A team from the U.S. is formed by a church or other Christian organization that has between 15-35 team members. These team members are anywhere from 17-80 years old. They come from all different career backgrounds. The team is there to make the brigade work. Also, a team member can join up with a team that is not from his/her area. If somebody wishes to serve here, WGO will try and find a team that works for you! Some teams include medical doctors, optometrist, dentists and nurses. Others teams, like the team from May 26th-30th, carry no medical personnel. Once a team is formed from the states World Gospel Outreach will pair with a Christian church in a poor area of the city. We will arrive on Monday morning, usually with hundreds of Hondurans waiting in line, and set up our stations in the church sanctuary. Our stations include:
* 3-5 medical stations(we always have one Honduran doctor, Hector, and if no other
M.D.s are on the team W.G.O will try to hire an additional 2 Honduran doctors)
* 2-3 dental stations staffed with 1-3 Hondurans dentists as well as any dental personnel
with the team.
* 1-2 chiropractic stations staffed with yours truly and if so blessed a chiropractor from
the states, Dr. Charles Hollensed joined the team for the first week.
* 0-1 Optical stations; this station is only present if an optometrist or ophthalmologist
has come with the team. This station is a true blessing as many that come are not able to even read a bible. Our first week did not have an optical station and our second did. It was a true blessing to see people receive the blessing of vision!
* 1 pharmacy station where medications and nutritional supplements are dispersed.
* 1 children’s station where the children are shared Gospel stories and music. Also,
nearly half are treated for lice.
* 5-8 evangelism stations where every person that came to the brigade sits down with a North American missionary and a translator. This station is the purpose of all the above stations! While I love to provide the humanitarian/physical care that is desperately needed, if a person finds Christ they have eternal healing! At this station the missionary will sit and talk with the other person and try to get to know who they are, they will share the Gospel of Christ and his/her personal testimony of faith. If the person is a Christian they will be encouraged in there faith, if they are not they will be asked about their salvation. They will not be condemned or sentenced into damnation. They will be told about the love of Christ, His dying for our sins on the cross and the promise of eternal salvation though our faith in Him. They may be asked about what they had to do to receive they care they just received, the medications or nutrition in their hands, or the glasses they hold so close. All they had to do was to come. They will be told that Christ will take all of our burdens, our imperfections, our sins and that he will carry that debt for us. What we have to do is accept Him into our lives. This station is the reason for which we came to Honduras to serve!
Once we get our stations set-up patients start to come through. They are given the choice of choosing to go a medical station, dental or a optical station(if present). So far, all patients that choose to are able to come to the chiropractic station! From those stations they will go to the pharmacy to receive a multivitamin and medication if prescribed. From there they will go to either the children’s station or evangelism station. It is usually a very busy day in which over 400 patients are often seen by all the disciplines.
* 3-5 medical stations(we always have one Honduran doctor, Hector, and if no other
M.D.s are on the team W.G.O will try to hire an additional 2 Honduran doctors)
* 2-3 dental stations staffed with 1-3 Hondurans dentists as well as any dental personnel
with the team.
* 1-2 chiropractic stations staffed with yours truly and if so blessed a chiropractor from
the states, Dr. Charles Hollensed joined the team for the first week.
* 0-1 Optical stations; this station is only present if an optometrist or ophthalmologist
has come with the team. This station is a true blessing as many that come are not able to even read a bible. Our first week did not have an optical station and our second did. It was a true blessing to see people receive the blessing of vision!
* 1 pharmacy station where medications and nutritional supplements are dispersed.
* 1 children’s station where the children are shared Gospel stories and music. Also,
nearly half are treated for lice.
* 5-8 evangelism stations where every person that came to the brigade sits down with a North American missionary and a translator. This station is the purpose of all the above stations! While I love to provide the humanitarian/physical care that is desperately needed, if a person finds Christ they have eternal healing! At this station the missionary will sit and talk with the other person and try to get to know who they are, they will share the Gospel of Christ and his/her personal testimony of faith. If the person is a Christian they will be encouraged in there faith, if they are not they will be asked about their salvation. They will not be condemned or sentenced into damnation. They will be told about the love of Christ, His dying for our sins on the cross and the promise of eternal salvation though our faith in Him. They may be asked about what they had to do to receive they care they just received, the medications or nutrition in their hands, or the glasses they hold so close. All they had to do was to come. They will be told that Christ will take all of our burdens, our imperfections, our sins and that he will carry that debt for us. What we have to do is accept Him into our lives. This station is the reason for which we came to Honduras to serve!
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