Helping Others

Last time Wendy was out here, she started telling me about all the eye problems kids have in this country. So now whenever I go anywhere I notice the eyes right away.

The reason for this is simple-

Every year a mission group of doctors out of Dallas, Texas, come and do free eye surgeries for these kids.

So today Ross stopped by to bring eye glasses for Chris and we started talking about this little girl I noticed last week when I stopped at a produce stand to buy bananas.

Ross was already going to see baby Azra because she's been off her medicine and the hemangioma is coming back.

So Ross, Bella, and I drove down to the stand to find the little girl. Turns out she was just a friend helping that day I was there, but we explained to the people and a man showed us back a few blocks to her house.

The girls name is Dalia and she is 11 years old. All the kids are small for their age here, so its no wonder I call her a little girl......I was thinking 8.

Anyway the mother was so happy that someone could fix her daughter's eyes. Pure joy was on the faces of everyone in that family. Dalia was a very nice girl and so excited. So we took down name, age, birthdate, and phone number, along with parents names.

Ross took some pictures of Dalia and he told them the clinic will be coming to Orangewalk this coming year in April, May, or June. As soon as he knows I can stop by and tell them.

Dalia remembered me and my girls from over a year ago when we were here doing VBS. She saw Bella today but she said isn't there a Hannah? So she remembered her too.

Next, we went by to see baby Azra.

I had seen her a few weeks back and she looked good but today her eye was half swollen again and really droopy. So Ross took pictures and he is going to Belize City tomorrow to try to get more medicine for her to help that finally go away.

There's so much people can do here as well as anywhere in the world. I really appreciate Ross because he focuses on medical issues with children and he foots the bills with hardly any help. Talk about a missionary! He goes back and forth between here and his home in Texas.

Next time I stop by to see dalia I will take a picture so I can post later on of her before and after eye surgery.

This day has been a nice switch to all thats been going on around here. I enjoyed meeting those very nice people.