I had the wonderful privilege of serving the Lord in Honduras with a wonderful chiropractor, Dr. Karl Boone, from West Virgina. With his presence we were able to see nearly every patient that wanted to have chiropractic this week which was a total of 576 people! I know that Dr. Boone was able to physically bless so many Hondurans with over half that number being people that he cared for. He also blessed me with encouragement of this ministry, physical relief from pain, and spiritual strengthening from this strong and wonderful Christian.
Dr. Boone served with such a joyous heart and big smile it was great to be by his side while we did His work.
I believe the ministry of chiropractic has such dramatic results on the physical and spiritual needy here in Honduras. Of those 576 patients over 300 of them come with headaches that are cervicogenic in nature and are present more than 3x per week. One or two adjustments will often change their lives and show them a solution to their problem. We saw many damaged shoulders and knees that were able to receive some relief which truly changed how those people felt. We saw many low backs that could not turn without pain, but were able to find aid in our treatment. Many upper backs that suffer from bad posture, carrying small children that received adjustments to get back some extension and relief in their muscles. It was a blessed week!
While all these physical benefits are important, what I believe the divine purpose Dr. Boone and myself are in Honduras is to bring more souls to know Jesus Christ as their personal savior. When we physically touch them to deliver relief, we know that we may be the first health care practitioner to ever try to physically help them. When we show love and compassion for a patient and their physical condition we hope they do not see us, but see the love of Christ.
When we deliver our care and compassion the patient then goes to the evangelism station where a North American missionary will share with them the Gospel of Christ and salvation. They talk about their spiritual walk, where it is at, and many will make a recommitment to the Lord. They talk with some that feel that they cannot come to the Lord, but we know that a seed has been planted. They will talk to some who have never heard of Jesus Christ and that through faith in Him and surrendering ourselves to Him they can have eternal life with our Father. Some will make that commitment. I believe the Lord sent me to Honduras to prepare more souls for His kingdom and that perhaps through our care they will open their hearts to His word. I pray that the Lord will use me everyday He has given me for that glorious purpose!
Dr. Boone served with such a joyous heart and big smile it was great to be by his side while we did His work.
I believe the ministry of chiropractic has such dramatic results on the physical and spiritual needy here in Honduras. Of those 576 patients over 300 of them come with headaches that are cervicogenic in nature and are present more than 3x per week. One or two adjustments will often change their lives and show them a solution to their problem. We saw many damaged shoulders and knees that were able to receive some relief which truly changed how those people felt. We saw many low backs that could not turn without pain, but were able to find aid in our treatment. Many upper backs that suffer from bad posture, carrying small children that received adjustments to get back some extension and relief in their muscles. It was a blessed week!
While all these physical benefits are important, what I believe the divine purpose Dr. Boone and myself are in Honduras is to bring more souls to know Jesus Christ as their personal savior. When we physically touch them to deliver relief, we know that we may be the first health care practitioner to ever try to physically help them. When we show love and compassion for a patient and their physical condition we hope they do not see us, but see the love of Christ.
When we deliver our care and compassion the patient then goes to the evangelism station where a North American missionary will share with them the Gospel of Christ and salvation. They talk about their spiritual walk, where it is at, and many will make a recommitment to the Lord. They talk with some that feel that they cannot come to the Lord, but we know that a seed has been planted. They will talk to some who have never heard of Jesus Christ and that through faith in Him and surrendering ourselves to Him they can have eternal life with our Father. Some will make that commitment. I believe the Lord sent me to Honduras to prepare more souls for His kingdom and that perhaps through our care they will open their hearts to His word. I pray that the Lord will use me everyday He has given me for that glorious purpose!
INFANT WRAPS!!!
Dr. Boone's wife, Sharon, responded to our need listed in our last email to our supporters in Christ. She and her church made 23 infant wraps which Dr. Boone brought down to give to mothers of need. We saw many of those mothers and had the privilege of giving out most of those wraps this week. The wraps provide a break for the shoulders of these women so they do not have to constantly carry their infants. Often times they have to do work, but as many women know, do not have the free hands to accomplish this work. With the help of these wraps you could see the joy and excitement of their faces as they we able to loving carry their children while maintaining the free use of their arms! Thank you so much Sharon for your passion and the work of your women's ministry group. We are so thankful as this is the first fruits of this idea.
This was the 1st blessing that we heard in regards to this new and developing ministry. Currently called our Infant Wrap Ministry. The 2nd blessing came from an email from Sara Asleson who had picked up the ball with the church council at Christ the King. They committed support and the church members donated $880 to fund the development of this ministry! We hope to do some vocational training with some single mothers here in Honduras as well as get more wraps made to give needy mothers at the brigades. Thank you so much to CTK for this support and I believe much fruit will be seen from this. Look to the future for blog updates on this coming from Jamie. She is extremely passionate about getting these into the hands of women here as she refuses to leave the house without the aid of hers!
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