God gives us Connections!

In June of this year we had one of the biggest scares of my time in Honduras.  My parents were visiting for a few weeks and my mom ended up in the hospital for two days following a bad car accident.  Lesther's car was totaled and mom was pretty banged up with some broken bones, lots of stitches, and lots of bruises.  We were so thankful that God spared her life and protected the driver and two other passengers.  As a result we learned a lot about the justice system here, or lack thereof.  The other driver who was at fault was charged, but just decided to disappear and never pay and the police don't do anything.  The only other option is to hire an expensive lawyer, but the guy is potentially dangerous and you just don't want your name mixed up with people like that because they don't hesitate to use violence.  All in all, it was a pretty traumatic ordeal for all of us.

But God knows what He is doing, doesn't he?  One of mom's doctors was a really kind trauma surgeon who also does laparoscopic surgery.  We got to talking and found out that he is a believer and he asked lots of questions about why I'm here and what I do.  As I shared about PDE he offered his services in any way possible.  He works in private practice, but has rights at the public hospital as well, so he was willing to see any patients I brought him in that setting which is much less expensive.

Hmm... well, this sweet girl, C, who has lived with us for over two years now has had a hernia since she was 8 years old.  We haven't had the resources to do anything about it for her and neither did her family.  So, I took the nice doctor up on his word and took her to see him.

Two private office visits later he charged us a total of $10 and scheduled her surgery for next Wednesday when he will operate at the public hospital and charge us $15!!!!!!!!!!  You read that right... $15 for hernia surgery.  Wow.  Things work a little differently here and we have to go buy all the surgical needs, gloves, netting, masks, pint of blood, etc.  But still should be under $50 for everything.

C is nervous about surgery, but so excited to not have to live with this pain anymore!  Please pray for her that everything goes well and that she recovers quickly!  And thank the Lord with us that He works in the midst of every situation, as bad as it may seem.