Beverly's Insights

by Beverly Wright

Hello from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Central America. After finishing up 5 days doing medical missions in Choluteca, it's hard to believe that I am here. Here where God called me to serve during the Acts 1:8 weekend at Front Street Baptist Church. After having a mini-stroke 2 weeks ago, many of your thoughts were that I would not be able to fulfill the mission God has planned for me. All on my thoughts were focused on planning my follow-up appointments after the mission trip was over. I knew that it was God's will for me to do this incredible medical mission trip. We were able to triage and medically treat Honduran people from 2 weeks to 94 years old. Not only did we try to meet some of their physical needs , we also tried to meet some of their spiritual needs. We treated approximately 1100 patients physical needs and we know of approximately 40 whose spiritual needs were met. When we saw a person that walked for 3 hours in the hot sun with the outdoor temperature close to 100 degrees, it made most of us think about our feelings and thoughts when we have to wait for 30 minutes in an air-conditioned doctor's office in America. We say a young boy who walked to the clinic by himself, waited in line with many others patients for about 1 1/2 hours before we were able to tell him his forearm had been fractured. He never cried, never grimaced as we splinted his arm and told him he would have to go to the hospital for treatment. He waited with a smile on his face for 30 minutes to get medicine for pain from our pharmacy. Keep in mind that all we had for pain was Tylenol- not Tylenol with Codeine as we would have in America, but plain Tylenol. I think God sent me here to see what pampered spoiled Americans we really are. Next time I have to wait in line or don't get the things I think I need, I hope God will nudge me and remind me to pray for all the people in the world and to remember that patience is a virtue. I came to know my teammates in a way that only we can understand. I love all of them and truly enjoyed the time we spent together in Honduras.