Here's a list of the things that we need for our next trip. Right now it looks like we'll have a large medical team again so we'll start out planning for 5,000. That means about 250 babies, 2,250 children, 1,500 women, and 1,000 men.
bars of soap, washcloths, toothbrushes
combs, disposable razors , needles
motel soaps, shampoos, etc., straight pins, safety pins
small buttons, small spools of thread, tote bags (not purses)
quart and gallon ziplock bags, backpacks, pencils
pens, crayons, rulers, scissors, paper clips, glue
chalk, notebooks, small stickers, suckers, individually wrapped hard candy
cloth diapers (not disposable), large safety pins, lightweight baby blankets
teething toys, powdered infant formula, rice cereal for babies, baby bottles
small toys of all kinds, toy cars , small stuffed toys, small balls small dolls
children's summer clothing sizes newborn through 14, adult tee shirts
ball caps, shoes for all ages, flipflops of all sizes
flashlights, pocket knives, hand tools of all kinds, work gloves
cups or mugs with lids, umbrellas, rain ponchos
over the counted meds: ibuprofen, acetaminophen, aspirin
diaper rash ointment, eye drops, anti-itch ointment
twin-size flat sheets, twin-size flannel sheets, bath towels, mosquito netting
duct tape, nylon rope, insect spray and repellent
hand sanitizer, toilet paper, WalMart bags
used eye glasses and sun glasses
We also need cash donations for the following things:
beans and rice--$1,250 per medical station ($5 buys beans and rice for a family of 5 for 3 weeks. It would cost a Nicaraguan worker 3 days pay.)
Bibles $3 each to buy and ship
Translators $100 or more each
Nicaraguan doctor and dentist $300 each (We are required to hire one of each.)
Shipping costs 25 cents per pound
Food for the team--actual cost depends on the size of the team
Medicines and medical supplies--$5,000 or more
Individual member cost--$2,000
About Me
- Cathy Burgess
- My husband Joe (41 years) and I have 2 children--Kim who is married to Gary and Kevin who is married to Sharla. The 4 of them have given us 4 grandchildren. We are both retired school teachers and absolutely love being retired. We belong to the local YMCA and work out 4 days a week doing cardio and strength training. We lead a cell group known as The Young and the Rest Home group since we have an age span from 20-somethings to 70-somethings. I sing with our praise team, cook Wednesday dinners twice a month, and constantly remind our congregation about what's needed for Nicaragua.
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Here is a good quote from Arthur Pink:
http://www.godrules.net/library/pink/237pink7.htm
...if you are really anxious for Christ to come back soon, then you had better be more wide awake to your responsibility in connection with taking or sending the gospel to the heathen!
Well, you say, do you mean by that that everyone of us here tonight ought to go out to the mission field? I have not said that, I am not any man’s judge, Many of you here tonight have a good reason which will satisfy Christ why you have not gone. He gave you work to do here. He put you in a position here. He has given you responsibilities to discharge here, but every Christian who is free to go, and does not go, has got to answer to Christ for it yet. “Go ye into all the world.”
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