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| Franci Puerto awaits surgery to lengthen her leg |
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| Francis Seivert and Dr. Napky |
Greetings from Mission Honduras LeMars. As many of you know Frank is once again in Honduras - for only a couple weeks this trip. He and I have a great many things going on not only with our student trips next spring, Then Feed Just One, but also with Mission Honduras LeMars.
As I write this he is on his way to Montana de la Flor this morning with Julio, Dr. Miguel Coello, another doctor (name unknown to me), and Karmen Betsworth from LeMars. This trip is planning for the rather large medical brigade being assembled to go to the mountain next January and February. This is the program that we have been working on for the past two plus years. Task Force Bravo, the U.S. military base at Soto Cano, Honduras, is taking over all our medical operations in MDLF. They are on this short planning mission today to work on logistics.
Other great news. The bone elongator carried by Frank, donated from Dr. Meyer in Sioux City, through Dr. Gary Carlton, also Sioux City, is the correct unit for the little girl Franci. Frank met with Dr. Napky just yesterday and he is very excited to have this unit and will set-up surgery for her sometime in January - Wow! What a story. If you have your newsletter handy she is pictured on the back side upper left but also at the top of this blog. I can only imagine how this surgery will improve her life - Mission Honduras LeMars is in this with her and her family all the way. When we met with her last July she and her mother were so excited - now it is coming to fruition. What a great feeling. Following surgery we will place the little girl at Don de Maria's (Mother Teresa's Children's Home) in Tegucigalpa for rehabilitation - the same place where Karmen Betsworth is currently stationed and where a group of Heelan seniors will be next spring - along with Sr. Joan, Sr. Renae and Al Vonnahme.
There are so many other things going on that I could continue to write for another hour or two, but suffice it to say the two items covered here are enough for today.
I would like to ask Gary Carlton to give a personal thanks to Dr. Meyer in Sioux City and maybe forward this along to him.
Hope all of you are doing well.
Take Care,
R. Seivert
As I write this he is on his way to Montana de la Flor this morning with Julio, Dr. Miguel Coello, another doctor (name unknown to me), and Karmen Betsworth from LeMars. This trip is planning for the rather large medical brigade being assembled to go to the mountain next January and February. This is the program that we have been working on for the past two plus years. Task Force Bravo, the U.S. military base at Soto Cano, Honduras, is taking over all our medical operations in MDLF. They are on this short planning mission today to work on logistics.
Other great news. The bone elongator carried by Frank, donated from Dr. Meyer in Sioux City, through Dr. Gary Carlton, also Sioux City, is the correct unit for the little girl Franci. Frank met with Dr. Napky just yesterday and he is very excited to have this unit and will set-up surgery for her sometime in January - Wow! What a story. If you have your newsletter handy she is pictured on the back side upper left but also at the top of this blog. I can only imagine how this surgery will improve her life - Mission Honduras LeMars is in this with her and her family all the way. When we met with her last July she and her mother were so excited - now it is coming to fruition. What a great feeling. Following surgery we will place the little girl at Don de Maria's (Mother Teresa's Children's Home) in Tegucigalpa for rehabilitation - the same place where Karmen Betsworth is currently stationed and where a group of Heelan seniors will be next spring - along with Sr. Joan, Sr. Renae and Al Vonnahme.
There are so many other things going on that I could continue to write for another hour or two, but suffice it to say the two items covered here are enough for today.
I would like to ask Gary Carlton to give a personal thanks to Dr. Meyer in Sioux City and maybe forward this along to him.
Hope all of you are doing well.
Take Care,
R. Seivert
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