Our Biggest Medical Campaign

Peru Mission believes that as the Gospel goes forth redemption and healing are found in its wake. We see this renewal in a physical way when medical teams come to treat the sick and hurting in our comm

unities in the name of Christ.

After realizing a successful campaign in 2008, Independent Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, rallied another fantastic team of medical professionals and lay persons to come and hold a week-long campaign to serve the physical needs of our communities.

Among the visiting team members this year were five doctors, two dentists, four nurses and several other dedicated volunteers. Thanks to months of planning and the expertise of many, we were able to treat hundreds of patients in each of our three churches in Trujillo as well as out in surrounding, impoverished communities.

We worked with IPC's medical team from the early morning to the late afternoon each day, and the patients ranged from the very elderly to the youngest of children. We were able to offer consults with a physician, on-site dental treatmen

t, nutritional education, pastoral counseling, simple laboratory tests, vaccinations for children and even minor surgeries.

 

Many specific needs and challenges were tended to during the week as doctors used their different specialties to offer hope to their patients. Dr. Mel Payne, a general surgeon, was able to perform several small surgeries in a makeshift operating room in our Wichanzao Church. Radiologist Dr. Mark Weatherly, Dr. Tim Folse and Nurse Practitioner JP Odell were able to help a young woman with Lupus, desperate for treatment, by joining forces and expertise. Tears were shed as these special patients left the rooms, walking away with heartfelt thanks and renewed spirits.

 Thanks to the large donation of medications by IPC, we were able to give away hundreds of 

dollars worth of medication to the sick and hurting at no cost, many of them high quality drugs not typically available or affordable for most Peruvians. The team also brought down hundreds of reading glasses which were handed out to those in need and more had to be purchased during the week due to the high necessity.

The work done by teams such as these is a tremendous blessing to the communities that surround our churches. The impact is significant as it helps to create a larger awareness of the spiritual and medical resources available to the neighborhood as well as a better integrated community. We are always honored to be able to share a Gospel that offers compassion, redemption, healing and hope, and we thank the IPC medical team for partnering in it with us.

To see pictures from the medical campaign, click here.