Clara was carried into our makeshift clinic near a notorious Guatemala City slum. She had two children, a useless prescription for antibiotics that she couldn’t afford, and two pieces of scrap lumber. The Good Samaritan who brought her to us described how Clara used those sticks that day to painfully propel herself down a dirty street [...]

Jason faced an uncertain future. His life revolves around his young family, whom he supports by fishing for squid from a small boat each night and then drying them in the warm Limasawa Island afternoon sunshine before selling them on the mainland. But all that changed a few months ago when his thyroid turned on [...]

Glazel is a beautiful and intelligent Limasawan 7-year-old child with a congenital vision disorder that prevents her from being able to study and play like a normal child. Pink is her favorite color, although she can barely see it. She has never seen an eye doctor or worn glasses. World Mercy Teams wants to send [...]

Celsa is a young Christian mother on Limasawa who suffered a spinal cord injury that left her paralyzed from the waist down 6 months ago. With no wheelchair of her own, Celsa had to borrow a wheelchair to be transported to our Medical Clinic for treatment of an infection. Through the generous gifts of World Mercy [...]

UPDATE JULY 7, 2011: Praise God that Franz has been given a clean bill of health by a Pediatrician. When we saw him initially, he suffered from what appeared to be a very large, infected granuloma of his umbilicus. Through antibioitics and daily treatments with a medication called silver nitrate, we were able to stabilize [...]

   HAPPY GRADUATION TO SHERDS E. COLAS, BSN! World Mercy Teams funds a Nursing Scholarship Program for gifted young people who have a strong desire to serve God as a Missionary Nurse. Through WMT funding, nursing student Sherds E. Colas is fulfilling a lifelong dream by graduating from Brokenshire College in Minadano, Philippines with a Bachelor’s [...]

World Mercy Teams conducted a 5 day medical mission on the island of Limasawa May 16th through May 20th, 2011. Located about 4 miles (6 km) off the southern tip of the island of Leyte just outside the mouth of Sogod Bay, Limasawa rises to about 700 feet (200 m). The island is inhabited by Visayan [...]

Joni is a young man who sustained serious injury to both of his legs in an accident. The bones of his lower legs were badly fractured, and he was unable to have them reduced. When our free clinic finally arrived, Joni slowly made his way to us on some homemade crutches. His legs were badly infected [...]