Amputation Help Needed!!!

Meet Santa, a precious lady that came to the mission house this morning for help with her incredibly infected foot. Although we keep our mission house stocked with lots of medical supplies, Santa's foot is out of our league. She has no food and no concrete floor at her home, which means she for sure does not have money for medical care. Santa needs to immediately go to Santo Domingo (the capitol which is 3 hours away) to the hospital and she cannot get there without financial help. She needs immediate care to see if the doctors in Santo Domingo can save her foot that most likely needs to be amputated. If she waits any longer to get to the hospital, the doctors will likely amputate her whole leg or it will become septic and she could die.

She and her daughter (pictured) are both desperate for help! If you would like to make a tax deductible donatation towards getting Santa the medical care she needs and deserves, please do so at this link: https://www.paypal.me/missionaryatheart

I can guarantee that 100% of funds will be used directly for Santa's medical care. 

Please pray for Santa and her daughter as this is a very scary time for them both. #missionaryatheart 

Shattering Statistics

 “The truth is that the 143 million orphaned children and the 11 million who starve to death or die from preventable diseases and the 8.5 million who work as child slaves, prostitutes, or under other horrific conditions and the 2.3 million who live with HIV add up to 164.8 million needy children. And though at first glance that looks like a big number, 2.1 billion people on this earth proclaim to be Christians. The truth is that if only 8 PERCENT of the Christians would care for one more child, there would not be any statistics left.” -Katie Davis #missionaryatheart

Food For ONE Day!

This my friends is food for ONE day for our street kids at the mission house! This, is why we desperately need sponsors! Check out the our projects page for more ways to get plugged in with our street kids! #missionaryatheart

Gonzalez

Yesterday, #missionaryatheart lost a precious friend. Gonzalez went to be with Jesus yesterday afternoon. We took care of her for years. My trips to the Dominican will not be the same without her! She was so so precious! Her hugs made you feel like you could burst with love and joy! When you were around her, you could truly feel Jesus' love! As you can see in the picture, her arm was broken by a gang many years ago and due to lack of medical care, it never healed. She struggled with many health obstacles and had little to no vision left. Today, I am rejoining that Gonzalez is no longer in pain and is no longer suffering. Thankful for the many memories I have with sweet Gonzalez!

Nixon's 1st Toothbrush

Meet Nixon, one of our main street kids. Well today Nixon got to experience something for the first time in his entire life...brushing his teeth!!!! This teenage boy had never used a toothbrush before...yes, you read that right...now let that soak in. This experience was full teaching him how to apply toothpaste and the proper way to brush, laughter because of how the bristles tickled his mouth, and pure joy due to leaning something new! At our mission house, we believe in celebrating every tiny victory! Learning to brush your teeth and getting your very own toothbrush is something to be celebrated! #missionaryatheart