Burkina Faso, Africa - 2012

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="13400840erlcjm.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Kendall Vision Ministry, Inc  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>     |   </B></FONT><B>  </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kendall Vision Ministry, Inc "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Teams Supported"><U><B><---Return to main team page.        Created:  8-10-2012</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=400 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" background="12e90c00egdysm.gif"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7636b100.jpg" border=0 width="363" height="272" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Glasses no longer stylish to us brought</B></div> <div> <B>amazement to her face!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="765630a0.jpg" border=0 width="355" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Finding the right pair of glasses.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="767665b0.jpg" border=0 width="358" height="347" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Lady happy with her new glasses.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7695cc30.jpg" border=0 width="348" height="451" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The CHIEF of the village.</B></div> <div> <B>Happiness is seeing again & learning about the Lord.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Burkina Faso, Africa - 2012</div> <div> Below is a message from the leader of this team, Dr Beverly Tong.</div> <div> ======================================================================</div> <div> From:     Beverly Tong [beverly.tong@XXX.XXX]</div> <div> Sent:     Tuesday, August 07, 2012 9:29 PM</div> <div> To:     hollandkendall@kendalloptoministry.org</div> <div> Subject:     FW: Burkina Faso trip report</div> <bR> <div> From: Beverly Tong [mailto:beverly.tong@wil.midco.net]  </div> <div> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 8:07 PM </div> <div> To: hollandkendall@kendalloptoministry.org </div> <div> Cc: darci.grindheim@gmail.com; 'annettegrimshaw@hotmail.com' </div> <div> Subject: Burkina Faso trip report</div> <bR> <div> Holland:</div> <bR> <div> Just a brief trip report from Burkina Faso.  God did great things!  We saw a total of 1003 </div> <div> people—368 in the optometry ministry (the remainder were dental, children with malaria and </div> <div> malnutrition).  We have 66 new brothers and sisters in Christ, now connected with a church, </div> <div> pastor and church family in their own villages.  An unanticipated benefit of the optical ministry </div> <div> was that the adults all were seen for either optical or dental, leaving the children to be seen for </div> <div> malaria and malnutrition.  Culturally, the oldest men are seen first, then oldest women, then </div> <div> younger men and children are last, so we were able to see many more children who were in dire </div> <div> need of therapy for malnutrition or malaria because of the optical ministry. </div> <bR> <div> I have attached a few photos.  We were able to bring 2 bags back without charge, so we did </div> <div> bring back the unused glasses and also a large number of glasses that had been brought several </div> <div> years ago by another team, that are really not useful without a system such as yours.  There was </div> <div> also a focometer there that has not been used in a long time and the missionary asked that I </div> <div> send it to you where it may be useful.  The optical equipment was shipped yesterday and the </div> <div> glasses and focometer I will ship in the next week or so.  </div> <bR> <div> Thank you for being faithful to God’s calling in your life!</div> <bR> <div> Beverly</div> <bR> <div> PS, the man in the blue shirt in the last picture is the Chef de Terre of the village of Nakar—The Chief.  </div> <div> He is not a Christian, but after 3 trips, this is the first time I have seen him smile and we were able to </div> <div> present the gospel to him in his own language.  </div> <div> Beverly Tong, MD</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>