The surgery I witnessed from the initial incision to the stitching up was a hysterectomy. Intense. Here's some pics.
That's an opened abdominal cavity behind me...
More to come.
Joey
Location:Chinandega
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Surgical endeavors
A surgical team from Atlanta is here this week. 40 Nicaraguan women will receive OB-GYN related surgeries over the next 3 days, at no cost to them. The doctors were gracious enough to let some of us gown up and sit in on a few operations. One of the cooler things I've ever experienced.
The surgery I witnessed from the initial incision to the stitching up was a hysterectomy. Intense. Here's some pics.
That's an opened abdominal cavity behind me...
More to come.
Joey
The surgery I witnessed from the initial incision to the stitching up was a hysterectomy. Intense. Here's some pics.
That's an opened abdominal cavity behind me...
More to come.
Joey
Friday, August 20, 2010
Como una fuenta
Watch these two short clips before reading below.
The shirtless child is Belkie. She and her younger sister showed up to the school in the village for a craft project we were doing with all the kids. The village is called 'El Chanco' and they have no water access for miles. Belkie and her sister Kristin walked up wearing only underwear and covered in dirt from head to toe. I spent the next hour and a half showing them how to do their crafts. Belkie continually looked up and smiled at me as she leaned on my side while working on our crafts. Towards the end, I noticed Belkie & Kristin eating glue leftover from the crafts. In broken Spanish I promised them real food if they would follow me back to the bus.
I have never been so broken for another person in my entire life. And I almost regret trying to post this because a few sentences will not do justice to describe how overwhelmed and taken I was by these two little girls.
The Lord is at work here. In these people and in all of the hearts of us visiting "gringos". I will never forget today and although a blog post does little justice for something like this, I had to share what God allowed me to experience.
We have recently drilled a well for El Chanco and as soon as the piping is finished, water will be available in the village for the first time. We took a group from
The village out there today to see the well, to see the hope that lies soon ahead. Most of them have never experienced running water, including Belkie and Kristin.
Right after Belkie and Kristin took their first showers ever, we all shared peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that I had packed for lunch.
....with their finished crafts...
Running water!
More to come.
Joey
The shirtless child is Belkie. She and her younger sister showed up to the school in the village for a craft project we were doing with all the kids. The village is called 'El Chanco' and they have no water access for miles. Belkie and her sister Kristin walked up wearing only underwear and covered in dirt from head to toe. I spent the next hour and a half showing them how to do their crafts. Belkie continually looked up and smiled at me as she leaned on my side while working on our crafts. Towards the end, I noticed Belkie & Kristin eating glue leftover from the crafts. In broken Spanish I promised them real food if they would follow me back to the bus.
I have never been so broken for another person in my entire life. And I almost regret trying to post this because a few sentences will not do justice to describe how overwhelmed and taken I was by these two little girls.
The Lord is at work here. In these people and in all of the hearts of us visiting "gringos". I will never forget today and although a blog post does little justice for something like this, I had to share what God allowed me to experience.
We have recently drilled a well for El Chanco and as soon as the piping is finished, water will be available in the village for the first time. We took a group from
The village out there today to see the well, to see the hope that lies soon ahead. Most of them have never experienced running water, including Belkie and Kristin.
Right after Belkie and Kristin took their first showers ever, we all shared peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that I had packed for lunch.
....with their finished crafts...
Running water!
More to come.
Joey
Location:El Chanco
Monday, August 16, 2010
Firecrappers
Home made fireworks that can be purchased from a dude in his living room are always better...
Location:Casa Blanca
Sunday, August 15, 2010
One Body of Christ
I've been practicing with a band that plays at a church in town. This Thursday, we will be hosting a community-wide worship service in the village of Villa Catalina. This is the first time any type of service or worship has been offered to multiple denominations and to people on different levels of their spiritual journey. We are preparing to make it a special event done with excellence.
Please pray Colossians 3:11-12 with us trusting that God will unite believers together.
Col 3:11-12 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
There has been a vision from the Lord in many of our hearts that Villa Catalina would spiritually move forward together as a community, as one body of Christ.
Also, say a prayer for Zach Ivie. He's coming down tomorrow for 10 days and we're trusting the Lord for this to be an incredible trip for him.
I'll post pictures from the worship service soon after.
More soon,
Joey
Please pray Colossians 3:11-12 with us trusting that God will unite believers together.
Col 3:11-12 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
There has been a vision from the Lord in many of our hearts that Villa Catalina would spiritually move forward together as a community, as one body of Christ.
Also, say a prayer for Zach Ivie. He's coming down tomorrow for 10 days and we're trusting the Lord for this to be an incredible trip for him.
I'll post pictures from the worship service soon after.
More soon,
Joey
Location:Chinandega
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Where's my poncho?
The Lord is allowing great things to happen in Nicaragua this summer. Many mission trip participants have given their lives to the Lord. The village of "El Chanco" will be receiving clean water for the first time from the latest well that our well team has drilled. Only 10 houses remain from our goal of 50. These houses will be new homes for people who used to live in the city dump. And when the common room of Casa Blanca floods, we make the most of it.
We have 2 more groups after this week who will come down for short term trips. One of these is a general surgery group. Expect updates from the O.R.
Love Y'all.
More to come,
Joey
Location:Casa Blanca
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