Think about it. What would it be like if you could only see a doctor or a dentist one day a year? And what if seeing that doctor or dentist required you and your family to walk three days round trip through the jungle carrying all the food for the trip? Then, after that walk, you arrive at the clinic to find several hundred people already camped out waiting in line ahead of you? And when you finally see the doctor or dentist, they don’t even speak your language? Now, imagine being intensely grateful for this care because you know your child will live to his next birthday – and because you can remember when that may not have been the case. Hard to imagine? Welcome to health care in the remote region of Honduras called La Mosquitia.
East and West Churches Come Together for the Kids of Rus Rus
A team of six men and women traveled to MAG’s Honduras mission base January 30 through February 10, 2014 to hold a Vacation Bible School for children from the villages of Rus Rus and Mahbita. This was a very special team as, not only was it comprised of volunteers from both East and West coasts of the US, but it was also the first time a VBS program had been held for these children.
2013 Year-End Ministry Summary
In This Issue:
- Clean Water Having Sustained Impact in Rus Rus
- IHS Medical & Dental Brigade Holds Annual Clinic
- Multiple Infrastructure Projects Improve Base Operations
- Airstrips Open as MAG Deploys to Guatemala
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MAG aircraft are often the only way IN for medicine and supplies, and the only way OUT for critically ill or injured patients like this gunshot patient (below) being airlifted from the remote Miskito village of Wampusirpi.
Team Gets New Generator, Grid, and Welder Online in Rus Rus
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In addition to the electrical team, we also had a Honduran survey team, led by Kentucky architect Jim Burris, begin work on a topographical mapping and site survey. This is the first step in the development of a complete architectural and infrastructure Master Plan for the Rus Rus Hospital and Mission Base.
2013 IHS Medical and Dental Team Arrives
The wonderful volunteers from International Health Service returned to MAG’s mission base in Rus Rus from February 18-26, 2013 to conduct a free medical and dental clinic. This is the third consecutive year that MAG has partnered with IHS to deliver critically needed care to the Miskito people of Eastern Honduras.
MAG Volunteer Wins Emmy Award
2012 Year-End Ministry Summary
In This Issue:
- New Staff Arriving at MAG
- New Aircraft Dedicated and Deployed to Honduras Program
- Construction Teams Complete Building Projects
- Clean Water for the People of Rus Rus
- Lives are Transformed by the Gospel
- International Health Service (IHS) Holds Annual Clinic
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Photojournalist Andrew Tonn recently spent some time with us in Rus Rus. Here is a wonderful picture of some of the village children helping spread a newly harvested rice crop being set out to dry. For more of Andrew's work go to www.AndrewTonnphoto.com
Hospital Donations Include Water Purification System
IHS Medical Team Returns To Rus Rus
Satellite System Goes Live in Rus Rus
Imagine you're a pilot needing to do an emergency medical flight with a critically injured patient. You need to make a 300 nm flight over rugged mountains and remote jungle. You have no radar services or radio communications and absolutely no idea what the conditions are just over the horizon, let alone whether or not you can even LAND when you get there!