Dr. Steve Corbett examines each of our children in the village of Redemption.
Our Health Center is not just there to provide a band-aid or an impersonal visit. We are there to recognize each person with a greeting, a prayer, a hug, an invitation to share life, and maybe even a cup of coffee. Currently, we offer free primary care to the community five days a week. In addition to health exams, we offer ultrasounds, physical
therapy and eye exams.
Recently, I met with Dr. Angelica Castillo Cordero, director of our Community Health Center, to discuss the needs, goals and vision of the community. While we were meeting, a grandmother of one of our 5-year-old school children, Gregorio Jose, rushed him into the
Dr. Stan Hand carefully checks out the eyesight of a school student.
Health Center to see the doctor. Her grandson had a fever and stomach cramps with a general infection. Angelica knew her by name. We stopped our meeting to meet eye to eye and heart to heart to feel what she felt and to speak words to encourage her faith in God. This is a Health Center—a place to touch God’s people as they come and go. We love to recognize each person as sent by God, and to see each person receive from God. Our standard is to use both hands with people—preaching and healing.
Dr. Hand examines students’ eyes at our Health Center.
We have a monthly budget, and we are confident that God will put in our hand what He
wants us to give to those in need. Our present constraint is to receive our recognition (licensing)
from the Department of Health. We only need one more piece of legal paper, called a dislendia, but at a cost of $2,000. We have a good supply of meds on hand and have in-country contacts for these purchases.
Children happily wait their turn for their medical examination.
In November, the Community Health Center cared for more than 2,000 people, including 1,400 who were seen by a medical team from First Baptist Church in Orlando. Your compassion for those who are physically hurting, and your desire to help provide care, medicine and healing are appreciated.
~ Jeanne DeTellis O’Connor
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Sometimes a little infection becomes a big hurt for poor children without first aid remedies in their homes.
