I guess with all of the miracles I have seen God do in our lives over the years I should not be surprised. But I continue to be surprised by God's mercy.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 2nd Corinthians 1:3-4

Some folks have asked how little Jose is doing and so I thought I would just pass this info along to everyone. You may remember a picture in the last news letter showing a small baby named Jose. He was taken in by and elderly couple who had never had children. They mean well but have no experience or idea of how to raise a child. When they brought Jose in to the Emergency Room, we all looked at each other with the same thought of "can this baby possibly live?"

We tried to get the parents to understand this that baby needed to be in a hospital but they did not have the money for even transportation on a bus. So we gave them medicine to give the baby and said come back tomorrow so we can check him out. When they came back, he was worse and it really appeared as though he would not make it. So a nurse, Laura and a Nurse Practioner, Holly, jumped in the truck with me and the father and mother and baby and headed to the hospital as fast as we could go. At one point it appeared he had stopped breathing and then he resumed slowly. We called back to the dorm and asked the team to pray. As soon as they began praying Jose seemed to wake up and breathe normally. We made it to the government clinic and the doctor there said there was nothing they could do except send him on in the Fire Dept. Ambulance to the Infant Hospital in the next town on the Coast.

We called to check his status over the next few days and they said is was not good. But a lot of you were praying. Some how Jose began to improve.

He’s not a 100% but he is getting better everyday. The first photo above is taken while we were making the stomach tube to try to get some fluids into him. The second picture was take a week later!

Also I had told you about an old lady named Angela who had been hit by a motorcycle. When we found her on the road, she had blood in her lungs, was bleeding from the ears and nose and throwing up blood. We took here to our ER to stabilize her and then off to the hospital. Again we just could not imagine that she would live …. Well God did it again. She is alive and out of the hospital and as far as we know from the last report is on the mend. Unbelievable!

But with God All thing are possible, huh? One last thing. We recently had a meeting with an American company that makes medical video camera equipment for operating rooms. They offered to donate a computer camera made by MedTel, an expensive piece of equipment to us if we could get a hospital in Guatemala City to help with the program. Basically it is a camera that through the internet will allow me to be treating a patient and the camera will transmit the image live to the receiving hospital that will have doctors available to advise me on what I can do to save the patients life. It will be like having a team of specialist looking over my shoulder.

Riechelle and I went to the most prestigious private hospital in Guatemala. It is a University teaching hospital. We gave a presentation to the founder, a 92 year old brilliant doctor named Dr. Irrandi. He and his board of directors were very moved and said they would be honored to work with us and help us in any way they can. This is a blessing more than I can even tell you about. I have to do a lot of things that a doctor does here in the remote area of Guatemala. But let me tell you something. I am NOT a doctor (however, yes I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night) but the point is, sometimes things come to me that I have to take care of that I am scared to death. I would give anything to have a real doctor to say Bryan we need to do this or that. Well God has answered my prayer in two ways:

1. This Video Equipment will connect me to the hospital in Guatemala City and John Hopkins University Hospital.

2. I have Dr. Bill Schnurr (a retired surgeon) coming down to help me for an extended time.

So God is providing in ways I never imagined. So thanks for your prayers and I'll keep you posted about Little Jose's future.

God Bless,
In His Service,

Bryan & Riechelle and Kids

Junglemedic Missions
Rio Dulce, Izabal
Guatemala Central America

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