Monday, 02 July 2007

• M.I.C.E In The Mountains!!!

                             Hello Dear Missionary Travelers,

  It's been a few months since sending you a report, and I have missed letting you know all of the exciting things going on here in the mission field. Of course, I have a lot of catching up to do, so let's begin.

  In the last report, I told you a little about the MICE at the school, but now, we have MICE in the mountains; MICE in the bakery, and MICE in the clinic; There are MICE everywhere!!

  People have written asking us to periodically tell who the MICE are. Well, our MICE are children from the mountain village of La Zona, Santa Barbara, Honduras who are attending Maranatha Institute of Christian Education, a small elementary school we established two years ago to help educate the poor children in our mountain village. We also think of our missionary volunteers as our MICE, because without their help, the work would be quite difficult to accomplish.

  Our students, (MICE), are all from extremely poor families. Some are even living in, what I consider, crisis conditions. The good news is, our MICE are receiving training like no other children; And they're having fun doing it.

  Not long ago, our MICE joined together with our volunteers to build a single mother in the mountains a house made of adobe, (mud bricks).

        

  What kid doesn't like to play in the mud? This way, they can play and learn to help others at the same time.

  Recently, we decided to teach our older MICE how to work in our bakery, La Canasta De Vida. To our surprise, they turned out to be quite gifted. They are learning to make various types of whole grain breads, gluten, and deserts. 

          

                         

   

  You'd probably think that this is enough to keep our MICE busy, but wait until you see what else they're learning.

  Caution: The following medical photos are explicit, and may be disturbing to some viewers.

  How many young people do you know have had medical training, and the opportunity to assist with medical procedures? 

  Our older students have had medical missionary training, and assist with treatments at the clinic.

  In the following photos, an 18 month old baby girl tipped over a pot of scalding water, and obtained 2nd degree burns over 95% of her right arm and 100% of her right hand. It was a terrible burn, and could even be considered critical for a child that young. The MICE helped to remove the loose blisters, and redressed the arm with sterile gauze. Our MICE received hands-on training in burn care, and were a big help to me in the treatment of this baby girl. It took many days of treatment and dressing changes, but in the end, the burns healed beautifully with minimal scaring.

     

                Here, Rene learns to carefully remove a burn dressing

   

              The MICE learn to remove loose tissue from the burn site.

      

  After cleaning the burn, and applying a special burn cream, Celia redresses the wound with sterile gauze.

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  Friends, Our MICE are very special children who are being trained in various areas in order to break the cycle of ignorance and poverty in their lives. Already, they are head & shoulders above any young person their age from their country.

  With continued education, I know that God can and will do great things through these children at M.I.C.E.

  If you would like to help them in any way, or would like to comment on our reports please contact us at -

  missionarytraveler@yahoo.com  we'd love to hear from you.

  Until next time - Don't forget to pray, always 

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