On Friday (Jan. 18), three people from Forward Edge joined the Hogans and the Williams; Ronny Gilmore (middle), a Group Facilitator / translator / general great guy, Sandee Hallock (left), the new Teams Coordinator for Oaxaca (and a few other countries), and Cheryl Overman (right), the assistant who keeps track of Sandee... or is that keeps Sandee on track...?Sandee is here specifically to meet and work with Tom and Wendy, and with them make connections for Forward Edge's future relationships in Oaxaca.
One of the areas that will be looked at is Manos de Ayuda (Helping Hands). This is a Clinic / 
Hospital that is a approximately 12 miles out of Oaxaca and was started over 20 years ago by Ron Post, who founded Northwest Medical Teams. He saw a need to provide non or low cost medical care for the low income people in the Oaxaca area. Manos de Ayuda has used short term medical teams from Canada and the U.S., and Oaxaca area doctors. They have primarily worked on dental, cleft palette surgery, cataract removal, eye exams and general medical exams. Forward Edge has brought in two medical teams recently, January 2007 and October 2007 (cataract surgery), as well as providing medical equipment.
Hospital that is a approximately 12 miles out of Oaxaca and was started over 20 years ago by Ron Post, who founded Northwest Medical Teams. He saw a need to provide non or low cost medical care for the low income people in the Oaxaca area. Manos de Ayuda has used short term medical teams from Canada and the U.S., and Oaxaca area doctors. They have primarily worked on dental, cleft palette surgery, cataract removal, eye exams and general medical exams. Forward Edge has brought in two medical teams recently, January 2007 and October 2007 (cataract surgery), as well as providing medical equipment.
Manos de Ayuda functions under the oversight of a Charismatic Nazarene church, Centro de Alabanza y Proclamcion (Center of Praise and Proclamation).Last year the group that came here from Door of Hope painted several dormitories, wired electricity to the main kitchen area, cleaned rooms and built a fire pit.
Right now (January 20) it's almost 11:00 p.m. and we are waiting for the bus to come in so we can pick up the rest of our group. Tom and Wendy went up by bus this morning to meet them and then come back to Oaxaca. They are going to be tired puppies by the time they get here! Tom did call to say one of the guys had a carry on bag possibly stolen and they were trying to track down if that was what happened or if it had been left in a taxi, so they were taking a later bus and would not get in to Oaxaca until 4:00 a.m. Please be in prayer for them. Wendy came with the rest of the group.
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