It had been already almost a month and a half that I was able to participate on another missionary trip to the country of Peru. This time it was realted to medical purposes. Since I could not take the entire week off from work, I was only able to join the medical team for a couple of days. The had gone on the previous days to another city to do anothermedical clinic. It was 10 of us in total. Two ER physicians, one registered nurse and the rest of us just volunteers with some knowledege on medical issues. As I arrived to the airport that wednesday morning, had to deal with a couple of concerning situations. First, one of my luggages did not arrive on time and second, I was stopped at customs for the medicines I was taking. Beforehand, I knew that there would be a risk because according to Peru's customs department regulations, all medicines are to be declared and approved. I could not do it because the majority of the medicines I got were donated to me a few days before my departure and had not enough time to do the proper paperwork. I had no other choice than to pray and asked the Lord for His help on softening the customs personnel hearts if I get stopped for any reason. To my amazement, the Lord was behind it and after a brief explanation of the purpose my trip and some papers I took as a back up, I was let go. It felt for a moment like my soul had come to my body for that was of great concern to me more than anything else. At the end, I was the last person from the flight to leave the airport but with a great sense of gratefulness. Praise the Lord!!!!

As always it is a great feeling to be able to help out those in a less fortunate situation. My job was to work as a translator and also assisiting the physician I worked with in anything that he might needed. I would run to the pharmacy to check on available medicines before prescribing them, I would also weight kids on the scale, apply bandages after a shot was given, and I even saw myself given a B12 injeccion to a patient. I had never done that before in my life but I did it this time. And to make it better, I did it with such confidence like if I would be doing this as a way of living. Unbelievable!! While we were seeing the patients, the members from the local church were in charge on keeping the place organized, some were evangelizing, others were playing with the kids with balloons and art and crafts activities in order to keep them busy, others also were once in a while bringing water for the restrooms reservoirs to keep them filled as it was being used and lastly others were preparing our lunches. They did a great job in overall. We were just impressed how smooth it went those two days. One of the things I would like to mention is that even though as I said before it is a very rewarding feeling to be able to lend a hand to others, on the other hand, it could also be heartbraking. Our solely mission is to go there with the purpose to help as much as it is in our hands but some times we cannot please them all. We depend mostly on donations and there are instances in which the physicians feels a person might need further treatment and since we mostly work on impoverished areas, we sense that those people may not after all do it because of their very limited financial situation. We give them pain medications for the moment to ease their discomfort but it will come back again if they do not keep treating themselves. I have had people as a translator brake down in tears telling me about their conditions. As a human being that I am with emotions and feelings, I had been really struck by it to the point on making me feel sometimes helpless and had made me realize how, but how blessed I am living in the United States. I must admit that the Lord had touched my heart to help in a couple of instances to some of the people thru the local church with either financial help or getting them medical supplies. I thank the Lord for having used me in such a beautiful way. The last day of the clinic, as we did it last on last year's trip, did some grocery shopping for some families from the local church that were in need. We drove to their houses and delivered them personally. It was indeed a nice feeling to see the expression on their faces. After the clinic was over, we had quite a good number of medicines that were left over. Before my trip, I had already contacted two local orphanages and offered them our help with the meds plus some kids clothing as well. So I had the task to separate them for them to come and pick them up at the place I was staying. They both came and the Lord even opened the doors for the local church to do an evangelistic ministry outreach on one of the orphanages. The Lord is good!! I say He is good because He protected us from being almost robbed the first day of the clinic as we were on our way to the proposed site. Thanks to the quick sense of what was happening and reaction of one of the local cjurch members, we were able to leave that placed that we had stopped to purchase right away. I am sure the entire trip was something that we, all who ministered, would never forget. That self rewarding helping feeling would be something no one will ever take away from our lives. Thank the Lord for again alloeing me to be part of something that my hearts enjoy on doing from His kingdom on earth. Until the next trip, Lord willing. Enjoy the pictures posted below.

One of the beautiful things that Jesus taughts us by His example while here on earth, was the opportunity to serve one to another. I was blessed to put it into practice yesterday. A group of missionaries friends from Calvary Chapel in the city at Boston MA, were here in Florida for a few hours while waiting for their next flight to Peru to depart in the late afternoon hours. They headed to a beach section at the Las Olas boulevard in Ft Lauderdale to do a drama skit and one to one evngelism. Before their trip, I had spoken with their team leader, my friend Greg about if there was anything I could help them with. Besides a few geographical details, he mentioned if I have or could find a wooden cross for their planned skit. I told him yes and indeed after speaking with my pastor at my home church, he offered me to borrowed it. Then Graig asked about a battery run cd player and I told him sure, why not use mine. The only problem was that the speakers were too small and the sound was not as loud as they had wanted to. So after asking a few people around my church, I was told that the worship leader at my church might own a karaoke cd player. I said excellent. And indeed after asking him for it, he ended up lending it to me. Things were working out for me and them. Then I thought to myself, my friends will be waking up so early in the morning perhaps without even having breakfast to catch their first flight, they will be hungry and probably thirsty after finishing the event at the beach, so I decided to make some ham, turkey with cheese sandwiches, borrowed a cooler, filled it up with drinking bottle of water, some coke cans and a few bananas and what a blessing it was for them. They really needed it that left me with none not even for myself, haha. (I realized later that I was thirsty too). But despite that, the joy of having being able to provide for them all what I could afford, overcame the few obstacles I was dealing on my way back to work (getting lost for a bit, the banging of the towell being there as a cushion between the roof of my car and the wooden cross by the force of the wind, getting wet in the shower storm that we encountered and else). Jesus said, " And whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of my name, because you are my children, will never loose His reward" Mark 9:41. Paul said "Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men, not expecting anything in rewards for our father in Heaven looks at the heart" Collossians 3:23. Thank You Lord for being an instrument in your hands. May the Lord bless and protect the Boston team while in Peru.

While having my mom's car washed at a local church grounds this morning, I learned something new that I thought would be worth sharing. I asked to one of the car wash helpers as to where does the profit of the event was going for. He told me that part of it was going to the church and the other was going towards missions for the homeless people of Miami. He also told me that him, once being a homeless and now renewed completely, wanted to do something for them. I thought to myself as I was driving away. What about me?? I like him was homeless and hopeless one day. Jesus love came to me, redeemed me, washed me and clothed me anew so why not do something to tell and help others about His uncoditional love. By doing so, they too can also can have a FREE AND EVERLASTING soul washed. Amen.

"And there shall be huge earthquakes, famines and health epidemics in different places; and there shall also be terror and greater signs in the heavens". Luke 21:11

People are in desbelief, something terrible is taking place that has them apalled and in great concern. Jesus spoke to his disciples about many of this events taking place as part of the signs of the last days.

"Be on alert at all times, praying that you may have strenght to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man" Luke 21:36

Jesus promised not to never leave us or fosake us so take courage and keep on in the walk of salvation.

Well I am back from Boston after having had a blessed time in fellowship with other brothers and sisters in the Lord. It is really encouraging and always uplifting when I hear someone else's testimony on how they came to know Christ as their personal saviour. I guess mainly because I came to know Him at such an young age and was never exposed to a lot of things this world had to offer. Exodus 33:19 says "I will have mercy to whom I want to have mercy with and compassion to whom I want to have compassion with". I thank Him because He has kept me in His ways since then. Right now I am recovering from a surgery done on my right ear two days ago. I still feeling it numb and with some mild drainage but is part if the recovery process. The Lord is good!!!!

Well, it had been a few days that I left Baptist Health of South Florida for good of my future. As a matter of fact today would have been exactly 7 years working for that great organization. I am enjoying this few days off relaxing, organizing my room (yeahhh) helping in the house with some pending tasks, studying and getting my pre-op paperwork for my upcoming surgery. I am also taking a short stay flight up north to change of weather, different environment and meet some new people in the Lord. I know after this time off with this new job I will not be able to take at least one day off after I complete my 90 day trial period. I guess then it will be the medical missionary trip to Peru, Lord willing.