Honduras, 2013

<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:  4-6-2013</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="7d575f90.jpg" border=0 width="373" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Measuring a patient's eyes.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7d76df40.jpg" border=0 width="365" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The beauty of Honduras.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7d95fea0.jpg" border=0 width="351" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Showing the love of Christ.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7db5ae70.jpg" border=0 width="346" height="231" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Checking a lady's vision.</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Honduras, 2013</div> <div> Here is the testimony from the Optical Team leader:</div> <div> =========================================</div> <div> From:     John Evans [jevans894@xxx.xxx]</div> <div> Sent:     Thursday, February 14, 2013 10:07 PM</div> <div> To:     Holland Kendall</div> <div> Subject:     Re: Status of kit.</div> <bR> <div> Holland,</div> <div>      Hope you had a great trip to Honduras!  If you are like me, you are exhausted, but your </div> <div> heart is on fire.  Here is a brief testimonial and a few pictures of our recent trip:</div> <bR> <div>      Our group returned to our sister parish in Texiguat, Honduras from January 29 </div> <div> through February 5, 2013.  Due to traveling to Tegucigalpa to celebrate with our </div> <div> brothers and sister the Festival of Our Lady of Suyapa, we only had time for three days </div> <div> of clinic.  This is our third trip and this time we traveled to some more distant and </div> <div> remote villages.  Only one of the villages had electricity and it had electricity in only </div> <div> one room of the school where we tested eyes.  We were able to use the DieHard 425 </div> <div> Watt Power Inverter with the battery in the truck. We ran the equipment without fail as </div> <div> we were able to get close enough to use an extension cord to run the electricity to the </div> <div> clinic area.  We ran the truck periodically to keep the battery charged as we recalled the </div> <div> battery being drained after running it about 6 hours on a previous trip. Thank goodness </div> <div> they had jumper cables!</div> <div>      But that is merely the technical aspect to this trip.  The equipment and software </div> <div> ran flawlessly to restore vision to these grateful villagers that are too distant to ever be </div> <div> tested for and receive glasses.  The smiles were numerous both for the people and for </div> <div> us to see their happiness.  We only dispensed 100 prescription glasses in the three </div> <div> days, but gave sunglasses to over 400 people and tested and dispensed about 250 </div> <div> readers.  But these were small villages and some people walked over two hours from </div> <div> the even more remote homes surrounding the villages.  We celebrated mass with the </div> <div> people prior to the clinics in thanksgiving for the blessing that we are able to share </div> <div> with our brothers in Christ.  Love of God and love of neighbor was in full force.</div> <div>      Thank you for developing this system to deliver glasses to our brothers in even </div> <div> some of the poorest and most remote locations on the planet.  Peace and blessings to </div> <div> you always!</div> <div> John </div> <div>  </div> <div> John & Kathy Evans</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>