Pator Martinez has started what is the only Lutheran Church in all of Honduras. Worship happens right outside of his house in a "carport" type set up. Monday was our first full day of Operation eye can see. We arrived at Pastor Martinez's house at 8:30am to begin. When he opened the door we were great by people already waiting in line to be seen, some arriving as early as 6 am. Our goal was to see 150 people on Monday but when we had reached that number before lunch we knew we would need to continue on and would greatly surpass that goal. In the end we saw 238 people on our first day ranging in age from 2-97. One thing we all noticed was how patient people were in waiting and how so many commented that they weren't even interested in whether they could see distances again but that they wanted to be able to read their Bible's again.
Nick and Tom were also put to work trying to help fix showers and toilets at the Pastor's house. They spent a good portion of the day working on that and had to walk several times to the local hardware store. The first time they arrived at the hardware store the staff was a little leary as to why two Americans would be coming in but by their 3rd and 4th times they were high fiving them on their arrival.
Overall, an exhausting but great first day!
Here is a link to see pictures from the day:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vOAO3dQTPDZsX7H83
Nick and Tom were also put to work trying to help fix showers and toilets at the Pastor's house. They spent a good portion of the day working on that and had to walk several times to the local hardware store. The first time they arrived at the hardware store the staff was a little leary as to why two Americans would be coming in but by their 3rd and 4th times they were high fiving them on their arrival.
Overall, an exhausting but great first day!
Here is a link to see pictures from the day:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vOAO3dQTPDZsX7H83
Bethany (Lehenbauer) Hayes
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