Archive for Founders’ Blog
Dental Clinic
The dental clinic is ready. Ted Cooper from Indianapolis, John Reed and Karen Kenny from Memphis, Dr. Chris Rowland, Council his son, Parker and Brad, came and worked very hard getting everything together to prepare the clinic. Jeffrey is in his second semester of dental school and is very excited about starting to see patients. [...]
Anywhere, anytime?
“It wasn’t too long ago, when you gave up your heart and soul. You’d move when He said to go, anywhere, anytime. The love that you felt back then, when you promised your life to Him, you’d sure be the one He’d send, anywhere, anytime. Now preoccupied, the world has caught your eye, is your [...]
Sponsor Sickle Cell Patients
Sickle Cell Anemia occurs when there is a defect in the structure of the red blood cell which decreases a person’s ability to carry oxygen to their tissues. As a result, patients with sickle cell experience a crisis almost every 3 months, which may involve pain anywhere in the body and difficulty breathing. Here in [...]
The Dental Clinic
We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the container loaded with high quality dental supplies and equipment. Dr Chris Rowland from Memphis, TN, worked very hard to collect the equipment from generous donors such as Les Binkley and World Medical Missions. As soon as the container arrives we will begin setting everything in place to [...]
Dental School Scholarship
Jeffrey is an exceptional, very gifted individual. We are so blessed to have him as our “Dominican son” and part of our ministry. We believe that Jeffrey is a genuine Godly man of the future, a true “home grown” local leader. He has expressed the desire to become a dentist and stay in his home [...]
FAME medical team
Hello everyone, The FAME medical team is arriving today. There are 20 people on the team, including one doctor form the Dominican, Leslie Valenzuela. We will be doing medical camps for 5 days next week around the Samana area. Please pray that each heart is focused on the Lord and for blessings on all [...]
Del Corazon Running Club: 15 K
On Saturday May 26 we traveled to Santo Domingo to run our first 15 K. There is 6 in our group now but Yan was not allowed to participate because he is only 11, even though he can outrun me. We all did well, with the exception of me losing my toe nail and Freddy [...]
Baseball is Back
This month we reorganized our baseball league. We have included teams from neighboring towns and now have 16 teams with over 200 kids aged 10-14 playing. These kids can play all day long and keep coming back for more. With 7 games on the weekend they sure keep us busy. Its great to see such [...]
Del Corazon Running Club: 10K, Las Terrenas
Yesterday we traveled on the new highway to Las Terrenas to participate in the 5K/10K, the first for most of us. Our group has been running together almost daily with great anticipation for this event, especially “El Mudo”( our deaf friend, Rafael ). The course was along the beach and the weather was perfect. Gato [...]
Del Corazon Running Club
We will be entering our second event this weekend, the first for most. We now have 7 people in our group running on a regular basis. Absent form the picture is Rafael, a 52 year old deaf mute who has recently joined us. Rafael comes to the clinic everyday and points to the picture and [...]