difficult time. Please be praying for those of our patients that can't be treated at our facility. Pray for them to feel peace and for their faith in God to grow. And pray for us as we minister to them.

Proud to be able to serve with good Christ followers like Dr. Ed Grogan!

17Unless the Lord had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.8When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.19When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.
But the Lord has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
Psalms 94:17-19, 22

June Surgery Week

We have two surgery weeks this month, so we will be hopping! Last week was general surgery, gyn and ENT specialities. It's fun to get to know people who are here for the first time and those who have come for several years in a row. This week we enjoyed having Kemmel's sister Becky join us as a translator. She is hit with all of the patients with her games and reading time with the kids.

Hospital Ezell comes alive during our surgery weeks, with round the clock nursing care and 10-12 surgeries a day. Thankfully we didn't need to transfuse blood to any patients. It was a tranquilo week and lots of satisfied patients. So thankful for all of our volunteers!

Story time with Miss Becky

 

Full house. 51 surgeries for the week. 

Sweet smiles after succesful surgery.

International health care team--U.S. Guatemala and Cuba represented!

Our nurses make all the difference!

Hard working surgeons helping our patients feel better.

Dr. Tilton letting our anesthesia resident Dra. Alvarez get some experience this week.