Trips are vigorous. We usually meet in Wilkesboro, NC, on a Saturday morning (though some fly from other areas) and ride to a local airport (Greensboro, Charlotte, or Raleigh), fly to Miami or Atlanta as group, and then onto San Pedro Sula. We are met by our Honduran partners and ride by bus for about 6 hours.
Sunday evening is spent preparing for the
Monday through Thursday medical clinics.
Friday we travel back to San Pedro Sula-and go to a large bizarre where you can shop. We stay at a hotel with hot showers, a pool, and a Dennys across the street where we have a farewell dinner.
We return home on Saturday. This 7 day schedule allows people to get off work and pastors only to miss one Sunday. But the days are packed with activity-you will be exhausted.
Trips begin with the team at the motel in Soneguera, preparing the medicines for the clinic.
Then we travel to a rural village to begin the clinic.
A typical clinic has triage, doctors stations and a pharmacy.
Sometimes travel is difficult, especially to the mountains.
Usually the local church members provide lunch.
Sometimes the clinics are outside and we see a lot of children.
COST
About $1500, which includes air fare, transportation, food in country, housing, medicine for the clinics, supplies, translators, evacuation insurance, and a fund to aid those we see. We try to keep the costs as low as possible, since we understand that this may be difficult for some. We want everyone to be able to go if called. There are a limited number of scholarships available provided by our donenors. Contact us to request a scholarship'
FOOD
Think rice, beans, eggs, and chicken, and you’ll e close. Breakfast and supper are at a restaurant in town but includes fresh juices, and fresh fruit. Lunch is provided by local churches which also helps support these ladies, and is served at the clinic sites.
What Will I Do?
There is literally something for everyone! The clinics are set up with four usual stations, including evangelism, triage, providers, and pharmacy. Medical staff might work at any of these spots-but non-medical folks can take temperatures, do blood pressures, count pills, crowd control, or education. Finally, as we have we have begun to build water purification systems, there are a variety of jobs available for construction that skilled or non-skilled folks can carry out. You will be busy. On every trip we see that God has a purpose for everybody he has called to go.
IS IT SAFE ?
Is it safe? There is an inherent risk to traveling in rural areas of Central America - there is no 911. That being said, in 15 years of traveling, we have never had a major issue which is a combination of grace, prayer, and planning, annd especially the watchful eyes of our Honduran partners.