Hard to believe that today while I'm writing this, the little countdown ticker says 36 days until our first eyeglass mission trip! It was months ago that we first started talking about this, and now it's just a few weeks away! Each and every person who comes to the clinic will receive an eyescreening and will hear a short evangelism presentation from the local congregation. We feel that the Gospel is really the most important thing of the whole clinic.Our leader for the trip and head of Mission Ministry at Trinity (Mike) is welcoming us to our training which is being held at Langner Eyecare. Our optometrist for the trip is Dr. Kristen Langer. Her husband Kevin Weslock has been very instrumental behind the scenes in helping us to get ready for the trip and get our resources organized.
Dr. Langner and Kevin spoke a little about some eye basics, and then we moved on to some hands on practice. Trinity Lutheran Church in Roselle, IL. has formed a new 501(c)3 not for profit organization called See to Read - Read to See. Our first two eye clinics will be held in Guatemala (in 2010), and then we hope to travel to other parts of the world too to bring the gift of seeing. Our eyes are such a precious gift that we should never take for granted!
