the Eye Clinic

We just finished hosting an Eye Clinic for the people of Las Moras and the surrounding villages!  In 3 days, we saw 122 people!  The first day we saw 35 people.  We felt good with all the people we were able to help and we were tired.  The next day, we saw 37 people.  Then, the last day, by the grace of God, I’m still not sure how we did it, but we saw 50 people!  And we only had 1 doctor!

We got to the clinic early the first day to set up.  Before we were ready, we already had 3 guys outside waiting.  We let them in, signed them up and got started.  From that point on, for the next 3 days, there was always someone waiting, ready to see the doctor.

I sat at the front desk, signing people up on the list, preparing their chart, getting their eye history, and doing the preliminary check with the big E chart to determine their distance vision.

When it was their turn, they would get a consultation with the ophthalmologist that came from the US to help us out for a few days.

He would check their eyes and determine whether they needed glasses or if we had glasses to help them.  Sometimes they would come back out to use the big E chart to check their trial prescription.

Then, from there they would go to our “glasses” room where they would try out the glasses that were their prescription to see which one would help them most and fit best.  We gave them that pair and taught them how to clean the glasses and gave them a case to store them in.

Out of the 122 people that we helped, we probably gave out glasses to 3/4 of them.  Some people had such bad sight they could only see a few feet in front of them.  And yet, they climb in and out and around the canyons all the time.  It is amazing what some of the people still do with very little sight.

Lord-willing, the glasses will be a great benefit to the people and they will create open doors for relationships.

Many people that we did not know came from surrounding communities to be helped by the eye doctor.  I am so thankful to God for the beginning of relationships that we have now with those people in those communities.