Kicking Off the New Year!

This week at Providence we have partnered with an extremely talented medical team coming all the way from Wisconsin. The group of twelve (12) Orthopedic Surgeons has willingly donated their time and skills to help the children of Honduras. The first day started off with one hundred and five children coming from all over the Honduran area to be medically examined. The team spent Sunday screening child after child deciding which of those needed surgery in the coming week, and those that will be options for the coming year. After a full day of work the team finally settled on twenty-nine (29) children that were chosen for surgery the following week. The team arrived everyday at seven o’clock in the morning prepped and ready to use the skills God gave them. Each child was a special case having different problems ranging from clubbed feet, extra toes, and hip problems. There are two operating rooms and each set of surgeons had three to four patients a day working case after case. It has been a pleasure being able to be a part of something so much greater than I could imagine and something so much greater than myself. As the Providence staff we have had the opportunity to sit in and watch the skillful surgeons perform their tasks. It is an amazing thing to see first hand how much time and effort goes into each patient, and having six patients a day is an amazing feat for any surgeon. This week at Providence has been full of wonderful people volunteering their time to come and help fulfill needs here in the Honduran community with joyful hearts and high spirits. The family members would hug and thank us for everything that we did, and in those small moments all the stress, worry, and exhaustion is suddenly minor to a simple smile or hug that explains more than words ever could. The providence staff and the medical team were running around ready to lend a helping hand wherever it was needed. At the end of each day the surgeons and the staff members were extremely exhausted but it was a chance for all of us here at Providence to be the hands and feet of our Lord and Savior.