Hear
from
some
of
the
Team
Members
on
the
mission:
A
Nurse
on
the
Medical
Team:
One
12
year
old
boy
comes
to
my
mind
often.
His
name
is
"Jimmy",
and
I
will
forever
remember
him
because
he
was
in
pretty
rough
shape
and
heavily
infested
with
"Scabies".
I
never
really
did
figure
out
if
he
had
any
parents
to
speak
of
because
he
only
came
alone.
Initially,
he
came
to
the
clinic
to
see
who
we
were,
and
after
I
suggested
some
medication
for
his
infestation,
he
gladly
took
it
and
left
the
camp.
Each
day,
he
would
return
and
try
hard
to
work
his
way
into
my
tent
and
watch
me
see
patients.
At
one
point,
I
asked
him
what
he
would
like
from
me
and
he
quietly
responded
that
he
needed
a
bible.
Sadly,
all
of
our
bibles
were
gone
and
there
were
none
to
be
had.
And
yet,
I
found
my
way
to
the
person
who
was
in
charge
of
the
bible
distribution
and
hoped
that
there
might
be
one
more.
When
I
began
to
share
my
story
about
"Jimmy"
and
how
my
heart
hurt
for
him.
She
attentively
listened
and
started
to
smile.
Ever
so
carefully,
she
walked
away
and
pulled
out
from
way
beneath
a
deep
dry
bag,
her
last
and
final
children's
bible.
I
can
honestly
say
that
I
have
never
been
so
proud
to
give
anyone
a
gift.
It
was
huge
and
filled
with
many
pictures.
In
fact,
the
edges
of
the
pages
were
gilded
in
gold.
Jimmy
had
no
shoes
ever.
His
feet
were
cut
and
scraped
from
running
around
on
the
rocks
that
cover
the
earth
there.
His
skin
was
scabbed
and
weeping
to
the
point
that
I
was
reminded
of
how
Job
must
have
felt
when
his
pain
was
so
severe
that
he
scraped
his
sores
with
broken
pottery.
And
yet,
now
Jimmy
would
have
a
beautiful
bible
all
to
himself.
As
soon
as
I
handed
it
to
him,
he
immediately
grabbed
it
and
started
running
away
from
the
site.
I
wondered
if
I
would
ever
see
him
again.
After
about
30
minutes
he
returned
to
tell
me
that
he
had
run
and
tucked
it
away
in
a
special
hiding
place
where
no
one
would
be
able
to
find
it
and
steal
it.
There
are
other
stories
too,
but
perhaps
it
is
enough
to
say
it
was
a
tremendous
growing
experience
for
me.
I
made
many
new
friends
and
I
did
my
best
to
serve
God
in
the
mission
field
with
limited
resources.
Many
people
came
to
know
Christ
in
Honduras,
which
I
still
find
amazing
and
God
used
me
to
facilitate
some
of
these
exchanges.
-Gina-
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