Three patients from this month’s mobile clinics, in the words of Rocio, RN, who directs them: a diabetic foot ulcer that caused no pain, a woman who had been treating an infected toenail at home because a clinic was too far, and a toddler’s “mosquito bite” that wasn’t.
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Centro Médico Vida Plena has seen 263 new patients in four months, and we barely advertised. Patients keep asking two questions when they arrive: “Is it really this cheap?” and “Will the doctor actually take the time to see me?” Both answers tell you what they’ve experienced before.
263 Patients in Four Months — and We Barely Advertised Read More »
Irene told him the woman could manage — carrying a load that way is ordinary in Guatemala. He helped anyway, carrying her food bag up a hill he could see the whole time. Plus: why some team members go home and end up applying to medical school a year later.
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Fuego was erupting the day they landed, and the Teen Quest team from Pennsylvania kept going anyway. Over a week hosted alongside Rocsana’s Hope, they shared the Gospel with 120 students in La Montaña by acting it out — and spent an afternoon with young women who aged out of the orphanage system.
A Volcano, a Traffic Jam, and 120 Kids Who Didn’t Need a Translator Read More »
Some of the elderly women in the villages gravitate toward Becky because they’re the same age — they can commiserate about aches and pains. Last month one of them came in with neck pain Becky knew from her own body. What happened next is why we say partnership, not charity.
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The Calvary Chapel Ark City team came to Guatemala for eight days — clinics, door-to-door visits, Hot Wheels, and one very hard day. On the last night, a team member named Addi redefined compassion for all of us: it isn’t feeling bad for someone. It’s coming alongside them.
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There’s no internet in the villages we serve, and often no cell service at all — which is exactly why a cloud-based medical record system seemed impossible. Then we bought a Starlink Mini. Now a patient checks in on a tablet with their photo on file, moves through triage and pharmacy on one shared record, and arrives at Centro Médico Vida Plena with their whole history already there.
We Don’t Carry the File Boxes Anymore Read More »
The last phase of Centro Médico Vida Plena is almost here: equipment purchased, licensing nearly complete, a biochemist overseeing it, opening in October. Without a lab, a great deal of medicine is educated guessing. Here’s what changes for families in Escuintla — and how you can pray.
The Last Piece: Our Laboratory Is Almost Here Read More »
We’ve partnered with GivMoo to launch our own store: 20 items carrying the GSG logo, 20% of every purchase back to the mission. Twenty percent doesn’t sound dramatic — here’s why recurring revenue you don’t have to campaign for changes what we can commit to.
Twenty Items. Twenty Percent. One Very Practical Idea. Read More »
Our signs are up at Centro Médico Vida Plena — and they say more than our name. Here’s why permanence matters in a community used to temporary help.
It’s Official — Our Name Is on the Building Read More »
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