Chris' Friday Report
(Chris Hanson is the Medical Director of the trip. This is fourteenth medical mission. He will be sending daily updates to the Manos site, I will also re-post them here)
God Provides Again
Friday, July 1st, Medical Mission 2005 begain, and it wasn't long before we found ourselves dependant on God's grace.
As the planes from various parts of the country converged on Tucson, old and new friends quickly exchanged hugs as everyone was looking forward to the week of work together. The travel was long, and tiring, but everyone arrived without incident or grumpiness.
But the real story of God's work on Friday has to do with our driving team of Steve and Gill. They had spent Thursday night in Sierra Vista, Az and left early on Friday headed for Guaymas. Their first point of border official contact came at Nogales, and didn't go well. After over two hours of negotiating about bringing the various supplies into Mexico, no progress had been made, and it seemed that many items were going to have to return to the US and would be denied entry into Mexico. As the anxiety increased and as the rest of the team heard of the difficulty, prayers began. God showed his power again, for at the same time that the entire bus was praying for Gil and Steve, the border official who had been resistand suddenly and unexpectedly changed his mind and let the entire trailer of supplies pass without further permission! God provides.
One more problem did surface later the the day, also involving the driving team. Unfortunately, one important document was not available when passing the federal inspection station at KM 21. This prevented Steve and Gill from bringing the van to Guaymas yet. They used the truck to bring the trailer of supplies and parked the van at KM 21 until someone can return to bring the van the rest of the way. This is a small problem, and doesn't interfere with our work for now. We completely trust that God will provide a way for this one to be overcome as well.
Today begins the setup process and will be a very busy day as the team prepares to hold clinic for the first time in the new facility. Please continue to pray for God to be glorified, for the setup to go smoothly today, for the resolution of the problem with the van, for the continued health and safety of the team, and most importantly for the hearts of the people of Guayams that they will be receptive to the message of Jesus Christ as they see God at work in their city this week.
There will be daily updates posted here. Please continue to check in, and join us in prayer throughout the week!
God Provides Again
Friday, July 1st, Medical Mission 2005 begain, and it wasn't long before we found ourselves dependant on God's grace.
As the planes from various parts of the country converged on Tucson, old and new friends quickly exchanged hugs as everyone was looking forward to the week of work together. The travel was long, and tiring, but everyone arrived without incident or grumpiness.
But the real story of God's work on Friday has to do with our driving team of Steve and Gill. They had spent Thursday night in Sierra Vista, Az and left early on Friday headed for Guaymas. Their first point of border official contact came at Nogales, and didn't go well. After over two hours of negotiating about bringing the various supplies into Mexico, no progress had been made, and it seemed that many items were going to have to return to the US and would be denied entry into Mexico. As the anxiety increased and as the rest of the team heard of the difficulty, prayers began. God showed his power again, for at the same time that the entire bus was praying for Gil and Steve, the border official who had been resistand suddenly and unexpectedly changed his mind and let the entire trailer of supplies pass without further permission! God provides.
One more problem did surface later the the day, also involving the driving team. Unfortunately, one important document was not available when passing the federal inspection station at KM 21. This prevented Steve and Gill from bringing the van to Guaymas yet. They used the truck to bring the trailer of supplies and parked the van at KM 21 until someone can return to bring the van the rest of the way. This is a small problem, and doesn't interfere with our work for now. We completely trust that God will provide a way for this one to be overcome as well.
Today begins the setup process and will be a very busy day as the team prepares to hold clinic for the first time in the new facility. Please continue to pray for God to be glorified, for the setup to go smoothly today, for the resolution of the problem with the van, for the continued health and safety of the team, and most importantly for the hearts of the people of Guayams that they will be receptive to the message of Jesus Christ as they see God at work in their city this week.
There will be daily updates posted here. Please continue to check in, and join us in prayer throughout the week!
posted by George Welty at 6:19 PM
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