Medical Mission

From July 24 - August 4 a team of doctors, nurses, and dentists came together to have medical missions in local areas around Pinamalayan. We would start around 8 in the morning until 3pm. The community would first have to register, have their blood pressure taken, and decide if they wanted to be treated for medical or dental. Before they could see one of the doctors, they would have to see a counselor, which is where I come into play. I would share the gospel with the patients, which was an awesome opportunity- not only were we able to meet their needs physically- but more importantly their spiritual needs.


Before I begin to tell you about the medical missions I want to first describe to you the team that was brought together. The only person I knew prior to the medical mission is Lesia Mooney, who is from Jacksonville, FL, other than that I did not know who I would be working with. On the medical mission team there is a doctor from Texas- Karla Morrow and her husband Rodney, a nurse from Jax Fl Lesia Mooney, a Filipino doctor- Doc Ryan, a Filipino dentist- Isah, a Columbian dentist, who is a missionary to Indonesia- Claudia, another Filipino doctor-Eva, and her classmate from college, who is also a nurse - Dexter, pastor Benji and his wife Joan - who is also a nurse, and mom and myself who were the "counselors". I wish I could tell you everyones background and how they even came about to being on this medical mission team but it was only because of God all of these people came together.


Our team met up in Manila and we had to travel to another island,Mindoro, where we had our medical mission. It takes 8 hours of driving plus a ferry ride. While we were on the boat I was talking to some of the members on the team and getting to know them more. One of them was Dexter, who is a nurse, and as we were sitting on the boat we started talking about our personal convictions on a specific topic. Mind you I did not know most of the people on this team and so I assumed that they all had a relationship with Jesus. The more we talked the more I came to realize that he did not have a relationship with Jesus. He had told me that he had heard the gospel before and so we went over several verses. During this time Maureen had overheard us and she asked him if she could share with him as if he had never heard before with an open mind. She shared with him and Dexter made a decision to accept Jesus! Our team was very excited. There was a reason for each member to be on this team, and for Dexter it was to be saved! I thank God that we were able to meet him. It is exciting to see how none of this was in our power to bring this team together.


riding on the boat before talking to Dexter Our medical mission team