Greetings and
salutations to one and all. Busyness was
the operative word and we are just now getting respite enough to feel like we
can breathe.
IHS Medical Dental Brigade had a wonderful
year here with restorative dental being added to the repertoire of services
rendered. Here are the results of that
brigade.
2015 Brigade Results
Total
Visits: 1248
Medical visits: 908 Total
Of that: Minor surgeries: 2
Of that: Minor surgeries: 2
Dental Visits: 173 Total
Of that: Tooth Extractions 175
Received Sealants 113
Received Floride Treatments 167
Of that: Tooth Extractions 175
Received Sealants 113
Received Floride Treatments 167
Eye Clinic: 167 Total (some
patients received both)
Reading Glasses Dispensed: 56
Sunglasses Dispensed: 182
Sunglasses Dispensed: 182
Pharmacy: 3249 Total
Of that: Prescriptions filled: 2399
Vitamins dispensed: 850
Of that: Prescriptions filled: 2399
Vitamins dispensed: 850
Annual Hospital Appreciation Dinner was a success. We had an amazing group of workers and their
families (about 22 folks altogether) that enjoyed fun, food (grilled pork
chops, baked beans, fiesta coleslaw, with both banana bread and vanilla cake for
dessert), and fellowship. It’s a nice
way to show our gratitude and thanks
for their hard work.
Next up was a great construction team coming from New England to warm themselves and work up a sweat storm. Here are some photos of what they accomplished: Plumbing for both the hospital apartments (being turned into dormitories) storage closets for supplies, plumbing for the guest house that is being renovated into the new Wiles residence. We have two couples joining us (Braxtons and Moras) this next year sometime so we need to upgrade the living quarters for everyone.
Carlos stayed behind
to minister to Nicaraguan
pastors and continue ministry in Olanchito
so he is not in the group
photo at our celebration dinner when
the work was finished and the
team was heading home to
the states.
In this shot,
he’s with a group of soldiers
that he helped
in daily Bible Studies.
We’ve
implemented a program with Vitamin Angels (organization) which provided
vitamins for expectant mothers and for children. What a blessing!
As missionaries, we are great at
encouraging others with stories of the Lord’s victories in our lives as we
serve Him. We want to be a light that shines brightly of His goodness and
grace. It’s in our nature to share how we’ve overcome through Him. What we
don’t usually share is the struggle and discouragement as we fight for the
things that we can share later how God brought us victory. We often feel
overwhelmed. That’s a good thing, because we know for sure it was not us that
did the great work but Him in us. However, there are times when we need to share
that we need your prayers. Please keep your missionaries in your prayers. They
need it every day in the day-to-day battle of being on the front lines. Thank
you, prayer warriors, for you faithfulness in lifting missionaries up before
the Almighty as we serve Him.
Prayer Request: We are going to be doing a lot of traveling
this month for several events (check up, wedding,
children to and fro to
airports, MAG office, etc…) we would
appreciate your prayers as we travel about.
Thank you, faithful prayer warriors!
You don’t know how much you are appreciated.
Joyfully In His Service,
Westley and Denise Wiles
