Today we were in Aramecina, Aramecina. We have been having problems with a certain Diputado (Congressman) because we will not allow him to do his politicking at our medical brigades, so we think he called his friend at the electric company and had the lights cut off to the town where we were working.
This might sound impossible, but everything is possible in Honduras! I live on the edge every day!
We heard thru the grapevine that this might happen, so we stopped and picked up a generator on the way to the local indoor market where we held the eye brigade. We did eye exams on 133 patients and found 26 that need cataract surgery. All in all the day was a huge success! And the bad guy didn't take away the blessing!
In Aramicina today we performed eye exams on 56 people. Victor Montoya of COVA and Rolando Isiguire performed all of the exams and they found 8 people with cataracts. The end of the month these people will receive FREE CATARACT surgeries in Tegucigalpa.
In Aramicina today I saw a heartbreaking case. The last photo in this series is a man who was born with no legs and partial arms. The apple carton to his left is what people used to carry him around. They placed him in the carton and two people carried him where he needs to go. Now he has a wheelchair!
This man, cannot write, cannot read, never had a birth certificate, has no idea how old he is and has been carried around in a cardboard box for years. Today, thank God he has a wheelchair! Blessings to all who donated to make this possible!
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